Altium Designer : Schematics Annotation

Altium Designer : Creating Logo

To Import Logo to silk screen, create logo in MS Word. Copy and paste in Altium.

Altium Designer: Working with Custom Pad Shapes

Altium Designer : Removing Solder Mask Layer from Pads or Test Points

Altium Designer: Creating Non-Plated Through Holes

Altium Designer : Setting Polar Grid

Altium Designer : Selecting Overlapping Objects

Altium Designer : Creating Custom Board Outline and Keepout Area

It is a good design practice to add keepout area along the board outline. Recommended keep out line thickness is 20 mil.

Altium Designer : Shorcuts for Routing and Toggling Single Layer Mode

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 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 vertical plane : SHIFT + CTRL + V
  - Align selected objects to grid : SHIFT + CTRL + D
  - Align selected objects by bottom edges : SHIFT + CTRL + B

Altium Designer : Pcb Panelization

On the Place tab, Select Embedded Board Array/ Panelize. Click anywhere in the PCB area. Under Properties menu, select your PCB and set desired Column margin and Row spacing.