To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.
Altium edit room definition.
A room can also be locked to prevent accidentally moving it.
In the room definition category you will see the new rule for the room that you just created.
The source of a script variable or method definition can be instantly located using the editor s navigation feature.
On the left side of the pcb rules and constraints editor menu go down to the placement rules and click on the arrow to open up these rules.
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.
The cursor will relocate to the definition.
It will have the name of roomdefinition.
A room definition rule will automatically be created and assigned to the room with an initial scope full query of all.
Editing a polygonal object.
To locate a definition source for a variable press the ctrl key while clicking on the variable where it s used in the script.
Display the placement section and then the room definition section.
Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined.
Click once on a polygonal object to select it which puts the polygonal object into edit mode.
Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined.
Now go to the routing section of the rules dialog and display all the width rules.
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.
This command allows you to reverse engineer a pcb layout directly from cam files.
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 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.
Setting the design rules for the bga room.
This article looks at reverse engineering a pcb layout directly from cam files loaded into altium designer s cam editor camtastic.
The outer shape of the polygonal object is defined by a series of edges.
To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.
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.
