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Switch to the previous enabled layer |
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Reduces the size of the IEEE Symbol currently being placed/moved |
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Change the current layer for the design to the previous layer in the Layers list |
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Make the previous available analysis chart the current chart in the Waveform Analysis window |
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Paste objects onto the current layer regardless of their original layer assignments |
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Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 2D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch. |
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Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 3D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch. |
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Align selected design objects by their right edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
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Access the Report Manager dialog presenting a Bill of Materials for the active design project |
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Fit all objects |
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Access the Choose a snap grid size dialog in which you can set the snap grid to a user-specified value |
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Reset schematic designators |
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Reset duplicate schematic designators |
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Reset Component Unique IDs |
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Start wiring |
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Place Compile Mask Directive |
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Place Generic No ERC directive |
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Save and release the defined entity |
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Undo |
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Restore the active Multi-board document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported |
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Restore the current document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported |
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Single select the next design object in a set of co-located (overlapping) objects without utilizing a selection pop-up window. To use this command, ensure that the Display popup selection dialog option is disabled on the PCB Editor - General page of the Preferences dialog. |
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Cycle through the four different component selection modes |
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Tab backwards from the current cursor position |
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Redo |
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Delete all characters back to the beginning of the first word immediately to the left of the current cursor position |
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Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the current document. Multiple levels of Redo are supported |
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Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the active Multi-board document. Multiple levels of redo are supported |
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Jump to, and make active, the previous component in the current library document. After reaching the first component in the list, the command will not cycle to the last component again. |
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Step back to the previous document, in the sequence of documents that have been made active in the main design window |
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Jump to, and make active, the next component in the current library document. After reaching the last component in the list, the command will not cycle to the first component again |
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Step forward to the next document in the sequence of documents that have been made active in the main design window |
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Cycle forward to the next open tabbed document, making it the active document in the design workspace |
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Print active document |
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Print the currently active multi-board schematic document |
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Print the currently active Draftsman document |
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Constrain the direction of movement to the horizontal or vertical axis depending on the initial direction of movement |
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Exit Altium Designer |
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Select design objects within a user-defined area. The objects do not have to be wholly inside the defined boundaries of the area |
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Remove the last placed segment, while placing a Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness, or Polygon |
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Remove last segments |
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Remove last segment |
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Remove last segment or accordion |
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Remove the last placed vertex |
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Unwinds the last committed route back to its starting point. If any objects had been pushed through placing the last segment, they are moved back to their original positions |
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Delete a single, selected end-of-route object (component-free track, arc, via, or pad). The singular routing object connected to the deleted object will be automatically selected and ready for subsequent deletion. |
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Delete a single character to the left of the cursor. If one or more characters in the document are selected, the command will delete the selection |
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Activate the Method Parameters pop-up window |
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Rotates the object being dragged clockwise. Rotation is in increments of 90° |
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Switch to the next enabled signal layer |
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Switch to the next enabled (and rule-permitted) signal layer, dropping a via |
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Change the current layer for the design to the next signal layer in the Layers list |
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Extend a column selection by one page up from the current cursor position |
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Extend a column selection to the end of the current line from the current cursor position |
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Extend a column selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position |
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Open the Object Inspector panel |
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Align layers in the current document based on chosen layer objects |
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Perform Board Level Annotation through use of the Board Level Annotate dialog |
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Access a pop-up window of available routing layers. Click an entry to switch to that layer (dropping a via to do so). The number to the right of each entry ([n]) can be used to switch to that layer directly, without popping this window. |
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Set a new origin point for the current document |
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Open any existing document using the Open dialog |
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Reselect the objects that were part of the previous selection |
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Align selected design objects by their left edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
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Extend a selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position |
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Extend a selection to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position |
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Reduce the radius of the arc (by 10mil/0.254mm increments) when in arc cornering placement mode |
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Increase the radius of the arc (by 10mil/0.254mm increments) when in arc cornering placement mode |
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Extend a selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Extend a selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units |
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Configure the properties of the currently selected output container or print job |
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Open the Breakpoints panel |
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Delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current line |
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Extend a column selection by one page down from the current cursor position |
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Move to the next message (down) in the Messages panel and cross-probe to the object responsible for the message in the associated document (where supported) |
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Switch to routing on the corresponding routing (signal) layer (dropping a via to do so). The number can be obtained from the prefix to the layer name ([n]), on the layer tab at the bottom of the main workspace. Alternatively, the number can be acquired from the pop-up window accessed through the Ctrl + L shortcut. |
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Add a new comment thread to a specified point in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on its PCB document |
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Add a new comment thread to a specified point in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on one of its source schematic documents |
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Open the Tool Palette panel |
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Extend a selection to the beginning of the current document from the current cursor position |
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Extend a selection to the end of the current document from the current cursor position |
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Align selected objects by their left edges |
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Move to the previous message (up) in the Messages panel and cross-probe to the object responsible for the message in the associated document (where supported) |
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(hold and drag) Drag the electrical object currently under the cursor while maintaining connectivity with other electrical objects |
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On a via in a stack of vias, use to move just that via to a new location (and not the entire stack) |
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Align selected design objects by their top edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
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(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location |
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(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location |
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(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location |
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On a selected segment of a placed Wire, Line, Bus, or Signal Harness or an edge of a placed Polygon to add a vertex at that point |
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On a vertex of a placed Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness or Polygon to remove that vertex |
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(hold left mouse button, then press Delete) On an end vertex of a selected polygonal-based object, use to remove that vertex |
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On a selected object, opens the Get X-Y Offsets dialog to move one or more currently selected objects by a specified distance in the horizontal (X) and/or vertical (Y) planes. |
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Measure and display the distance between any two points in the current document |
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Measure the distance between two points on the active schematic document |
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Measure distances between 3D bodies in the active Multi-board Assembly document |
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Mirror selected objects about a defined mirror line on the current document |
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Cycle through the three glossing settings (Off, Weak, and Strong) during routing or sliding. |
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Add fanout via, tool immediately waits for next fanout to route and via to place |
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Add fanout via; tool immediately waits for next fanout to route and via to place |
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Check for collisions between the various constituent entities of the multi-board assembly |
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Use to improve the quality of the selected routes by reducing the overall length and number of corners |
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Automatically open a document that the cursor is currently over |
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Scale selected objects in the current document based on a specified base point and scale factor |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit |
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Move the text cursor to the left one word at a time |
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Scroll to the start of the X-axis in the active simulation analysis chart |
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Scroll to the end of the X-axis in the active simulation analysis chart |
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Move the text cursor to the right one word at a time |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
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Display all design objects on the current document |
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Move the text cursor to the bottom of the document window |
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Fit all waveforms in the current chart, in their entirety within the Waveform Analysis window |
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Change the view in the main design window so that the active Draftsman document is made completely visible (where possible) |
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Launch the associated dialog (where available) for the selected output in which you can define exactly how, and what, you wish to be generated |
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Move the text cursor to the top of the document window |
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Set the magnification of the current document to 400% |
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Scroll to the top of the active simulation analysis chart |
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Scroll up one line |
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Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
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