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Welcome to our exciting new technical service for our customers. TechWatch, involves an on-line Knowledge Base topped up by monthly updates. The system is designed to be an invaluable technical resource for anyone interested in our software and/or PCB design in general.

There are four broad categories of interest currently covered by TechWatch - Protel, P-CAD, Nexar and General PCB advice. The hints, tips and suggestions have been compiled from a variety of sources - Altium's own Knowledge Base, various technical forums, our own experience, extracts from our training courses and common industry practices.

Altium Designer
ID	Title	Created	Author	Link
AD6-7-18	Creating precise, global-standard component footprints.	23-Jun-07	Altium INFOcenter
AD6-7-17	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 6 .	04-Apr-07	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-7-16	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 5 .	04-Apr-07	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-6-15	Design Reuse with Altium Designer - Part 4 .	19-Feb-07	Tony Folan
AD6-6-14	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 4.	22-Jan-07	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-6-13	Design Reuse with Altium Designer - Part 3.	22-Jan-07	Tony Folan
AD6-6-12	Design Reuse with Altium Designer - Part 2.	13-Dec-06	Tony Folan
AD6-6-11	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 3.	13-Dec-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-6-10	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 2.	20-Nov-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-6-09	Design Reuse with Altium Designer - Part 1.	13-Nov-06	Tony Folan
AD6-6-08	I didn't know you could do that in Altium Designer 6 - Part 1.	09-Nov-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-5-07	Using and creating PCB Layer Sets.	31-Sep-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-5-06	How do I create a slot or square hole in PCB?	31-Aug-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-3-05	How do I update my Altium Designer 6?	30-Jun-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-0-04	The Smart Paste tool.	31-May-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-0-03	Defining Design Rules in Schematic.	26-Apr-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-0-02	Grouping Components and Objects.	29-Mar-06	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-0-01	Creating a Filter Query Button.	28-Feb-06	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-16	Placement Rooms and 3D modelling.	29-Nov-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-15	Implementing IPC-7351.	31-Oct-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-14	Linking with a RoHS Compliant Database.	31-Oct-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-13	Advanced Component Management.	31-Oct-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-12	Mass editing and object manipulation.	29-Sep-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-11	Archiving your Project or Design Workspace.	29-Jul-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-4-10	Importing Logo Graphics into your PCB.	23-Jun-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-3-09	Schematic and PCB Cross Probing.	31-May-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-2-08	Removing Solder Mask from Areas of your PCB.	29-Apr-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-2-07	Assigning rules to rooms such as a height restrictive area.	30-Mar-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-2-06	Linking to Datasheets within Components.	21-Feb-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-2-05	Gerber Issues when using Solid Polygons.	21-Feb-05	Altium K/B
PR2004-2-04	Searching Library Components by Parameter.	27-Jan-05	Andrew Mitchell
PR2004-2-03	Using Acrobat Reader 7 with Protel 2004 Service Pack 2.	21-Jan-05	Altium K/B
PR2004-2-02	Hot fix for the AutoWire issue in Service Pack 2.	21-Jan-05	Altium K/B
PR2004-2-01	Performing Inside Block Selection.	21-Jan-05	Andrew Mitchell
AD6-0-00	Latest Altium Knowledge Base articles for Protel.	29-Mar-06	Altium K/B
Need further help on Protel? Further sources of information can be found here.

P-CAD
ID	Title	Created	Author	Link
PC2006-1-03	Customising the Design Manager.	29-Sep-06	Tony Folan
PC2006-0-02	Maximise route completion and speed in Situs.	31-Aug-06	Tony Folan
PC2006-0-01	P-CAD macro recording tips.	29-Jul-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-4-22	Shorting multiple pads in a pattern.	30-Jun-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-4-21	Draw Drill Symbols to the Screen and Design Views.	31-May-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-3-20	Create alternate patterns in PCB Pattern Editor.	26-Apr-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-3-19	Component Clustering.	27-Mar-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-3-18	Variants Integration.	28-Feb-06	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-17	Sentinel LM 7.0 time out features.	29-Nov-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-16	IPC-7351 Land Pattern Naming Convention.	31-Oct-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-15	Library Management Tutorial.	14-Sep-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-14	Exporting P-CAD PCB and Schematic files in PDF format.	12-Sep-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-13	License file missing or contains no valid license.	15-Jul-05	Altium K/B
PC2004-2-12	Using special characters in P-CAD.	23-Jun-05	Altium K/B
PC2004-2-11	P-CAD 2004 SP2 Hot Fix.	16-Jun-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-2-10	Creating Teardrop pads and/or vias in P-CAD.	31-May-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-09	Crosslinking attributes from one library to another .	15-Apr-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-08	Moving components without the attached traces .	21-Mar-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-07	Compressing P-CAD files.	08-Feb-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-06	Working with DDE Hotlinks.	08-Feb-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-05	Using the Component Reference attribute.	08-Feb-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-04	Representing the different styles used in a design.	08-Feb-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-03	Incrementing Part Num and Ref Des during placement.	24-Jan-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-02	New cursor available with P-CAD 2004.	24-Jan-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-1-01	Adding multiple objects to an existing net.	24-Jan-05	Tony Folan
PC2004-3-00	Latest Altium Knowledge Base articles for P-CAD.	29-Nov-05	Altium K/B
Need further help on P-CAD? Further sources of information can be found here.

Nexar
ID	Title	Created	Author	Link
NX2004-2-02	What Devices are supported by Nexar?	24-Jan-05	Altium Forum
NX2004-2-01	Creating Core Components from an EDIF file.	24-Jan-05	Altium Forum
Need further help on Nexar? Further sources of information can be found here.

PCB Design
ID	Title	Created	Author	Link
PD2004-0-10	Signal Integrity � An increasing problem for designers	19-Feb-07	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-09	RoHS Enforcement Team - A Good Practice Guide	20-Nov-06	RoHS Enforcement
PD2004-0-08	Are you helping or hindering the fabricator in manufacturing your PCB?	29-Jul-06	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-07	Design, test, manufacture and legislation - standards can help.	31-May-06	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-06	Why control impedance?	29-Mar-06	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-05	Embedded Passives - The benefit.	30-Sep-05	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-04	IPC's new Land pattern Standard IPC-7351.	02-Jun-05	Alan Johnson
PD2004-0-03	Component Obsolescence, Are you vulnerable?	15-Apr-05	Tony Folan
PD2004-0-02	Information on WEEE and RoHS directives.	28-Feb-05	Tony Folan
PD2004-0-01	Information on WEEE and RoHS directives.	27-Jan-05	Andrew Mitchell
Need further help on PCB Design? Further sources of information can be found here.

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