Friday, November 23, 2018

Altium Designer: Useful Shortcuts for Component Placement
























  - Rotate counterclockwise by 90 degrees while moving an object: SPACEBAR
  - Align selected objects by top edges: SHIFT + CTRL + T
  - Distribute selected objects equally in the horizontal plane : SHIFT + CTRL + H
  - Align selected objects by left edges: SHIFT + CTRL + L
  - Align selected objects by right edges: SHIFT + CTRL + R
  - Distribute selected objects equally in the vertical plane : SHIFT + CTRL + V
  - Align selected objects to grid: SHIFT + CTRL + D
  - Align selected objects by bottom edges: SHIFT + CTRL + B


Designing Thermal Vias

Enhancing thermal transfer for FR-4 PCBs can be achieved cost-effectively by incorporating thermal vias and plated through-holes (PTH) betwe...