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.
Altium edit room definition.
Setting the design rules for the bga room.
This command allows you to reverse engineer a pcb layout directly from cam files.
The source of a script variable or method definition can be instantly located using the editor s navigation feature.
There should be a room called roomdefinition change its name to bgawidth and copy that name so it can be used in a moment.
It will have the name of roomdefinition.
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.
This article looks at reverse engineering a pcb layout directly from cam files loaded into altium designer s cam editor camtastic.
Editing a polygonal object.
A room can also be locked to prevent accidentally moving it.
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 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.
To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.
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.
To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.
Now go to the routing section of the rules dialog and display all the width rules.
A room definition rule will automatically be created and assigned to the room with an initial scope full query of all.
Display the placement section and then the room definition section.
To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.
Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined.
To add a new width design rule right click on the word width and select new rule from the.
The cursor will relocate to the definition.
To locate a definition source for a variable press the ctrl key while clicking on the variable where it s used in the script.
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.
