Altium Designer 21.3.1 (Update 3) Build 25 | 2.6 Gb
The Altium development team is pleased to announce the availability of Altium Designer 21.3.1 Build 25 - the most powerful, modern, easy-to-use release to date.
Schematic
37299 Repeated font setting actions were needed to apply properties for multiple text objects. (BC:13764)
37517 The justification of net labels printed to a PDF with Physical Structure is incorrect if the justification is set to Right. (BC:13190)
37942 Smart Edit for a pin designator in a schematic library document does not add the numeric value when using the formula '!+' and there is failure error.
38680 Received error during netlist generation. (BC:13579)
39340 The position of the string over the not-fitted component's graphics was not aligned to the center of symbol. (BC:13856)
39602 Project templates containing schematic sheets in the subfolder resulted in invalid messages about duplicate designators and several sheets with the same name.
40688 Font settings were not properly displayed if schematic templates with other fonts were used.
42014 "Output Sheet Entry" connection was not detected if the violation was set to 'Warning' or 'Error'.
42728 Text with a hyperlink does not move from its origin/pointer location using the mouse or keyboard.
43055 Incorrect Variant UniqueID values were shown in the Schematic document.
43088 Special strings in schematic don't reflect project options parameters (BC:15754)
43139 Some schematic files displayed a blanket as diagonal lines. (BC:10481)
43493 The visibility of the "Comment" Name was not saved after applying changes in the Schematic - Defaults page of the Preferences dialog.
43574 The delete command was not available for a Schematic Library sub-part.
43596 It was not possible to edit a text object editing if it was selected by the mouse's right-left selection motion. (BC:15282)
43603 The Find Text - Jump to Results did not adhere to the zoom level set on the System - Navigation page of the Preferences dialog.
43618 An ECO from a schematic to a PCB added a new part and removed the previously added part on the PCB. (BC:15182)
43879 Text wrapping for a note does not work properly. (BC:15269)
43944 It was not possible to select local schematic templates when the layout customizations were already configured.
44030 Improved the Ctrl+F search text tool to find part parameters.
44112 Missing BOM variants for multi-part components if the variants were on different sheets of the hierarchical design.
44259 When multiple sheet entries were selected, they could not be moved smoothly and precisely.
44289 Received an error during ECO if pad designators contained dashes. (BC:15530)
44355 Software froze when closing Altium Designer.
PCB
24505 Error occurs when generating a PCB 3D Print with a Render Resolution of 300 and 600 DPI.
40536 The Board Information Report was not taking hidden nets into account for the 'Routing completion' information.
41867 Design Outputs did not export the rotation of pads from the Solder Mask layer for a package correctly.
42009 Snapping does not work properly when dragging vias or tracks if the corresponding snap options are enabled in the Properties panel. (BC:14503)
42231 Snapping to the board edge did not function properly.
42357 Snapping to arc centers did not function properly. (BC:5444)
42358 Snap points were displayed even though they were disabled in the Guide Manager region of the Properties panel. (BC:12451)
42516 Added the ability to lock 3D Board Regions. (BC:15248)
43459 Added a custom grid for MCAD coordinates.
43694 An issue caused text placed on a polygon to not be selectable after the polygon was moved or flipped.
43698 An issue caused two pads to appear in the selection window of a PCB Library document although only one was placed.
43827 Changing only the visibility of layers showed the document as modified. (BC:15072)
43833 Added the 'Include Miters' option to the Interactive Sliding mode of the Properties panel to treat miters as normal tracks when dragging.
43864 "The input value is invalid" warning was shown for the Snap Distance if a Snap Grid value was selected.
43892 When rotating components, the rotation of 360 degrees is now displayed as 0 degrees. (BC:14474)
43924 Added hotkeys to control the height of Sawtooth tuning patterns.
43950 Added control over dragging a track with or without an attached miter. Press the C shortcut to toggle the Include Miter mode.
43961 Pressing 'Tab' in the PCB document resulted in lost symbols. (BC:10716)
44001 Removed the visible gap on the edge between 2 regions with different layers stacks for the Rigid-Flex design.
44012 The Direct Connection between a via and a polygon changes to a Thermal Relief connection automatically when the via is connected to a track and is moved.
44081 The Layer Stack Manager incorrectly loaded with "Stack Symmetry" disabled and the surface finish layer removed.
44094 Added the PCB.Rendering.MultiselectionDrag option in the Advanced Settings dialog to control multi-selection rendering.
44095 Masking and Highlighting did not work for trace and via sliding.
44113 ODB++ outputs with 'mm' units selected resulted in an incorrectly generated polygon.
44145 The PCB was rendered without the solder mask through semi-transparent 3D models if the 3D model was embedded in a component footprint. (BC:15468)
44151 The board cutouts of Embedded Board Arrays were not displayed in 2D View mode.
44159 Component layers were not shown correctly in 3D view for the Rigid-Flex design. (BC:15400)
44171 Vias without drill span assignment did not get generated in ODB++ files.
44207 "Conductive" and "non-conductive" were misspelled when using Printed Electronics in the Layer Stack Manager. (BC:15536)
44226 The texture was not displayed on the rotated 3D Body in the PCB document. (BC:15493)
44231 A bug in Automatic Loop Removal in presence of partial vias has been fixed. (BC:15030)
Draftsman
37306 Transparent hatched fills are not displayed in exported PDFs.
38928 The Undo command only changed one instance rather than all when the "Apply changes to all instances of same BOM item" was enabled in the Board Assembly View mode of the Properties panel. (BC:13710)
40419 Components through hole pads were not displayed on Board Isometric View and 3D bodies were displayed incorrectly. (BC:8126)
42611 Repositioning and modifying the BOM table resulted in the table's removal from the Draftsman document.
42710 Error occurs after placing a Layer Stack Legend or Board Fabrication View.
43004 Linear Dimension units were sometimes changed from inches to millimeters. (BC:11134)
43761 Graphics on a PDF output were not rendered properly. (BC:13175)
43874 The Draftsman BOM column justification was lost after adding a new column.
43875 Unable to edit Ordinate Dimension object properties. (BC:11760)
44021 When a parameter is changed for several callouts at the same time, the location of all callouts are moved to one location. (BC:14311)
44424 The title of the note from the Draftsman template was deleted upon use in the new Draftsman document. (BC:10034)
Platform
40281 Mouse-clicking and typing was unreliable and often caused parameters to be set incorrectly. (BC:10716)
43972 When creating a new project, the 'Create Project' icon remains on the screen although the project is created. (BC:14747)
44255 There was a slowdown when expanding nodes in the Projects panel.
Data Management
33989 Error occurred when trying to clone a component in the Explorer panel if the folder's template of the cloned component was deleted.
42383 Sorting in ascending/descending order, the display of parameters and units of measure did not work properly in the Explorer panel. (BC:14822)
42818 The BOM and the Manufacturer Part Search panel did not display the same suppliers.
43209 Improved the performance speed when using the Manufacturer Part Search panel.
43260 Exception error "Member not found" message during save operation when Custom Data Synchronization was installed.
43668 The Run Version Control > Compare with Head command did not detect changes.
43723 An error would appear when attempting to assign an existing footprint to a newly created component.
44007 System performance is slow when generating a BOM to Excel without a template.
44141 Improved comment exporting.
44640 Hard crash occurred when attempting to save a footprint in the Single Component Editor. (BC:15599)
Import/Export
44023 The Ansys Exporter generated pads on the wrong layers. (BC:15437)
Simulation
38878 Excluding Part from Simulation resulted in a "Could not map pin" error message.
42053 Added the display of Simulation Results in the Simulation Dashboard panel.
43279 The 'temper' variable is now supported in math expressions for LTSPICE models.
43280 The 'idtmod' function is now supported in math expressions for LTSPICE models.
43300 The delay function is now supported in the Transient Analysis for LTSPICE models.
43535 BJT output current plotting in AC analysis is now supported.
43649 The settings for additional Group Tolerances in Monte-Carlo analysis have been added to the Advanced Analysis Settings dialog.
43674 Added Interval and Period options for Transient Analysis in the Simulation Dashboard panel.
43991 Added the 'RnodeToGnd' advanced parameter (used to process the DC path to ground) with a default value of '1e12'.
44015 Default values for AC analysis are now used in the Advanced Analysis Settings dialog.
37299 Repeated font setting actions were needed to apply properties for multiple text objects. (BC:13764)
37517 The justification of net labels printed to a PDF with Physical Structure is incorrect if the justification is set to Right. (BC:13190)
37942 Smart Edit for a pin designator in a schematic library document does not add the numeric value when using the formula '!+' and there is failure error.
38680 Received error during netlist generation. (BC:13579)
39340 The position of the string over the not-fitted component's graphics was not aligned to the center of symbol. (BC:13856)
39602 Project templates containing schematic sheets in the subfolder resulted in invalid messages about duplicate designators and several sheets with the same name.
40688 Font settings were not properly displayed if schematic templates with other fonts were used.
42014 "Output Sheet Entry" connection was not detected if the violation was set to 'Warning' or 'Error'.
42728 Text with a hyperlink does not move from its origin/pointer location using the mouse or keyboard.
43055 Incorrect Variant UniqueID values were shown in the Schematic document.
43088 Special strings in schematic don't reflect project options parameters (BC:15754)
43139 Some schematic files displayed a blanket as diagonal lines. (BC:10481)
43493 The visibility of the "Comment" Name was not saved after applying changes in the Schematic - Defaults page of the Preferences dialog.
43574 The delete command was not available for a Schematic Library sub-part.
43596 It was not possible to edit a text object editing if it was selected by the mouse's right-left selection motion. (BC:15282)
43603 The Find Text - Jump to Results did not adhere to the zoom level set on the System - Navigation page of the Preferences dialog.
43618 An ECO from a schematic to a PCB added a new part and removed the previously added part on the PCB. (BC:15182)
43879 Text wrapping for a note does not work properly. (BC:15269)
43944 It was not possible to select local schematic templates when the layout customizations were already configured.
44030 Improved the Ctrl+F search text tool to find part parameters.
44112 Missing BOM variants for multi-part components if the variants were on different sheets of the hierarchical design.
44259 When multiple sheet entries were selected, they could not be moved smoothly and precisely.
44289 Received an error during ECO if pad designators contained dashes. (BC:15530)
44355 Software froze when closing Altium Designer.
PCB
24505 Error occurs when generating a PCB 3D Print with a Render Resolution of 300 and 600 DPI.
40536 The Board Information Report was not taking hidden nets into account for the 'Routing completion' information.
41867 Design Outputs did not export the rotation of pads from the Solder Mask layer for a package correctly.
42009 Snapping does not work properly when dragging vias or tracks if the corresponding snap options are enabled in the Properties panel. (BC:14503)
42231 Snapping to the board edge did not function properly.
42357 Snapping to arc centers did not function properly. (BC:5444)
42358 Snap points were displayed even though they were disabled in the Guide Manager region of the Properties panel. (BC:12451)
42516 Added the ability to lock 3D Board Regions. (BC:15248)
43459 Added a custom grid for MCAD coordinates.
43694 An issue caused text placed on a polygon to not be selectable after the polygon was moved or flipped.
43698 An issue caused two pads to appear in the selection window of a PCB Library document although only one was placed.
43827 Changing only the visibility of layers showed the document as modified. (BC:15072)
43833 Added the 'Include Miters' option to the Interactive Sliding mode of the Properties panel to treat miters as normal tracks when dragging.
43864 "The input value is invalid" warning was shown for the Snap Distance if a Snap Grid value was selected.
43892 When rotating components, the rotation of 360 degrees is now displayed as 0 degrees. (BC:14474)
43924 Added hotkeys to control the height of Sawtooth tuning patterns.
43950 Added control over dragging a track with or without an attached miter. Press the C shortcut to toggle the Include Miter mode.
43961 Pressing 'Tab' in the PCB document resulted in lost symbols. (BC:10716)
44001 Removed the visible gap on the edge between 2 regions with different layers stacks for the Rigid-Flex design.
44012 The Direct Connection between a via and a polygon changes to a Thermal Relief connection automatically when the via is connected to a track and is moved.
44081 The Layer Stack Manager incorrectly loaded with "Stack Symmetry" disabled and the surface finish layer removed.
44094 Added the PCB.Rendering.MultiselectionDrag option in the Advanced Settings dialog to control multi-selection rendering.
44095 Masking and Highlighting did not work for trace and via sliding.
44113 ODB++ outputs with 'mm' units selected resulted in an incorrectly generated polygon.
44145 The PCB was rendered without the solder mask through semi-transparent 3D models if the 3D model was embedded in a component footprint. (BC:15468)
44151 The board cutouts of Embedded Board Arrays were not displayed in 2D View mode.
44159 Component layers were not shown correctly in 3D view for the Rigid-Flex design. (BC:15400)
44171 Vias without drill span assignment did not get generated in ODB++ files.
44207 "Conductive" and "non-conductive" were misspelled when using Printed Electronics in the Layer Stack Manager. (BC:15536)
44226 The texture was not displayed on the rotated 3D Body in the PCB document. (BC:15493)
44231 A bug in Automatic Loop Removal in presence of partial vias has been fixed. (BC:15030)
Draftsman
37306 Transparent hatched fills are not displayed in exported PDFs.
38928 The Undo command only changed one instance rather than all when the "Apply changes to all instances of same BOM item" was enabled in the Board Assembly View mode of the Properties panel. (BC:13710)
40419 Components through hole pads were not displayed on Board Isometric View and 3D bodies were displayed incorrectly. (BC:8126)
42611 Repositioning and modifying the BOM table resulted in the table's removal from the Draftsman document.
42710 Error occurs after placing a Layer Stack Legend or Board Fabrication View.
43004 Linear Dimension units were sometimes changed from inches to millimeters. (BC:11134)
43761 Graphics on a PDF output were not rendered properly. (BC:13175)
43874 The Draftsman BOM column justification was lost after adding a new column.
43875 Unable to edit Ordinate Dimension object properties. (BC:11760)
44021 When a parameter is changed for several callouts at the same time, the location of all callouts are moved to one location. (BC:14311)
44424 The title of the note from the Draftsman template was deleted upon use in the new Draftsman document. (BC:10034)
Platform
40281 Mouse-clicking and typing was unreliable and often caused parameters to be set incorrectly. (BC:10716)
43972 When creating a new project, the 'Create Project' icon remains on the screen although the project is created. (BC:14747)
44255 There was a slowdown when expanding nodes in the Projects panel.
Data Management
33989 Error occurred when trying to clone a component in the Explorer panel if the folder's template of the cloned component was deleted.
42383 Sorting in ascending/descending order, the display of parameters and units of measure did not work properly in the Explorer panel. (BC:14822)
42818 The BOM and the Manufacturer Part Search panel did not display the same suppliers.
43209 Improved the performance speed when using the Manufacturer Part Search panel.
43260 Exception error "Member not found" message during save operation when Custom Data Synchronization was installed.
43668 The Run Version Control > Compare with Head command did not detect changes.
43723 An error would appear when attempting to assign an existing footprint to a newly created component.
44007 System performance is slow when generating a BOM to Excel without a template.
44141 Improved comment exporting.
44640 Hard crash occurred when attempting to save a footprint in the Single Component Editor. (BC:15599)
Import/Export
44023 The Ansys Exporter generated pads on the wrong layers. (BC:15437)
Simulation
38878 Excluding Part from Simulation resulted in a "Could not map pin" error message.
42053 Added the display of Simulation Results in the Simulation Dashboard panel.
43279 The 'temper' variable is now supported in math expressions for LTSPICE models.
43280 The 'idtmod' function is now supported in math expressions for LTSPICE models.
43300 The delay function is now supported in the Transient Analysis for LTSPICE models.
43535 BJT output current plotting in AC analysis is now supported.
43649 The settings for additional Group Tolerances in Monte-Carlo analysis have been added to the Advanced Analysis Settings dialog.
43674 Added Interval and Period options for Transient Analysis in the Simulation Dashboard panel.
43991 Added the 'RnodeToGnd' advanced parameter (used to process the DC path to ground) with a default value of '1e12'.
44015 Default values for AC analysis are now used in the Advanced Analysis Settings dialog.
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Product: Altium Designer
Version: 21.3.1 (Update 3) Build 25
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.altium.com
Language: english
System Requirements: PC *
Size: 2.6 Gb
Below are the recommended and minimum system requirements to install and run Altium Designer.
Recommended System Requirements
- Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit only), Windows 8 (64-bit only), or Windows 10 (64-bit only) Intel Core i7 processor or equivalent
- 16GB RAM
- 10GB hard disk space (Install + User Files)
- SSD
- High performance graphics card (supporting DirectX 10 or better), such as GeForce GTX 1060/Radeon RX 470
- Dual monitors with 2560x1440 (or better) screen resolution
- 3D mouse for 3D PCB design, such as the Space Navigator
- Adobe Reader (version XI or later for 3D PDF viewing)
- Internet Connection
- Up to date Web browser
- Microsoft Office 32-bit or 64-bit (Microsoft Excel required for BOM, Microsoft Access required for DbLibs). 64-bit Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 (required for DbLibs) - this is included in Microsoft Office 64-bit, but not included in Microsoft Office 32-bit). If you are running 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Altium Design software, see Using Database Libraries with 32-bit and 64-bit Altium Design Software on the same Computer.
Recommended System Requirements
- Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit only), Windows 8 (64-bit only), or Windows 10 (64-bit only) Intel Core i7 processor or equivalent
- 16GB RAM
- 10GB hard disk space (Install + User Files)
- SSD
- High performance graphics card (supporting DirectX 10 or better), such as GeForce GTX 1060/Radeon RX 470
- Dual monitors with 2560x1440 (or better) screen resolution
- 3D mouse for 3D PCB design, such as the Space Navigator
- Adobe Reader (version XI or later for 3D PDF viewing)
- Internet Connection
- Up to date Web browser
- Microsoft Office 32-bit or 64-bit (Microsoft Excel required for BOM, Microsoft Access required for DbLibs). 64-bit Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 (required for DbLibs) - this is included in Microsoft Office 64-bit, but not included in Microsoft Office 32-bit). If you are running 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Altium Design software, see Using Database Libraries with 32-bit and 64-bit Altium Design Software on the same Computer.
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