Here is a list of newly added and revised Knowledge Base (KB) Items. For more details about this update please refer to the
end of this TechWatch item.
Item
No. 4804 - [PCB Layout]
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How can I create a Panel of my board?
Applies to Protel 2004;DXP 2004 products (all
versions);Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer 6;
Last revised 25-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4848
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Why does my special string of .Layer_Name not display
correctly when generating outputs?
Applies to Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer
6;
Last revised 25-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4899 - [Fabrication - CAM Outputs]
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I sent my Gerber files for Fabrication, but the vendor tells
me it is not Gerber data, how can I fix this?
Applies to DXP 2004 products (all versions);
Last revised 25-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4916 - [Fabrication - CAM Outputs]
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CAMtastic Quick Load will not let me see the files in
the generated directory, why is this?
Applies to DXP 2004 products (all
versions);Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer 6;
Last revised 24-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4921 - [Fabrication - CAM Outputs]
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Why is the Export to PCB command within CAMTastic
unavailable or 'greyed out'?
Applies to DXP 2004 products (all
versions);Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer 6;
Last revised 24-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4986 - [Fabrication - CAM Outputs]
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When doing a Quick Load import, my Gerbers do not get viewed
in the CAM Files section of the Import dialog, why is this?
Applies to DXP 2004 products (all
versions);Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer 6;
Last revised 24-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 4914 - [PCB Projects]
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I am trying to retrieve one of my backup files stored in the History
folder but it opens as a blank document, why is this?
Applies to Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer
6;
Last revised 22-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 3443 - [All]
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What is the purpose of the Filter feature? How do I use it?
Applies to Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer
6;
Last revised 12-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 5090 - [PCB Layout]
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On my PCB, how can I select and edit all vias found on tracks
routed with a specific width?
Applies to Altium Designer 2004;Altium Designer
6;
Last revised 12-Jan-2006
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Item
No. 2754 - [All]
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When I try to open a text document in Protel 99 SE, even run
a Bll of Materials or Design Rule Check, I receive the error
TextView.Font.Height:Access violation in 'TextEdit.DLL'. What
can be causing this to happen?
Applies to Pre-Release;
Last revised 14-Dec-2005
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Item
No. 4877 - [FPGA Projects]
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I want to use Altium Designer and a Nanoboard or Universal
JTAG Adapter with a notebook computer, but the computer does not
have a parallel port for the JTAG communications.
Applies to DXP 2004 (SP2);Protel 2004
(SP2);Nexar 2004 (SP2);nVisage 2004 (SP2);DXP 2004 products (all
versions);Altium Designer 2004 (SP3);Altium Designer 2004 (SP4);
Last revised 13-Dec-2005
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Item
No. 1884 - [All]
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What standards do the schematic library parts comply to?
Applies to 3.x;Protel 98;Protel 99 SE;DXP 2004
products (all versions);
Last revised 4-Dec-2005
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Item
No. 4252 - [PCB Layout - Design Rules]
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Is it possible to disable Net Analyzing?
Applies to Protel 2004;Protel 99 SE;Protel DXP;
Last revised 22-Nov-2005
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