Altium Designer Documentation

Defining Component Rule Check Preferences for Altium Designer

Created: July 4, 2017 | Updated: February 27, 2018
Now reading version 18.1. For the latest, read: Data Management - Component Rule Checks for version 21
Applies to Altium Designer versions: 18.0 and 18.1


The Data Management - Component Rule Checks page of the Preferences dialog

Summary

The Data Management – Component Rule Checks page of the Preferences dialog is used to configure component error reporting.

Access

The Data Management – Component Rule Checks page is part of the main Preferences dialog that is accessed by clicking the  control in the upper-right corner of the workspace then selecting the Component Rule Checks entry under the Data Management folder.

Options/Controls

Component Rule Checks

  • Violation Type Description - displays all violation types in three categories: Violations Associated with ComponentsViolations Associated with Footprints, and Violations Associated with Symbols.
  • Report Mode - displays the current report mode for the associated violation. Click the current mode to access a drop-down from where you can select the desired mode: No Report, Warning, Error, Fatal Error
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