Altium 18 and work guides - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Ghydda
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2018, 08:40:45 am
content: How on Earth do your modify/delete work guides in Altium 18?As usual, the documentation onwww.altium.comis lackluster.Searching for+Snap +Guide +Manageronly provides hits on earlier versions.And my Google-Fu is not up to the task either it seems.Anyone know where the Snap Guide Manager is in Altium 18?Edit:Found it, it is now part of the properties panel. When no objects are selected, the properties of the current active layout is shown, scrolling way down reveals the Guide Manager...Sheeez!Well, at least now I can finally justify (to my boss) getting a 4K monitor.Cheers!/Ghydda

author: Gibson486
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2018, 02:01:10 pm
content: I wonder who came up with the idea for Altium's documentation. I usually have tell google to search Altium's site for what i want.

author: thunderdan
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 28, 2018, 07:39:26 am
content: Don't get an 4k monitor for altium! especially if you're using win10 (latest creators edition). There is no way to change the font size within Altium so you have to enable scaling (within windows) so you can read anything.. however this scales everything including the CAD area.. effectively robbing you of the extra resolution. Also... scaling wreaks absolute havoc within the GUI.. menus don't show up correctly, some menus simply just can't be seen as they must appear outside the viewing area. At present I cannot access the Grid Manager as it doesn't display on the screen. If you use DBLib database libraries.. you're also in for a rocky ride... and as usual, two patches already released with either addressing any of these important issues. I could go on... I'm rolling back to AD17.1.

author: laseralex
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 30, 2018, 08:50:39 pm
content: Quote from: thunderdan on March 28, 2018, 07:39:26 amI'm using a 4k monitor under AD18, with Windows scaling turned on. I still like having the extra resolution: it doesn't put more information on my screen, but it does give me a sharper image.Quote from: thunderdan on March 28, 2018, 07:39:26 amI have a 4k monitor and a QXGA (2560x1600) monitor side by side, with the 4k monitor as the main one. The 4k is running 150% under windows, with the QXGA running 100%. Running on either monitor alone, everything works just fine. (e.g. I can see the Grid manager which you mentioned.)I do get odd effects when running Altium across both monitors in certain configurations. Using your Grid Manager example, I can see the grid manager on either monitor when the main Altium window is on the QXGA monitor. However, if the main Altium window is on the 4k monitor, the grid manager will work on the 4k monitor and not the QXGA monitor.I hope Altium fixes this soon, but overall it's not a huge problem and not worth giving up the benefits of 4k.

author: ali80
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2018, 03:40:51 pm
content: Yeah, I was also scratching my head and going through altium documents trying to find where did the Guide manager go and I'm like WTF?!here comes EEVBlog to rescue, thanks mate

author: Philfreeze
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2018, 06:15:26 am
content: I think the best thing to do is get a >30inch 4k monitor (we got a 40" monitor), this way you get the bigger real estate both physical and in pixies.

author: ehughes
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2018, 01:09:18 pm
content: I think Work Guides go *removed* from the library editor..... I am still angry about it....

author: Araho
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2018, 07:34:05 am
content: Have they seriously removed the ability to set a working guide by keyboard shortcuts??? That was the best feature of Altium, to set a working guide while another command was active, like placing a model or a pad!