Defining Component Rule Check Preferences for Altium Designer
Created: April 22, 2019 | Updated: April 23, 2019
| Applies to versions: 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 19.1. For the latest, read: Defining Component Rule Check Preferences for Altium Designer for version 21
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 Components, Violations 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.
