Altium官方的新手指南Getting Started with PCB Design

Tutorial-GettingStartedwithPCBDesignCreatingaNewPCBProjectCreatingaNewSchematicSheetSettingtheSchematicDocumentOptionsDrawingtheSchematicLocatingtheComponentandLoadingtheLibrariesPlacingtheComponentsonYourSchematicWiringuptheCircuitNetsandNetLabelsSettingUpProjectOptionsCheckingtheElectricalPropertiesofYourSchematicSettinguptheErrorReportingSettingUptheConnectionMatrixSettingUptheComparatorCompilingtheProjecttoCheckforErrorsCreatingaNewPCBTransferringtheDesignReadytoStartthePCBDesignProcessSettingUpthePCBWorkspacePCBWorkspaceGridsComponentPositioningandPlacementoptionsDefiningtheLayerStackandOtherNon-electricalLayersPhysicalLayersandtheLayerStackManagerConfiguringtheDisplayofLayersSettingUptheDesignRulesPositioningtheComponentsonthePCBChangingaFootprintInteractivelyRoutingtheBoardTipsforRoutingAutomaticallyRoutingtheBoardVerifyingYourBoardDesignViewingYourBoardin3DimensionsOutputDocumentationGeneratingGerberFilesCreatingaBillofMaterialsFurtherExplorationsSeeAlsoWelcometotheworldofAltiumDesigner-acompleteelectronicproductdevelopmentenvironment.ThistutorialwillgetyoustartedwithcreatingaPCBprojectbasedonanastablemultivibratordesign.IfyouarenewtoAltiumDesignerthenyoumightlikereadthearticleTheAltiumDesignerEnvironmentforanexplanationoftheinterface,informationonhowtousepanels,andmanagingdesigndocuments.CreatingaNewPCBProjectAprojectinAltiumDesignerconsistsoflinkstoalldocumentsandsetupsrelatedtoadesign.Aprojectfile,eg.xxx.PrjPCB,isanASCIItextfilethatlistswhichdocumentsareintheprojectandrelatedoutputsetups,eg.forprintingandCAM.Documentsthatarenotassociatedwithaprojectarecalled'freedocuments'.Linkstoschematicsheetsandatargetoutput,eg.PCB,FPGA,embedded(VHDL)orlibrarypackage,areaddedtoaproject.Oncetheprojectiscompiled,designverification,synchronizationandcomparisoncantakeplace.AnychangestotheoriginalschematicsorPCB,forexample,areupdatedintheprojectwhencompiled.Theprocessofcreatinganewprojectisthesameforallprojecttypes.WewillusethePCBprojectasanexample.Wewillcreatetheprojectfilefirstandthencreatetheblankschematicsheettoaddthenewemptyproject.LaterinthistutorialwewillcreateablankPCBandaddittotheprojectaswell.Tostartthetutorial,createanewPCBproject:1.SelectFile»New»Project»PCBProjectfromthemenus,orclickonBlankProject(PCB)intheNewsectionoftheFilespanel.Ifthispanelisnotdisplayed,selectFilesfromtheSystembuttonatthebottomrightofthemaindesignwindow.2.TheProjectspanelwillopen,displayingthenewprojectfile,PCB_Project1.PrjPCB(withnodocumentsadded).3.Renamethenewprojectfile(witha.PrjPCBextension)byselectingFile»SaveProjectAs.Navigatetoalocationwhereyouwouldliketostoretheprojectonyourharddisk,typethenameMultivibrator.PrjPCBintheFileNamefieldandclickSave.CreatingaNewSchematicSheetNextwewilladdanewschematicsheettotheproject.Itisonthisschematicwewillcapturetheastablemultivibratorcircuit.Createanewschematicsheetbycompletingthefollowingsteps:1.Right-clickontheprojectfileintheProjectspanelandselectAddNewtoProject»Schematic.AblankschematicsheetnamedSheet1.SchDocwillopeninthedesignwindowandaniconforthisschematicwillappearlinkedtotheprojectintheProjectspanel,undertheSourceDocumentsfoldericon.2.Savethenewschematic(witha.SchDocextension)byselectingFile»SaveAs.Navigatetoalocationwhereyouwouldliketostoretheschematiconyourharddisk,typethenameMultivibrator.SchDocintheFileNamefieldandclickonSave.Notethatprojectfilesstoredinthesamefolderastheprojectfileitself(orinachild/grandchildfolder)arelinkedtotheprojectusingrelativereferencing,whereasfilesstoredinadifferentlocationarelinkedusingabsolutereferencing.3.Sinceyouhaveaddedaschematictotheproject,theprojectfilehaschangedtoo.Right-clickontheprojectfilenameintheProjectspanel,andselectSavetosavetheproject.Whentheblankschematicsheetopensyouwillnoticethattheworkspacechanges.Themaintoolbarincludesarangeofnewbuttons,newtoolbarsarevisible,themenubarincludesnewitemsandtheSheetpanelisdisplayed.YouarenowintheSchematicEditor.Youcancustomizemanyaspectsoftheworkspace.Forexample,youcanrepositionthepanelsandtoolbarsorcustomizethemenuandtoolbarcommands.SettingtheSchematicDocumentOptionsInAltiumDesigner,youcanactivateanymenubypressingthemenuacceleratorkey(theunderlinedletterinthemenuname).Subsequentmenuitemswillalsohaveacceleratorkeysthatyoucanusetoselectthatitem.Forexample,theshortcutforselectingtheView»FitDocumentmenuitemistopresstheVkeyfollowedbytheDkey.Additionally,manysubmenus,suchastheDeSelectmenu(intheEditmenu),canbecalleddirectly.Forexample,toactivatetheEdit»DeSelect»AllonCurrentDocumentcommand,youneedonlypresstheXkey(tocalluptheDeSelectmenudirectly)followedbytheSkey.Thefirstthingtodobeforeyoustartdrawingyourcircuitistosetuptheappropriatedocumentoptions.Completethefollowingsteps.1.Fromthemenus,chooseDesign»DocumentOptionstoopentheDocumentOptionsdialog.2.Forthistutorial,theonlychangeweneedtomakehereistosetthesheetsizetoA4,thisisdoneintheStandardStylesfieldoftheSheetOptionstabofthedialog.3.ClickOKtoclosethedialogandupdatethesheetsize.4.Tomakethedocumentfilltheviewingarea,selectView»FitDocument.5.Savetheschematics