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Tips
From Altium wiki Interactively Routing a Net
- Interactive Route
- L change layer when starting the route
- + or * add via and change to next layer
- - add via and change to previous layer
- 2 add via, no layer change
- / easy fanout
- 7 Cycles through the connections available for routing if the current pad has multiple connections.
- 9 Switches the cursor position from the currently selected pad or track to the target pad or track.
- 1 Toggle look-ahead mode
- Shift A length tuning
- SHIFT + R: Cycle through and select the desired conflict resolution mode
- CTRL and Left Click: Automatic Connection Completion
- Shift W width
- Picking Up the Existing Track Width
- enable the Pickup Track Width from Existing Routes option in the PCB Editor - Interactive Routing page of the Preferences dialog.
- To temporarily inhibit the pickup behavior, hold the SHIFT key as you click to start routing.
- To pickup a different width from some other existing track on the board, start routing, move the cursor over that track and press the INSERT key.
Polygons
- Region use as cutout for no polygon under heatsink
