The images below show a Board Region with two Board Cutouts, these become holes in the board when it is fabricated.Ī Board Cutout placed on a Board Region becomes a hole in the finished board. A Board Cutout is also a polygonal object, so has the same placement process as the Board Region itself. To create an internal cutout in the board, place a Board Cutout Region ( Place » Define Board Cutout, or click the button on the Active Bar). Press Shift+Spacebar to cycle through the five available corner modes, press the 1 shortcut to toggle placement between two edges or one edge. Press the Backspace key to remove the last vertex.In the second mode, the dashed edge is referred to as the look-ahead segment (as shown in the last image in the set below). Press the 1 shortcut key to toggle between placing two edges per click, or one edge per click.Hold the Shift key as you press to accelerate arc resizing. When in either of the arc corner modes, hold the key to shrink or the key to grow the arc.Press Spacebar to toggle between the two corner direction sub-modes.Press Shift+Spacebar to cycle through the five available corner modes.When redefining the board shape there are five available corner modes, four of which also have corner direction sub-modes. Click the design space pause button overlay ( ) to resume placement. ► Learn more about Understanding the Snap Behavior.Īdditionally, you can press the Tab key to pause the placement and access the Board Region mode of the Properties panel from where its properties can be changed on the fly. During placement of a Board Region the cursor is constrained by the cursor snap settings, which includes: the current Snap Grid, the available Objects for Snapping, the presence of Workspace Guides, and the Axes Snapping settings - use these features to help achieve the required shape.Board Regions can also be created from 3 Body objects by using the Create Board Region from 3D Body command while in 3D mode.As well as drawing the Board Region, they can also be created from primitives - learn more in the Converting between 2D Drawing Primitives and Board Definition Objects section of this page.If the final PCB requires multiple Board Regions, continue to define additional regions.Layer stacks are defined and named in the Layer Stack Manager. Assign the required Layer stack in the Board Region mode of the Properties panel. When a new Board Region is created it will be assigned the default layer stack, named Board Layer Stack. Each Board Region must have a layer stack assigned.Enter a suitable name in the Name field in the Board Region mode of the Properties panel (the Board Region must be selected in the design space to display its properties in the panel). Each Board Region is named to uniquely identify it.
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There is no need to manually close the board shape as the software will automatically complete the shape by connecting the last point placed back to the start point. After placing the final vertex, right-click or press Esc to close and complete the definition of the board shape.Continue to move the mouse and click to place vertices, creating the edges required to define the overall shape of the Board Region.Refer to the Placement Modes section below for more details on changing corner modes. The default behavior is to place 2 edges with each click with a user-defined corner shape between them, press the Spacebar to toggle the corner direction. Move the cursor ready to place the second vertex.The Board Region is a polygonal object, like a Region or Polygon, and has the same placement process. Position the cursor and click to anchor the starting vertex for the Board Region.Select Place » Board Region to place a new region (or click the button on the Active Bar).The default existing Board Region will display as a green rectangle. Select View » Board Planning Mode (or press the 1 shortcut) to enter Board Planning Mode.Then it shows an alternate approach, where the three Board Regions are defined from selected objects.īoard Regions are placed and modified in Board Planning Mode: The video demonstrates creating the Board Shape from selected objects and then slicing the shape to create the three regions needed. - enables the Board view in the Layer Stack Manager.īoard Regions are implemented in the PCB Editor with the View mode set to Board Planning Mode ( View » Board Planning Mode, or press the 1 shortcut).The behavior has changed along with the name change enabling the old option restored the old mode (Rigid-Flex1.0), whereas enabling the new option enables the new mode (Rigid-Flex2.0). Note that in previous releases of Altium Designer this option was called. PCB.RigidFlex2.0 - enables the Rigid-Flex 2 features in Board Planning Mode.To switch to Rigid-Flex 2 mode, enable the following options in the Advanced Settings dialog: