Managing Design Attributes with the Properties Panel in Altium Designer

Parent page: Working with Panels

Summary

The Interactive Properties panel provides universal editing access to the properties of documents and objects in design editors. The panel dynamically determines its content based on the document or object that is currently selected and presents specific properties and settings that relate to that document/object.

Panel Access

The Properties panel is available in all editors and can be accessed in the following ways:

• Click the Panels button at the bottom right of the design space, then click Properties.
• Choosing View » Panels » Properties from the main menus.
• Double-click on an object in the design space.
• Using the F11 keyboard shortcut.

Schematic Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Schematic Placement & Editing Techniques page.

Schematic Library Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Creating a Schematic Symbol page.

PCB Support

See the Properties Panel section of the PCB Environment Setup page.

Database Component Library Synchronization

See the Properties Panel section of the Component Database to Workspace Data Synchronization page.

PCB Library Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Creating a PCB Footprint page.

Interactive Routing Support

See the Configuring the Interactive Router section of the Interactive Routing page.

Quick Interactive Routing Support

See the Quick Routing and Quick Differential Pair Routing Tools section of the Interactive Routing page.

Interactive Differential Pair Routing Support

See the Configuring the Interactive Differential Pair Router section of the Differential Pair Routing page.

Quick Interactive Differential Pair Routing Support

See the Quick Routing and Quick Differential Pair Routing Tools section of the Interactive Routing page.

Interactive Sliding Support

See the Interactive Sliding Panel section of the Interactive Routing page.

Interactive Multi-Routing Support

See the Interactive Multi-Routing section of the Interactive Routing page.

Interactive Length Tuning Support

See the Tuning Pattern Properties section of the Length Tuning page.

Interactive Differential Pair Length Tuning Support

See the Tuning Pattern Properties section of the Length Tuning page.

Interactive Via Dragging

See the Interactive Via Dragging section of the Interactive Routing page.

Layer Stack Support

When the active document is a Layer Stack document (*.PcbDoc [Stackup]), the Properties panel presents options pertinent to that layer stack depending on the chosen tab (located at the bottom of the Layer Stack). Tabs include Stackup, Impedance, Via Types, Back Drills, and Printed Electronics Stackup. To learn more about options and controls available in this mode of the Properties panel, see the Editing the Layer Stack Properties section of the Defining the Layer Stack page.

Via Shielding Support

See the Editing Stitching or Shielding Vias section of the Adding Via Stitching & Via Shielding page.

Via Stitching Support

See the Editing Stitching or Shielding Vias section of the Adding Via Stitching & Via Shielding page.

Multi-board Schematic Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Capturing the Logical System Design page.

Multi-board Assembly Mate Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Working with Mates page.

ActiveBOM Support

See the Properties Panel section of the BOM Management with ActiveBOM page.

Draftsman Support

See the Document Options section of the Streamlining Board Design Documentation with Draftsman page.

Library Importer Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Importing Existing Libraries to Your Connected Workspace page.

Constraints Manager Support

See the Properties Panel section of the Design Rule Management with the Constraints Editor page.