Board Options. Modified by Phil Loughhead on 27-Jan Parent page: PCB Dialogs. Old Content - visit altium.com/documentation

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1 Board Options Old Content - visit altium.com/documentation Modified by Phil Loughhead on 27-Jan-2016 Parent page: PCB Dialogs

2 The Board Options Dialog. Summary Board Options dialog allows the designer to control special drawing features for PCB Sheets, and object snap behavior. To learn more about cursor snap behavior, refer to the Unified Cursor-Snap System page.

3 Access The Board Options dialog can be accessed from PCB Editor (Design» Board Options), or Right click in PCB Editor, choose Options» Board Options in context menu. Right click in PCB Library Editor, choose Library Options... from the popup menu. Right click in PCB Editor, choose Options» Sheet... from the popup menu. Options/Controls Measurement Unit Unit - Select the default measurement units for the current PCB document here. Click to select from either metric (mm) or imperial (mil) units. Default units are used to display any distance related information on screen or in reports. The default units are always used if a units suffix (mm or mil) is not entered when specifying any distance related information in any dialog editing fields. Many dialogs feature a direct units toggle at the top-left corner (also accessed through CTRL + Q) that will convert between metric and imperial measurement in that dialog. Designator Display The Display Physical Designators option is defined by the Designator Format on the Multi-Channel tab from the Option for Project dialog. The physical designators are unique, eg. R1_CH1. The Display Logical Designators option only shows the designators (eg. R1) which were specified from the schematics. The logical designators show up on the PCB document, printouts and Gerbers. All other outputs such as BOM will always use the unique physical designator format. Route Tool Path Layer - Choose a layer from drop-down list as routing path for routing tool. Sheet Position X - Enter a X (horizontal) coordinate for the bottom left corner of the sheet here. This distance is measured from the absolute origin, which is the bottom left corner of the workspace. The distance can be defined in either metric or imperial units regardless of the default units (which are determined by themeasurement Unit setting). To specify the units when entering a size, add the mm or mil suffix to the value. The PCB position does not change with sheet position as the PCB position is referenced from the absolute origin. Enable the Origin Marker checkbox to see the absolute origin reference point. This Origin Marker is accessed from the View Options page of the View Configurations dialog (Design» Board Layers & Colors).

4 Y - Enter a Y (vertical) coordinate for the bottom left corner of the sheet here. This distance is measured from the absolute origin, which is the bottom left corner of the workspace. The distance can be defined in either metric or imperial units regardless of the default units (which are determined by themeasurement Unit setting). To specify the units when entering a size, add the mm or mil suffix to the value. The PCB position does not change with sheet position as the PCB position is referenced from the absolute origin. Enable the Origin Marker checkbox to see the absolute origin reference point. This Origin Marker is accessed from theview Options page of the View Configurations dialog (Design» Board Layers & Colors). Width - Enter a width for the sheet here. The sheet provides an area that emulates the traditional drawing sheet and is useful for placing information such as dimensions, notes and title blocks on. Information placed on mechanical layers can be linked to the sheet so that they only display when the sheet is being displayed. Sheet size can be defined in either metric or imperial units regardless of the default units (which are determined by the Measurement Unit setting). To specify the units when entering a size, add the mm or mil suffix to the value. Height - Enter a height for the sheet here. The sheet provides an area that emulates the traditional drawing sheet and is useful for placing information such as dimensions, notes and title blocks on. Information placed on mechanical layers can be linked to the sheet so that they only display when the sheet is being displayed. Sheet size can be defined in either metric or imperial units regardless of the default units (which are determined by the Measurement Unit setting). To specify the units when entering a size, add the mm or mil suffix to the value. Display Sheet - Enable to display the sheet. The sheet provides an area that emulates the traditional drawing sheet and is useful for placing information such as dimensions, notes and title blocks on. Information placed on mechanical layers can be linked to the sheet so that they only display when the sheet is being displayed. You can set sheet size using the Width and Height fields and sheet position, relative to the absolute origin, using the X and Y fields. You can set the sheet related colors and layers linked to the sheet in the Board Layers And Colors page of the View Configurations dialog (Design» Board Layers & Colors). Auto-size to linked layers - Enable this option to automatically size the sheet to linked layers. Snap Options Snap To Grids - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to the default cartesian grid defined for the board. Snap To Linear Guides - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to manually placed linear Snap Guides. Snap To Point Guides - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to manually placed point Snap Guides. Snap To Object Axis - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to dynamic alignment guides created through proximity to the hotspot(s) of placed objects. Advanced/Simple - use this control to accessed advanced options for this feature. Snap To Object Hotspots - use this option to toggle whether the cursor can snap to the hotspot of placed objects when it is simultaneously close (on both the X and Y axes) to such a hotspot. Range - use this field to define the electrical grid range. This value determines how close

5 you need to get to an electrical object's hot-spot before the cursor will snap to it, even if the object is not on the Snap Grid. In general, you would set the Electrical Grid range to a setting somewhat less than the Snap Grid. For example, if the Snap Grid is set to 50mil, an appropriate Electrical Grid range would be 30mil. Enter a value directly, or choose one of the predefined values available from the field's drop-down. Snap On All Layers - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to any electrical object on any visible layer. When this option is disabled, the cursor will only recognize and snap to objects placed on the currently selected layer. When in Single Layer mode, the Electrical Grid will only apply to electrical objects on the current layer. Snap To Board Outline - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to the board outline. This option can be useful for dimensioning a PCB, particularly when the board corners or vertices are off the Snap Grid. Snap To Arc Centers - enable this option to allow the cursor to snap to the centers of placed arc objects. Advanced Options - Snap To Object Axis Near Range - use this field to specify the distance the cursor can be from an enabled object, inside which that object's hotspot will cause the cursor to snap to a system-generated dynamic alignment guide. Near Objects - Enable this option, and the required design objects to be used as snap point sources as the cursor is moved near to them. Far Objects - enable this option, and the required design objects to be used as snap point sources when the cursor is further away from an object, beyond the specified Near Range. An enabled object's hotspot will continue to cause the cursor to snap to a system-generated dynamic alignment guide, at this greater distance. Additional Buttons Grid - click this button to access the Grid Manager dialog, from where to manage the default and user defined snap grids for the board. Guides - click this button to access the Snap Guide Manager dialog, from where a range of manual snap guides and snap points for the board can be defined and managed. Link To Vault This can only be accessed in PCB Library Editor.

6 Target Vault - Choose the vault which the PCB Library will be released to. Target Folder - Choose the folder in the target Vault where the PCB Library will be released. Lifecycle Definition - Make sure which Lifecycle definition will be used when the PCB Library is released to the Vault. Revision Naming - To determine which naming scheme will be used when the PCB Library is released to the Vault.

7 Buttons Grids - This command opens the Grid Manager dialog, from where local customized grids can be defined and managed, as well as the default snap grid for the board. Guides - This command opens the Snap Guide Manager dialog, from where a range of manual snap guides and snap points for the board can be defined and managed. Source URL: