Altium Edit Room Definition

Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined.

Altium edit room definition.

As well as being a design rule in its own right room definition a room can also be used as an object when defining the scope of another rule such as clearance or height. Display the placement section and then the room definition section. Setting the design rules for the bga room. After importing cam data into a cam document you will notice that the export to pcb option is grayed out regardless of the current cam editor mode cam or nc.

To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog. This command allows you to reverse engineer a pcb layout directly from cam files. To locate a definition source for a variable press the ctrl key while clicking on the variable where it s used in the script. In the room definition category you will see the new rule for the room that you just created.

The context sensitive right click menu can be accessed when the cursor is over a room object and provides commands for selecting the connections in the room routing the connections in the room using the situs autorouter and unrouting the room. Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined. Each edge is represented by an end vertex at each end shown as a solid white square and a center vertex in the middle shown as a hollow white square. It will have the name of roomdefinition.

To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog. To add a new width design rule right click on the word width and select new rule from the. To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog. Editing a polygonal object.

This article looks at reverse engineering a pcb layout directly from cam files loaded into altium designer s cam editor camtastic. A room can also be locked to prevent accidentally moving it. There should be a room called roomdefinition change its name to bgawidth and copy that name so it can be used in a moment. Click once on a polygonal object to select it which puts the polygonal object into edit mode.

Now go to the routing section of the rules dialog and display all the width rules. The context sensitive right click menu can be accessed when the cursor is over a room object and provides commands for selecting the connections in the room routing the connections in the room using the situs autorouter and unrouting the room. The outer shape of the polygonal object is defined by a series of edges. A room definition rule will automatically be created and assigned to the room with an initial scope full query of all.