Using scripts to add objects to a PCB can remove the ability to undo in any PCB during the current Altium session. Scripting Will Remove The Ability To Undo To fix this, change your system time to the yyyy-mm-dd format. However, Altium follows your system clock format when creating this timestamp, so it will likely be in a dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy format, which when sorted alphanumerically, does not sort in chronological order. Timestamping can be added to the automatic file generation by selecting the option under the advanced tab of the “Output Container” properties window. Timestamping output files is a good idea of keeping track of releases intended for pcb manufacturer’s/assemblers (as well as version numbers). Searching an Alitum component library with an asterisk. It is very annoying when it doesn’t create the mounting holes, and you can’t check that the PCB will work with the rest of the mechanical design (which is normally one of the reasons why you’d be exporting a 3D model). I have tried removing copper, silkscreen, soldermask and solderpaste layers to see if these were causing the trouble, but have had no luck in finding out why Altium does this. Upon importing these step files into a 3D CAD program, more often than not you will find that some of the holes have been covered (or partially covered) up by a very thin solid on the top and/or bottom. UPDATE, March 2016: This does not seem to be happening anymore with AD15 or AD15.Īltium decides whether or not it wants to export holes/vias in step files. In my experience, this causes Altium to crash with the infamous “Please Wait A Moment…” message. You can put images into Altium schematics, but don’t do it via the copy-paste way from a program that has an unsaved image (like Snip). Altium will make arcs disappear on certain zoom levels if the arc is almost fully circular.
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