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Netnames on tracks when zoomed in

e14 Contributor

One nice feature I noted in another package, AltiumDesigner, I guess, was that when you zoomed in close, the net name would be shown on the track.

This was VERY useful when wrestling up close with a BGA and multiple layers where it could otherwise be a bit hard to keep track(!) of what was what.

  • Element 14 User wrote on Wed, 19 October 2011 06:53

    One nice feature I noted in another package, AltiumDesigner, I guess,

    was that when you zoomed in close, the net name would be shown on the

    track.

    This was VERY useful when wrestling up close with a BGA and multiple

    layers where it could otherwise be a bit hard to keep track(!) of what

    was what.

     

     

    I agree.  This is a very nice feature of Altium that is very useful for

    dense designs particularly.

     

    James.

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  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    YES, Yes, Yes,

     

     

    We can see the pin numbers on layout view, so why not any other type of

    parameter, just make use of a definable preference, to show/not show

    certain, thing, like net name etc.

     

    Make this clever so they only appear at certain zoom levels, or with mouse

    over, with wait, if zoomed out.

     

    Thanks

     

    Dave M

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  • On 10/19/2011 06:53 AM, Jesper Hansen wrote:

    One nice feature I noted in another package, AltiumDesigner, I guess,

    was that when you zoomed in close, the net name would be shown on the

    track. This was VERY useful when wrestling up close with a BGA and

    multiple layers where it could otherwise be a bit hard to keep

    track(!) of what was what.

     

     

    I second this.  A simple mouse-over (maybe with a 500ms or adjustable

    delay?) on a track might be able to pull up a tool-tip with the net name.

     

       - Chuck