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How do you Add/Remove design layers

jstrautman

My problem is, I imported a PADS design and it shows a lot of mechanical layers that were probably present in the original design.  The problem is, I don't really want those layer names and I really want to add a layer named "Outline" so I can add my PCB outline tracks.  I see the dialog box where I can view and change layer colors, but I don't see anywhere on there where you can add a new layer (that you define the name for) or remove layers.  This seems like a very simple function and I hope I'm just missing it.  Does anybody know how to accomplish this?  I have already disabled the checkbox in the mechanical layers window to show all layers even ones that are disabled and none of the normal Altium layers are there.

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    Have you tried the Layer Stack Manager under the Home tab on the PCB editor? This gives you the ability to add, delete and rename layers although I haven't tested this on an imported design.

  • 0 in reply to e14softwareuk

    I don't think the layer Stack Manager will solve this problem because I believe the layer Stack Manager is just for editing the physical layers.  What I am talking about are the design layers, such as "Top Layer", "Assembly Text Top", "Outline", "3D Top", etc.

     

    The design layers are used to create the physical layers depending on how you set up the build properties.

  • 0 in reply to jstrautman

    The mechanical layers can be renamed by bringing up the "View Configurations" dialog (e.g. right click layer tab > Layer Colours...). Click once on the layer name to highlight it, press F2 to enter edit mode which allows the layer to be renamed. An alternative to F2 is to click again on the name text but make sure this is a second click rather than double click action.

  • 0 in reply to e14softwareuk

    I had also seen that I can rename layers like you say, but this dialog doesn't seem to allow for adding/deleting layers.  It seems you should also be able to add/delete layers, but I haven't figured out how.  Any help/suggestions on that?

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  • 0 in reply to jstrautman

    I don't believe it is possible to add or remove mechanical layers. One option would be to disable the unwanted layers using the Enable box. If you deselect "Only show enabled mechanical layers" it should show the unused spare mechanical layers, one on which you can enable and rename to "Outline".