https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/w/documents/3552/circuitstudio-hidden-commandsen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/w/documents/3552/circuitstudio-hidden-commandsMon, 12 Nov 2018 08:30:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:18c80ba0-cdbe-4c72-8dbd-e26d0c5d96d2e14softwareukhttps://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/w/documents/3552/circuitstudio-hidden-commands#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by e14softwareuk on 11/12/2018 8:30:49 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;"><em>Applies to Versions: [1.5.1]</em></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">CircuitStudio, through its use of a modern ribbon interface, is designed to be easy to use and accessible to those whose full time job is not PCB design. Those wishing to access the full power of the product will be interested in these extra commands that are not accessible via a button or other dedicated UI element.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The following are accessed by typing a search string into the search bar on the upper right of the editor window.</p><p style="margin:0;"><span><a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/700x131/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-30/3808.contentimage_5F00_104663.png"><img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/30/3808.contentimage_104663.png-700x131.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;sr=b&amp;sig=BJFOfQBtPAArV4oVN8hfm8%2FJpZ7aeFzIshf5LUIUTH0%3D&amp;se=2026-06-11T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;sp=r&amp;_=5J7DYg2VkU6HduPEgkLOWQ==" style="max-height: 131px;max-width: 700px;" /></a></span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The search string should be the command name or a few characters from it so that it will be returned in the search results dropdown.</p><p style="margin:0;"><span><a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/694x130/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-30/2313.contentimage_5F00_104664.png"><img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/30/2313.contentimage_104664.png-694x130.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;sr=b&amp;sig=uYZTVom8nqEw6c4EhW5yG85bm0Xet5MRg6ECMLObUJU%3D&amp;se=2026-06-11T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;sp=r&amp;_=6Bi1b0fo6UD5WNz62gCuzQ==" style="max-height: 130px;max-width: 694px;" /></a></span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><h2>PCB Editor</h2><p style="margin:0;">Convert &gt; Create Region From Selected Primitives</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;">Design &gt; Make PCB Library</p><p style="margin:0;">Paste Array...</p><p style="margin:0;">Pin/Part Swapping &gt; Automatic Net/Pin Optimizer...</p><p style="margin:0;">Pin/Part Swapping &gt; Configure...</p><p style="margin:0;">Pin/Part Swapping &gt; Interactive Differential-Pair Swapping</p><p style="margin:0;">Pin/Part Swapping &gt; Interactive Part Swapping</p><p style="margin:0;">Pin/Part Swapping &gt; Interactive Pin/Net Swapping</p><p style="margin:0;">Place &gt; 3D Body</p><p style="margin:0;">Report &gt; Measure Selected Objects</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><h2>PCB Library Editor</h2><p style="margin:0;">Convert &gt; Create Region From Selected Primitives</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;">PCB Lib Placement &gt; Paste Array...</p><p style="margin:0;">Tools &gt; Component Wizard</p><p style="margin:0;">Tools &gt; Library Splitter Wizard...</p><p style="margin:0;">Reports &gt; Library Component</p><p style="margin:0;">Reports &gt; Library List</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><h2>Schematic Editor</h2><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;">Design &gt; Create Sheet From Sheet Symbol</p><p style="margin:0;">Design &gt; Create Sheet Symbol From Sheet</p><p style="margin:0;">Port Cross Reference &gt; Add To Project</p><p style="margin:0;">Port Cross Reference &gt; Add To Sheet</p><p style="margin:0;">Port Cross Reference &gt; Remove From Project</p><p style="margin:0;">Port Cross Reference &gt; Remove From Sheet</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><h2>Schematic Library Editor</h2><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Deselect &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;">Edit &gt; Paste Array...</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Rectangle</p><p style="margin:0;">Select &gt; Touching Line</p><p style="margin:0;">Tools &gt; Configure Pin Swapping...</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Do you know of any more useful commands? If so let us know in the comments section below.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: pcblib, sch, schlib, pcb, circuitstudio</div>