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Enlarges the size of the IEEE Symbol currently being placed/moved |
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Switch to the next enabled layer |
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Switch to the next enabled (and rule-permitted) layer, dropping a via |
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Change the current layer for the design to the next layer in the Layers list |
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Make the next available analysis chart the current chart in the Waveform Analysis window |
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Extend a selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position |
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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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Reduces the size of the IEEE Symbol currently being placed/moved |
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Toggle the display of the Difference Map Overlay in the main design workspace On or Off |
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Switch to the previous enabled layer |
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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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Switch to the previous enabled (and rule-permitted) layer, dropping a via |
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Rotate the 3D body object being placed/moved clockwise around the model's X-axis by 90° |
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Rotate the view of the board (or component) in 3D 30 degrees down |
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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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Open the Tool Palette panel |
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Choose the required track width from available predefined favorite routing widths in the Track mode of the Properties panel |
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Choose the required track width from available predefined favorite routing widths in the Favorite Interactive Routing Widths dialog |
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Choose the required track width from available predefined favorite routing widths in the Track mode of the Properties panel |
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Rotate the 3D body object being placed/moved clockwise around the model's Y-axis by 90° |
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Rotate the view of the board (or component) in 3D 30 degrees right |
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Run the current script up to the line where the text cursor is currently positioned, then pause |
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Rotate the 3D body object being placed/moved counterclockwise around the model's X-axis by 90° |
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Rotate the view of the board (or component) in 3D 30 degrees up |
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Access the Board Insight pop-up, listing all components and/or net objects currently under the cursor |
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Converts a closed polyline to a solid polygon region |
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Open the script Evaluate dialog to see the current value (result) of the expression located at the cursor |
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(Drag and drop from Windows Explorer into Altium Designer) Open a document, project, or design workspace |
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(click on an object, hold and drag) Move the single object currently under the cursor (or group of selected objects if the object is part of that selection) |
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(Click (away from objects), hold and drag (left-to-right)) Select all objects that fall completely within the bounds of the selection area |
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(Click (away from objects), hold and drag (right-to-left)) Select all objects that fall completely inside the selection area or are touched by its boundary |
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(click an object, hold and drag) Move the single object currently under the cursor (or group of selected objects if the object is part of that selection) |
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On a via in a stack of vias, use to move the entire stack to a new location |
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One or more selected applicable (printable) outputs into the Hard Copy region to create a new Print Job. The output(s) will automatically be linked |
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One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new PDF output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked |
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One or more selected PCB3D Video outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Video output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked |
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One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Folder Structure output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked |
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Obtain information with respect to a single selected net in the current document |
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Full control of text selection |
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Enter the desired bus routing |
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Cycle through the defined Width-Gap value pairings available for the differential pair being routed, through the applicable Differential Pairs Routing rule (Min Width-Min Gap --> Preferred Width-Preferred Gap --> Max Width-Max Gap) |
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Increase the spacing between neighboring routes |
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Toggle the display of the current film box |
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Execute the current function after all required objects involved in the function have been selected |
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Open the Object Inspector panel |
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Toggle the display of the SCH List panel or the SCHLIB List panel accordingly |
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Toggle the Heads Up Display on or off |
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Toggle on/off whether the cursor on a grid will snap to the active workspace grid. Once enabled, the cursor will pull or snap to the nearest snap group location |
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Toggle the display of the PCB List panel or the PCBLIB List panel accordingly |
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Toggle the highlighting of objects based on the current Dcode. In this way, you can interrogate exactly wit which objects a particular Dcode is associated |
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(drag from right to left) To select all connections touched by the dragged rectangle |
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Full control of column selection |
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Toggle the 3D model visibility in the current PCB document |
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Converts a closed polyline to a CutOut polygon |
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Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location and in progressively smaller steps |
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Extend a selection by one page up from the current cursor position |
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Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location and in progressively larger steps |
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Extend a selection by one page down from the current cursor position |
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Change the view of the board (or component) in 3D so that you are looking at the board from the top side |
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Change the view of the board (or component) in 3D so that you are looking at the board from an orthogonal perspective |
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Open the Breakpoints panel |
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Add a new comment thread to a defined area of 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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Add a new comment thread to a defined area of 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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Rotates the object being dragged clockwise. Rotation is in increments of 90° |
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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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Activate the Method Parameters pop-up window |
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Decrease the Standoff Height for the 3D body object being placed/moved by one Snap Grid unit |
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Change the view of the board (or component) in 3D so that you are looking at the board from the left edge |
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Open the Code Explorer panel |
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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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Use to improve the quality of the selected routes by reducing the overall length and number of corners |
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View and highlight all objects drawn with the current Dcode |
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Change the view of the board (or component) in 3D so that you are looking at the board from the front side |
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Access the Set Layers ON dialog in which you can specify which layers you wish to turn ON |
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Extend a column selection by one line down from the current cursor position |
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Extend a selection column by one column to the right of the current cursor position |
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Extend a column selection by one line up from the current cursor position |
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Extend a selection column by one column to the left of the current cursor position |
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Increase the Standoff Height for the 3D body object being placed/moved by one Snap Grid unit |
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Enable all selected outputs connecting them to the currently selected output container or print job |
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(right click, hold and drag) Display the slider (panning) hand cursor then drag to move your view of the workspace |
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Display the slider (panning) hand cursor then drag to move your view of the workspace |
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Disable all selected outputs disconnecting them from the currently selected output container or print job |
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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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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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Align selected design objects by their left edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
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Open the Watch List panel |
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Toggle the display of the current document's editor between maximized and not maximized |
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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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Toggle the display of the current document's editor between maximized and not maximized |
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Converts a closed polyline to a solid polygon |
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Extend a selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position |
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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 to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position |
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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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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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On a net object to highlight the entire routed net in addition to the routed nets already highlighted (cumulative routed net highlighting) |
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On a layer tab to highlight all content on that layer in addition to the content already highlighted on other layers (cumulative layer highlighting) |
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(hold) Create a vertex (or break) in a track segment at the current cursor position |
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Move the text cursor to a predefined location on the current document, as stored in location marker (number key) |
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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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Scroll horizontally within the design workspace |
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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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Scroll horizontally within the design workspace. This is a default setting that can be changed from the System - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog |
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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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Redraw the current layer of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects |
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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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Align selected design objects by their bottom edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
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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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Temporarily disables the grid |
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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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Temporarily disables the grid |
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Temporarily disables gloss cycling |
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Paste objects onto the current layer regardless of their original layer assignments |
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On a connection to select that connection in addition to the connections already selected (cumulative connection selection) |
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While hovering the cursor over a layer tab to highlight the content of that layer only |
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Move the view of the board (or component) in 3D 500mil right |
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Extend a column selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position |
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Extend a column selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position |
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Move the view of the board (or component) in 3D 500mil left |
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Move the view of the board (or component) in 3D 500mil down |
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Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location |
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What is your favorite Altium Designer hotkey? Do you have any useful tips for it? Let other users know below.
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