Hi everyone, I'm using Altium Designer 6.7 for PCB design and come up with a problem. Now I wish to have certain components be auto placed, so I select them by mouse, put them in room and press the button. While expecting only selected components be repositioned, the software instead changes the position of every components. How might I use the auto place function so that it only affects components of my interest without affecting the others? Thanks.
Question regarding auto placer of Altium 6
Aug 26, 2007
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I would give you the same advice that I give everyone trying to use the autoplacer, don't! Placement is the most critical aspect of PCB design and every autoplacer I have ever tried, including Altium's, is a lame broken piece of crap that does the most illogical placements. If you were to subscribe to Altium's AD support forum and search for comments on the autoplacer, you will find the same advice from most AD users.
-- Sincerely, Brad Velander.
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