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• The documentation area is where you can find extensive, versioned information about our software online, for free. • View the schedule and register for training events all around the world and online • Browse our vast library of free design content including components, templates and reference designs • Attend a live webinar online or get instant access to our on demand series of webinars • Get your questions answered with our variety of direct support and self-service options • Stay up to date with the latest technology and industry trends with our complete collection of technical white papers. • Quick and to-the-point video tutorials to get you started with Altium Designer.

• • • • • Altium Designer's CAMtastic Editor offers a variety of tools, the most basic of which are for viewing and editing CAM data. Once image and drill files have been imported, the CAMtastic Editor can receive instructions determining layer types and stackup, at which point a netlist can be extracted and compared with an IPC netlist generated from the original PCB design software. These netlists will handle not just through-hole components, but blind and buried vias as well. The CAMtastic Editor also offers Design Rule Checking, panelization and NC-Routing (plus milling) tools. CAM Action Basics The CAMtastic Editor environment utilizes some slightly different methods for performing actions and procedures than you may be accustomed to. Action Before Selection The way actions are performed within the CAMtastic Editor may seem backwards to new users, who are used to selecting objects before telling the program what to do to them. Like other CAM tools, the CAMtastic Editor reverses this process: first you choose the action, then you select the objects to act upon, finishing with an execute command.

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If this is not the way you are used to working, then you can lean on a couple of crutches until you find your feet. First, look at the cursor. When it displays as a cross-hair target over the design workspace, that means it's not in selection mode (a square pick-box cursor is displayed during selection mode). The fact that the selection buttons are all grayed-out can remind you that you haven't picked an action yet - at least not one that calls for general selections. Also, you should get used to using the status bar, at the bottom of the main editing window, which will tell you what action the CAMtastic Editor is requiring.

This is particularly helpful during multi-step processes, when you're wondering why nothing is happening; the status bar will let you what the CAMtastic Editor is waiting for you to do. Right-click Execution So first, you choose a command, then you select a set of objects - the CAMtastic Editor waits for an execution command.

This gives you the freedom to carefully construct your selection over various layers and groups of objects. The basic way to send the execute command is by right-clicking.

You may notice that, after you have executed a function, the cursor does not return to its inactive state. Instead, the selection pickbox remains, and the status bar prompts you to start selecting again. This happens when the Auto Repeat Functions option is enabled on the CAM Editor - General page of the Preferences dialog ( File » Setup » General). Either disable this option, or get used to canceling function commands when you're really finished.

Sledki zefirki dlya vzroslih opisanie. The right-click button can sometimes be used to cancel current processes. This works when you have not completed a required step, such as selecting objects. The Esc key, however, is a safer button to press for cancellations in general. Editing Modes The CAMtastic Editor supports two editing modes: CAM and NC (Routing). The modes are enabled using the respective CAM Editor and NC Editor commands available from the main View menu.

Alternatively, set the editing mode directly from the CAMtastic panel. Essentially, these modes differ in how the data is displayed.