Multi-board Schematic Preferences

At a Glance

Explore the Multi-board Schematic preferences in Altium Designer, with a focus on the Defaults page and its controls for setting default values for schematic primitives. This article explains how to filter the Primitive List and select an entry to view and edit its available settings. Read on to take control of your multi-board schematic defaults.

- Locate the controls for multi-board schematic defaults in the Preferences dialog.
- Learn how to filter and select primitives to edit their default values.
- Find links to further information on multi-board designs and schematic design objects.
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The Multi-board Schematic category of the Preferences dialog provides access to preferences relating to features and functionality of multi-board schematics.

For detailed information about multi-board designs, refer to the Designing with Multiple PCBs page.


Defaults

The Multi-board Schematic – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog provides numerous controls relating to the default settings within the multi-board schematic design space.

The Multi-board Schematic – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog
The Multi-board Schematic – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog

Default Primitives
  • Primitives – use this field to filter the Primitive List. 

  • Primitive List – a list of primitives that can be used in the Multi-board Schematic editor (filtered in accordance with the chosen entry for the Primitives field above). Click on the listed Primitives to change the available default values as described.

To view and edit the settings and options for each primitive, click on the desired entry in the Primitive List.

For more information about multi-board schematic design objects, refer to the QuickNav - Multi-board Schematic Design Objects page.

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Feature Availability

The features available to you depend on which Altium solution you have – Altium Develop, Altium Agile Teams, Altium Agile Enterprise, or Altium Designer (on active term).

If you don’t see a documented feature in your actual software, contact Altium Sales to find out more.

Legacy Documentation

Altium Designer documentation is no longer versioned. If you need to access documentation for older versions of Altium Designer, visit the Legacy Documentation section of the Other Installers page.

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