Defining Device Sheet Preferences for Altium Designer

The Data Management - Device Sheets page of the Preferences dialog.

Summary

As its name suggests, the Data Management – Device Sheets page of the Preferences dialog allows you to manage the device sheet related features.

Access

The Data Management – Device Sheets  page is part of the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences) and is accessed by clicking the Device Sheets entry under the Data Management folder, in the left hand pane of the dialog. 

Options/Controls

Device Sheet Folders

• Device Sheet Folder List- List all the added device sheet folder locations.
  • Include Sub-folders - Check this option and all sheets in sub-folders can be used as device sheet as well.
• Move Up - To change sequence of device folders.
• Move Down - To change sequence of device folders.
• Add -  Click this button to add a folder containing device sheet files if any.
• Remove -  Click this button to remove a Device Sheet Folder containing Device Sheet files if any from the Device Sheet Folders list.

Options

• Make Device Sheets Read Only -  Disable this option and you can edit the objects on the device sheet that is associated by the device sheet symbol on a parent sheet. By default this option is enabled and you cannot edit device sheets.
• Display "Read Only" Watermark -  Enable this option and the device sheets will have the 'Read Only' as the watermark for the background and to denote that device sheets are not editable.
• Display Device Sheet Watermark -  Enable this option and the device sheets will have the recycle symbol as the watermark for the background.