Public Release Notes for Altium Designer
Created: Juli 10, 2017 | Updated: Juli 28, 2020
| Applies to version: 18.0
Now reading version 18.0. For the latest, read: Public Release Notes for Altium Designer for version 25
The following sections list the release notes for publically released versions of Altium Designer 18.0
Version 18·0·12
Build: 696 Date: 9 March 2018
Fixed Bugs
In PCB
| 24248 | Bug where the Access Violation Error, "EListError: Duplicates not allowed" occurred while executing ECO changes. |
| 24890 | Regression where all layers became hidden when switching from 2D to 3D in the PcbLib Editor, when editing a Footprint item in a Vault. |
| 23919 | Bug where an access violation error occurred in the System Preferences dialog, after closing all PCB Lib documents. |
| 24782 | Restored the PCB Design view feature (BC:8881). |
| 24102 | Regression where PCB 3D Print Preview did not work and empty PDF 3D documents were generated, when a comma was used as the decimal separator. |
| 24720 | Regression where the 3D Body X/Y reference location was changed from the model origin to the center of the 3D body. |
| 24541 | Regression where a track would be set to zero-width, after the width field had been cleared. |
| 21069 | Regression where only the zoomed part of the PCB has been printed in the generated PCB 3D Print PDF if PcbDoc has been opened and zoomed before PDF generation (BC:8727). |
| 24221 | Regression where the placement cursor was not anchored to 3D Model (0;0;0) origin in AD 18.0. |
Platform
| 23661 | Bug where it was not possible to create a second AD window using drag in Windows 10 ( Version 1709 Fall Creators Update). |
| 24234 | Regression where the Open Symbol and Open Footprint commands in the SVN DBLib Table Browser did not open component for editing (BC: 8720). |
| 24686 | Regression where the Generic 3D model preview was absent when choosing the file from disk (BC:8913). |
| 24728 | Bug where an access violation error occurred when clicking on the project category popup menu in the Projects panel. |
| 24681 | Bug where an Access Violation occurred during editing of an SVN DBLIb component via the Libraries panel. |
| 24680 | Bug where an access violation occurred in certain situations, during BOM Export To PDF. |
| 24678 | Bug where it was not possible to import a DDB file from a read-only directory. |
New Graphic Engine
| 17468 | Bug where the highlighting for layers from the Layer Tab menu did not work (BC:8780). |
| 23826 | Bug where crash/AV occurred after specifying the Route Tool Path layer or selecting a panelized PCB, after closing the source PCB. |
Interactive Properties Panel
| 24722 | Bug where an entered 3D Body Location (X/Y) value of 0 was incorrectly rounding to 0.002mil, for generic 3D bodies (BC:8950). |
| 24314 | Regression where it was impossible to specify Bottom Test points for Bottom layer pads (BC:8948). |
| 24850 | Bug with the access violation error: "an item with the same key has already been added". |
Data Management
| 24859 | Regression where the price for 1 piece of a component was chosen when the stock was insufficient. |
| 24907 | Regression where the "Local installation" mode did not allow product updating from the Updates page. |
| 24227 | Bug where the ActiveBOM line item (#) was lost in a specific project. |
Other
| 25072 | DRC - Bug where the differential routing violation detail remained on the PCB after offending tracks are deleted. |
| 24783 |
Simulation - Regression with missing "Complex Functions" in "Edit Waveform" dialog. |
| 24978 |
Importer xDxDesigner - Fixed bug where hierarchical blocks were generated improperly. |
Version 18·0·11
Build: 651 Date: 30 January 2018
New Features and Improvements
In PCB
| 10572 | Drill symbols display correctly on the Drill Drawing layer now, when the Show Drill Symbols option is enabled (BC:8633). |
| 24199 | Added ability to use different background color settings for 2D and 3D display modes (BC:8635). |
| 24200 | Improved layers hierarchy and the 'Layer Type' |
| 24208 | Added defaults for component 'Designator' and 'Comments' fields (BC:8723). |
| 24209 | 3D layer visibility no longer affected by the 2D layer visibility option, the transparency slider is used to control the 3D layer visibility (BC:8599). |
Other
| 24210 | Schematic - Added new setting 'Display Names of Special Strings that have no Value Defined' to the Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog. |
| 24332 | Interactive Properties Panel - Updated Pad/Via properties for solder mask tenting. |
| 24545 | Data Management - Removed ' |
Bug Fixes
Draftsman
| 23841 | Disabling usage of a Component Parameter as the source for a Callout. |
| 23912 | "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Access Violation appearing during document loading when access to the file was blocked. |
| 24016 | "Link Location To Embedded Board Origin" property for Embedded Board Array in PCB being ignored by Draftsman (BC: 8634). |
| 23594 | Regression resulting in the incorrect parameters displaying in the Properties panel or on the Page. |
| 23940 | Bug in Draftsman that causes |
| 23995 | Bug where it was not possible to create a |
PCB
| 23917 | Access Violation during removal of a snap guide from the Interactive Properties Panel (Board info). |
| 24005 | Access Violation occurred while renaming a component in the PCBLib panel, after importing the library from Ultra Librarian. |
| 24198 | Disabling adding an existing Mechanical Layer into a Layer Pair (BC:8710). |
| 24201 | Failure to present Mechanical layers in an Embedded Board Array (BC:8731). |
| 24232 | Connection line disappearing and an 'Un-Routed' net being treated as 'Routed', after moving tracks segments in such a way that it would create 3 overlapping primitives. |
| 23592 | Regression where a project parameter value was not automatically displayed on the Draftsman |
| 24154 | Pads on shelved polygon were randomly not connecting to polygons with reliefs (BC:8640). |
| 24211 | It was impossible to type in the list of Net names, in the Properties panel. |
| 24113 | PCB 3D Export - Components were stretched abnormally on PCB 3D print previews and PCB 3D prints were cut off at the PCB borders (BC:8666). |
New Graphic Engine
| 23760 | Embedded board array being sometimes only partially displayed in the 3D view, after switching from 2D to 3D, or after editing the source PCB (BC:8790). |
| 23688 | Regression resulting in |
| 24401 | Incorrect rendering of 3D Model Standoff height with a greater gap from the board surface (BC:8663). |
| 23309 | 3D origin was offset along the |
Platform
| 24007 | Access Violation that occurs during a second compilation, after removal of some of the sch documents from the project. |
| 24181 | "Control "ViewXXX" access violation appearing with no parent window" when dragging documents between AD instances. |
| 24309 | Properties Panel disappearing from Altium Designer after Windows update |
| 23924 | Regression resulting in "Stack overflow, gdi32full.dll" error message if the Supplier Links dialog was empty and the Currency drop-down menu was accessed. |
| 24052 | Performance regression observed during 'Pick&Place' output generation. |
| 24117 | Regression resulting in additional time needed to close documents located on a network share. |
| 24185 | Regression leading to |
| 23347 | Regression where was impossible to add expression to the Watch List (BC:8680). |
Other
| 24205 | Interactive Properties Panel - Regression causing a 3D body disappearing (opacity ->0) after sequentially selecting a component with |
| 24004 | Interactive Properties Panel - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Access Violation error occurred on selecting primitive in PCB or SCH. |
| 24264 | Regression leading to a noticeable delay while editing a text string on a schematic. |
| 24522 | Regression involving missing footprints on Gerber file. |
| 24179 | Schematic - Bug, which, in some cases, would lead to "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception when changing the units. |
| 23770 | Data Management - Bug where for the just placed component BOM status has 'Component revision is out of date' wrong value. |
| 24551 | Data Management - Bug with bad/invalid supplier links and not actual supplier data. |
| 24147 | Regression where the Access Violation error occurred in module 'ADVPCB.DLL' after the attempt to open Preferences after closing the PCB where Defaults PCB primitives were accessed. |
Version 18·0·9
Build: 584 Date: 15 December 2017
New Features and Improvements
| 7079 | Multi-board - Added support for multi-board designs (BC:4338). |
| 8087 | New Graphics Engine - Added new graphical engine for PCB. |
| 9870 | PCB - Performance of net handling has been optimized. |
| 11595 | New UI - Updated user interface. |
| 10090 | PCB - Improved interactive routing - large arcs are no longer fractured during routing preparation. |
| 14214 | PCB - Implemented GPU rendering for |
| 13401 | Multi-board - Created a 3D transformation gizmo for move/rotate operations on selected objects (BC:4338). |
| 17374 | New UI - Implemented UI for advanced settings. |
| 16686 | Interactive Properties Panel - Added Document Options values and controls to the new Properties panel. |
| 17119 | Schematic - Improved the SCH editor for simplified and more intuitive design. |
| 20118 | Platform - Improved crash reporting process, the Error dialog now defaults to auto-send mode. This mode does not send screen captures or |
| 15641 | Importer-Eagle ® - Added support to the Eagle importer for Eagle hierarchical modules. |
| 15357 | PCB - Improved ActiveRoute to color Route Guide the same color as the selected layer (when a single layer is selected). |
| 15476 | PCB - Added |
| 15716 | PCB - Added support for |
| 17120 | PCB - Improved the PCB editor for simplified and more intuitive design. |
| 17637 | PCB - When Retrace is used to change the gap of a |
| 18155 | PCB - Added output to Message Panel from Gloss and Retrace to explain their |
| 18493 | PCB - Changed diff pair Gloss to preserve the gap |
| 19279 | PCB - A massive Gloss/Retrace operation can now be interrupted by hitting the Esc key. Intermediate results will be presented. Use Undo to restore the design to the state prior to running the command. |
| 19736 | PCB - Optimized interactively moving a PCB component. |
| 20189 | PCB - added advanced option to support Live/ |
| 20279 | PCB - Footprint dragging has been optimized. |
| 20401 | PCB - Merged Clear and Delete commands into a single command (Edit > Delete). When nothing selected behaves as former Delete command (prompts to select), when |
| 21906 | PCB - Netbuild - Improved broken net analyzer behavior to better handle unconnected copper. |
| 12418 | Draftsman - Implemented new design for Draftsman Properties panel. |
| 15057 | Draftsman - Added Bookmarks panel. This is Navigation tool which shows the document structure, allows to add, delete and drag sheets, lets users change the document view format and helps work with the document objects. |
| 15058 | Draftsman - Added Arcs support. |
| 16118 | Draftsman - Support for an Embedded Board Array has been added to the Board Assembly View, Drill Drawing View, Board Detail View, Board Fabrication View and Drill Table (BC:7013). |
| 17165 | Draftsman - Added |
| 18367 | Draftsman - Added check that PCB and Draftsman documents are up to date. |
| 18435 | Draftsman - Region feature now supports adding sophisticated polygon shapes (BC:7322). |
| 18436 | Draftsman - Added "Component View" and support for placing dimensions and callouts to the component. |
| 20518 | Draftsman - Added ability to save the custom table in a sheet template and a document template. |
| 8574 | Data Management - Added a new Single Component Editor which includes Create Model and Edit Model functionalities and options for |
| 14440 | Data Management - Added ActiveBOM support. |
| 14811 | Data Management - Added ability to select which settings to import from a previous install of Altium Designer. |
| 15276 | Data Management - Added ability to use PCB Footprint Generator in Single Component Editor. |
| 15486 | Data Management - Added ability to use currency converter in Single Component Editor. |
| 15774 | Data Management - Added support for Git (BC:1391, BC:2379). |
| 15867 | Data Management - Added a new approach for document linking and uploading to Vault. |
| 15952 | Data Management - Added item Names, to replace |
| 15970 | Data Management - Added ability to use PCB document as |
| 15984 | Data Management - Added ability to batch edit Part Choice Lists (PCLs). |
| 16295 | Data Management - Improved Vault connectivity ambiguity including how a user connects to the Vault, how the Vault is configured on the client, and fast switching between Vaults. |
| 16315 | Data Management - Improved the Save To Vault command so it displays a warning message with a suggestion to use the Library Migrator. |
| 16568 | Data Management - Improved the component validation process during release to Vault to increase the thoroughness of validation and provide clear feedback to users. |
| 16575 | Data Management - Moved the Library Migrator to the File menu. |
| 16582 | Data Management - Moved the Release Manager to the legacy menu. |
| 16585 | Data Management - Added ability to edit Release Notes when "Send to Vault..." action is executed. |
| 16680 | Data Management - Added the ability to call the Release Manager Migration Tools from the corresponding Tools menu. |
| 16770 | Data Management - Implemented a new approach for document linking and upload to Vault. |
| 16802 | Data Management - Improved Component creation for a more intuitive user experience. |
| 17222 | Data Management - Improved component list selection in the Content Cart. |
| 17313 | Data Management - Improved CmpLib documents to update model names after editing the name attribute in the model document. |
| 17333 | Data Management - Improved model documents to update model names after editing the name attribute in the parent CmpLib document. |
| 18357 | Data Management - Improved the SchLib release process to include options for |
| 19407 | Data Management - Added check for the restricted names of parameters in Component Rule Check. |
| 19458 | Data Management - Unification of the attribute names in the Library and Component domains (Design Item ID, Comment, Name, Component, Symbol and Lib Reference etc.) |
| 20459 | Data Management - Resolved an issue in which invalid information showed for a component template when using "Where used" feature. |
| 20563 | Data Management - Reviewed and streamlined the Project Release process, based on |
| 20705 | Data Management - Added support for VersionControl_RevNumber and VersionControl_ProjFolderRevNumber parameters in the Excel-BOM templates (BC:4992). |
| 21006 | Data Management - added support for managing properties that are now supported by ActiveBOM rather than Draftsman, when opening an older Draftsman file in AD18. |
| 21901 | Data Management - Login to an Altium Vault has been disabled in AD18.0.6. You need to install and use Altium NEXUS to connect and use your Vault. |
| 22017 | Data management - improved validation of default component naming to prevent names being created that use incorrect naming syntax. |
| 22032 | Data Management - resolved issue where an exception would occur when attempting to run the Item Manager to match schematic sheet components to Vault components, when those component included unrecognized schematic parameters. |
| 22101 | Data Management - A default ActiveBOM can now be defined in the New Documents Defaults page of the Preferences. Use this to pre-configure: column visibility and order, currency, the number of supply chain solutions, designator groupings, and so on. |
| 23011 | Data Management - Added support page for 32Bit |
Data Management
| 15092 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing the release of DWG/DXF/3DPDF files to fail. |
| 15394 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing the irregular appearance of the "Convert to Managed Project" command. |
| 16524 | Data Management - Fixed bug that caused slow performance when sorting columns in Vault Explorer. |
| 16795 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing slow sign-in to Altium Vault when |
| 17030 | Data Management - Fixed bug in the ProjectReleaser causing Item naming changes. |
| 17057 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Component names were not updated in the Projects panel after editing the Name attribute. |
| 17110 | Data Management - Fixed bug where model documents |
| 17338 | Data Management - Fixed bug where child documents were not closed after executing the Cancel Edit command for CmpLib documents. |
| 17383 | Data Management - Fixed bug where added datasheets were not displayed in the Projects panel. |
| 17587 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing BOM generation to leave unclosed Excel instances. |
| 17713 | Data Management - Removed old suppliers as part of the effort to clean up the UI. |
| 18197 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Smart PDF would crash during export of a BomDoc. |
| 18318 | Data Management - Fixed bug during cloning of managed projects where default value was not set for the "Repository" ComboBox. |
| 19039 | Data Management - Fixed bug where an output file would be missing when releasing two schematic PDFs with the same folder structure. |
| 19261 | Data Management - Fixed regression where the error "Integer overflow" appears when trying to refresh the BOM after modification of the project structure. |
| 19889 | Data Management - Fixed regression where it required two attempts to open a project template. |
| 19948 | Data Management - Fixed bug where supplier search did not work when logged in to SolidWorks PCB Services. |
| 19978 | Data Management - Fixed an issue whereby a vault component would lose its datasheet when updating that component as a result of editing and re-releasing one of its domain models. |
| 21056 | Data Management - Fixed bug where a multiplicity of "GetALU_Items" requests occur, which resulted in the software hanging after a release or opening a component for editing in a large DB. |
| 22121 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Symbol and Footprint Item Revision fields were not being mapped into the appropriate schlib and pcblib component |
| 22154 | Data Management - Fixed bug where unit-aware component parameters break if a client used different regional settings from the creator. |
| 22881 | Data Management - Fixed bug where BOM component height not filled if |
Bug Fixes
| 16714 | PCB - Fixed bug causing Single Layer Keepouts to appear as copper in Generated 3DPDF Output. |
| 17135 | PCB - Fixed Bug where X2 Gerbers of PTH/HPTH Drill files did not contain board-array holes (BC:7756). |
| 17233 | PCB - Fixed bug in STEP exporter causing incorrect component locations in folded state flex. |
| 17530 | PCB - Fixed bug causing rounding issues for 3D models in IDF export. |
| 18196 | PCB - Fixed a regression where component primitives were not edited after using them in a union. |
| 19664 | PCB - Fixed bug where a particular project released in AD 17 without DRC errors, has clearance constraint violations. |
| 20033 | PCB - Removed the Flipped on layer option from the PCB component, up/down orientation is now defined by the layer's Orientation option in the Layer Stack Manager. Component's orientation now depends on which layer it has been placed on (BC:4391). |
| 21068 | PCB - Fixed regression in PCB where an error occurred when trying to repour a polygon during the placement of a via, pad, arc etc. |
| 22912 | PCB - Fixed bug where an Undo after a Move Component operation would result in the Solder Mask Expansion values |
| 23282 | PCB - Fixed regression where the polygon layer and net could not be changed in the PcbList panel. |
| 23554 | PCB - Fixed regression where a polygon could not be flipped during pasting. |
| 17455 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Text Settings were missing from Draftsman Callout (BC:7803). |
| 18347 | Draftsman - Fixed regression where manual designator position was broken. |
| 19828 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Show Out of Board Copper did not work for Fabrication View (BC:8118). |
| 21208 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Draftsman documents were not visible by default in a documents list during document opening. |
| 17514 | Platform - Fixed bug causing text on the System - Account Management page of the Preferences dialog to appear clipped. |
| 18394 | Platform - Fixed bug where DXP.EXE stopped working during project compilation. |
| 18050 | Interactive Properties panel - Fixed bug where was possible to add duplicate parameters (BC:1334). |
| 23483 | New Graphics Engine - Fixed bug that caused a crash "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED in F3D.TengMain.BeginRender". |
| 15924 | Importer-xDxDesigner ® - Fixed bug in the |
| 17715 | Importer-xDxDesigner ® - Fixed bug causing missing components after importing from xDxDesigner. |
| 17829 | Importer-CADSTAR ® - Fixed bug preventing CADSTAR libraries from importing. |
| 20934 | Importer-Allegro® - Fixed bug where rotated components import with incorrectly sized pads. |
| 20935 | Importer-Expedition® - Fixed bug where net names were not added to the plane and or polygon. |
The following sections list the release notes for publically released versions of Altium NEXUS 1.0
Version 1·0·12
Build: 102 Date: 9 March 2018
Fixed Bugs
In PCB
| 24248 | Bug where the Access Violation Error, "EListError: Duplicates not allowed" occurred while executing ECO changes. |
| 24890 | Regression where all layers became hidden when switching from 2D to 3D in the PcbLib Editor, when editing a Footprint item in a Vault. |
| 23919 | Bug where an access violation error occurred in the System Preferences dialog, after closing all PCB Lib documents. |
| 24782 | Restored the PCB Design view feature (BC:8881). |
| 24102 | Regression where PCB 3D Print Preview did not work and empty PDF 3D documents were generated, when a comma was used as the decimal separator. |
| 24720 | Regression where the 3D Body X/Y reference location was changed from the model origin to the center of the 3D body. |
| 24541 | Regression where a track would be set to zero-width, after the width field had been cleared. |
| 21069 | Regression where only the zoomed part of the PCB has been printed in the generated PCB 3D Print PDF if PcbDoc has been opened and zoomed before PDF generation (BC:8727). |
| 24221 | Regression where the placement cursor was not anchored to 3D Model (0;0;0) origin in AD 18.0. |
Platform
| 23661 | Bug where it was not possible to create a second AD window using drag in Windows 10 ( Version 1709 Fall Creators Update). |
| 24234 | Regression where the Open Symbol and Open Footprint commands in the SVN DBLib Table Browser did not open component for editing (BC: 8720). |
| 24686 | Regression where the Generic 3D model preview was absent when choosing the file from disk (BC:8913). |
| 24728 | Bug where an access violation error occurred when clicking on the project category popup menu in the Projects panel. |
| 24681 | Bug where an Access Violation occurred during editing of an SVN DBLIb component via the Libraries panel. |
| 24680 | Bug where an access violation occurred in certain situations, during BOM Export To PDF. |
| 24678 | Bug where it was not possible to import a DDB file from a read-only directory. |
New Graphic Engine
| 17468 | Bug where the highlighting for layers from the Layer Tab menu did not work (BC:8780). |
| 23826 | Bug where crash/AV occurred after specifying the Route Tool Path layer or selecting a panelized PCB, after closing the source PCB. |
Interactive Properties Panel
| 24722 | Bug where an entered 3D Body Location (X/Y) value of 0 was incorrectly rounding to 0.002mil, for generic 3D bodies (BC:8950). |
| 24314 | Regression where it was impossible to specify Bottom Test points for Bottom layer pads (BC:8948). |
| 24850 | Bug with the access violation error: "an item with the same key has already been added". |
Data Management
| 24859 | Regression where the price for 1 piece of a component was chosen when the stock was insufficient. |
| 24907 | Regression where the "Local installation" mode did not allow product updating from the Updates page. |
| 24227 | Bug where the ActiveBOM line item (#) was lost in a specific project. |
Other
| 25072 | DRC - Bug where the differential routing violation detail remained on the PCB after offending tracks are deleted. |
| 24783 |
Simulation - Regression with missing "Complex Functions" in "Edit Waveform" dialog. |
| 24978 |
Importer xDxDesigner - Fixed bug where hierarchical blocks were generated improperly. |
Version 1·0·11
Build: 97 Date: 30 January 2018
New Features and Improvements
In PCB
| 10572 | Drill symbols display correctly on the Drill Drawing layer now, when the Show Drill Symbols option is enabled (BC:8633). |
| 24199 | Added ability to use different background color settings for 2D and 3D display modes (BC:8635). |
| 24200 | Improved layers hierarchy and the 'Layer Type' |
| 24208 | Added defaults for component 'Designator' and 'Comments' fields (BC:8723). |
| 24209 | 3D layer visibility no longer affected by the 2D layer visibility option, the transparency slider is used to control the 3D layer visibility (BC:8599). |
Other
| 24210 | Schematic - Added new setting 'Display Names of Special Strings that have no Value Defined' to the Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog. |
| 24332 | Interactive Properties Panel - Updated Pad/Via properties for solder mask tenting. |
| 24545 | Data Management - Removed ' |
Bug Fixes
Draftsman
| 23841 | Disabling usage of a Component Parameter as the source for a Callout. |
| 23912 | "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Access Violation appearing during document loading when access to the file was blocked. |
| 24016 | "Link Location To Embedded Board Origin" property for Embedded Board Array in PCB being ignored by Draftsman (BC: 8634). |
| 23594 | Regression resulting in the incorrect parameters displaying in the Properties panel or on the Page. |
| 23940 | Bug in Draftsman that causes |
| 23995 | Bug where it was not possible to create a |
PCB
| 23917 | Access Violation during removal of a snap guide from the Interactive Properties Panel (Board info). |
| 24005 | Access Violation occurred while renaming a component in the PCBLib panel, after importing the library from Ultra Librarian. |
| 24198 | Disabling adding an existing Mechanical Layer into a Layer Pair (BC:8710). |
| 24201 | Failure to present Mechanical layers in an Embedded Board Array (BC:8731). |
| 24232 | Connection line disappearing and an 'Un-Routed' net being treated as 'Routed', after moving tracks segments in such a way that it would create 3 overlapping primitives. |
| 23592 | Regression where a project parameter value was not automatically displayed on the Draftsman |
| 24154 | Pads on shelved polygon were randomly not connecting to polygons with reliefs (BC:8640). |
| 24211 | It was impossible to type in the list of Net names, in the Properties panel. |
| 24113 | PCB 3D Export - Components were stretched abnormally on PCB 3D print previews and PCB 3D prints were cut off at the PCB borders (BC:8666). |
New Graphic Engine
| 23760 | Embedded board array being sometimes only partially displayed in the 3D view, after switching from 2D to 3D, or after editing the source PCB (BC:8790). |
| 23688 | Regression resulting in |
| 24401 | Incorrect rendering of 3D Model Standoff height with a greater gap from the board surface (BC:8663). |
| 23309 | 3D origin was offset along the |
Platform
| 24007 | Access Violation that occurs during a second compilation, after removal of some of the sch documents from the project. |
| 24181 | "Control "ViewXXX" access violation appearing with no parent window" when dragging documents between AD instances. |
| 24309 | Properties Panel disappearing from Altium Designer after Windows update |
| 23924 | Regression resulting in "Stack overflow, gdi32full.dll" error message if the Supplier Links dialog was empty and the Currency drop-down menu was accessed. |
| 24052 | Performance regression observed during 'Pick&Place' output generation. |
| 24117 | Regression resulting in additional time needed to close documents located on a network share. |
| 24185 | Regression leading to |
| 23347 | Regression where was impossible to add expression to the Watch List (BC:8680). |
Other
| 24205 | Interactive Properties Panel - Regression causing a 3D body disappearing (opacity ->0) after sequentially selecting a component with |
| 24004 | Interactive Properties Panel - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Access Violation error occurred on selecting primitive in PCB or SCH. |
| 24264 | Regression leading to a noticeable delay while editing a text string on a schematic. |
| 24522 | Regression involving missing footprints on Gerber file. |
| 24179 | Schematic - Bug, which, in some cases, would lead to "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception when changing the units. |
| 23770 | Data Management - Bug where for the just placed component BOM status has 'Component revision is out of date' wrong value. |
| 24551 | Data Management - Bug with bad/invalid supplier links and not actual supplier data. |
| 24147 | Regression where the Access Violation error occurred in module 'ADVPCB.DLL' after the attempt to open Preferences after closing the PCB where Defaults PCB primitives were accessed. |
Version 1·0·9
Build: 89 Date: 15 December 2017
New Features and Improvements
| 7079 | Multi-board - Added support for multi-board designs (BC:4338). |
| 8087 | New Graphics Engine - Added new graphical engine for PCB. |
| 9870 | PCB - Performance of net handling has been optimized. |
| 11595 | New UI - Updated user interface. |
| 10090 | PCB - Improved interactive routing - large arcs are no longer fractured during routing preparation. |
| 14214 | PCB - Implemented GPU rendering for |
| 13401 | Multi-board - Created a 3D transformation gizmo for move/rotate operations on selected objects (BC:4338). |
| 17374 | New UI - Implemented UI for advanced settings. |
| 16686 | Interactive Properties Panel - Added Document Options values and controls to the new Properties panel. |
| 17119 | Schematic - Improved the SCH editor for simplified and more intuitive design. |
| 20118 | Platform - Improved crash reporting process, the Error dialog now defaults to auto-send mode. This mode does not send screen captures or |
| 15641 | Importer-Eagle ® - Added support to the Eagle importer for Eagle hierarchical modules. |
| 15357 | PCB - Improved ActiveRoute to color Route Guide the same color as the selected layer (when a single layer is selected). |
| 15476 | PCB - Added |
| 15716 | PCB - Added support for |
| 17120 | PCB - Improved the PCB editor for simplified and more intuitive design. |
| 17637 | PCB - When Retrace is used to change the gap of a |
| 18155 | PCB - Added output to Message Panel from Gloss and Retrace to explain their |
| 18493 | PCB - Changed diff pair Gloss to preserve the gap |
| 19279 | PCB - A massive Gloss/Retrace operation can now be interrupted by hitting the Esc key. Intermediate results will be presented. Use Undo to restore the design to the state prior to running the command. |
| 19736 | PCB - Optimized interactively moving a PCB component. |
| 20189 | PCB - added advanced option to support Live/ |
| 20279 | PCB - Footprint dragging has been optimized. |
| 20401 | PCB - Merged Clear and Delete commands into a single command (Edit > Delete). When nothing selected behaves as former Delete command (prompts to select), when |
| 21906 | PCB - Netbuild - Improved broken net analyzer behavior to better handle unconnected copper. |
| 12418 | Draftsman - Implemented new design for Draftsman Properties panel. |
| 15057 | Draftsman - Added Bookmarks panel. This is Navigation tool which shows the document structure, allows to add, delete and drag sheets, lets users change the document view format and helps work with the document objects. |
| 15058 | Draftsman - Added Arcs support. |
| 16118 | Draftsman - Support for an Embedded Board Array has been added to the Board Assembly View, Drill Drawing View, Board Detail View, Board Fabrication View and Drill Table (BC:7013). |
| 17165 | Draftsman - Added |
| 18367 | Draftsman - Added check that PCB and Draftsman documents are up to date. |
| 18435 | Draftsman - Region feature now supports adding sophisticated polygon shapes (BC:7322). |
| 18436 | Draftsman - Added "Component View" and support for placing dimensions and callouts to the component. |
| 20518 | Draftsman - Added ability to save the custom table in a sheet template and a document template. |
| 8574 | Data Management - Added a new Single Component Editor which includes Create Model and Edit Model functionalities and options for |
| 14440 | Data Management - Added ActiveBOM support. |
| 14811 | Data Management - Added ability to select which settings to import from a previous install of Altium Designer. |
| 15276 | Data Management - Added ability to use PCB Footprint Generator in Single Component Editor. |
| 15486 | Data Management - Added ability to use currency converter in Single Component Editor. |
| 15774 | Data Management - Added support for Git (BC:1391, BC:2379). |
| 15867 | Data Management - Added a new approach for document linking and uploading to Vault. |
| 15952 | Data Management - Added item Names, to replace |
| 15970 | Data Management - Added ability to use PCB document as |
| 15984 | Data Management - Added ability to batch edit Part Choice Lists (PCLs). |
| 16295 | Data Management - Improved Vault connectivity ambiguity including how a user connects to the Vault, how the Vault is configured on the client, and fast switching between Vaults. |
| 16315 | Data Management - Improved the Save To Vault command so it displays a warning message with a suggestion to use the Library Migrator. |
| 16568 | Data Management - Improved the component validation process during release to Vault to increase the thoroughness of validation and provide clear feedback to users. |
| 16575 | Data Management - Moved the Library Migrator to the File menu. |
| 16582 | Data Management - Moved the Release Manager to the legacy menu. |
| 16585 | Data Management - Added ability to edit Release Notes when "Send to Vault..." action is executed. |
| 16680 | Data Management - Added the ability to call the Release Manager Migration Tools from the corresponding Tools menu. |
| 16770 | Data Management - Implemented a new approach for document linking and upload to Vault. |
| 16802 | Data Management - Improved Component creation for a more intuitive user experience. |
| 17222 | Data Management - Improved component list selection in the Content Cart. |
| 17313 | Data Management - Improved CmpLib documents to update model names after editing the name attribute in the model document. |
| 17333 | Data Management - Improved model documents to update model names after editing the name attribute in the parent CmpLib document. |
| 18357 | Data Management - Improved the SchLib release process to include options for |
| 19407 | Data Management - Added check for the restricted names of parameters in Component Rule Check. |
| 19458 | Data Management - Unification of the attribute names in the Library and Component domains (Design Item ID, Comment, Name, Component, Symbol and Lib Reference etc.) |
| 20459 | Data Management - Resolved an issue in which invalid information showed for a component template when using "Where used" feature. |
| 20563 | Data Management - Reviewed and streamlined the Project Release process, based on |
| 20705 | Data Management - Added support for VersionControl_RevNumber and VersionControl_ProjFolderRevNumber parameters in the Excel-BOM templates (BC:4992). |
| 21006 | Data Management - added support for managing properties that are now supported by ActiveBOM rather than Draftsman, when opening an older Draftsman file in AD18. |
| 21901 | Data Management - Login to an Altium Vault has been disabled in AD18.0.6. You need to install and use Altium NEXUS to connect and use your Vault. |
| 22017 | Data management - improved validation of default component naming to prevent names being created that use incorrect naming syntax. |
| 22032 | Data Management - resolved issue where an exception would occur when attempting to run the Item Manager to match schematic sheet components to Vault components, when those component included unrecognized schematic parameters. |
| 22101 | Data Management - A default ActiveBOM can now be defined in the New Documents Defaults page of the Preferences. Use this to pre-configure: column visibility and order, currency, the number of supply chain solutions, designator groupings, and so on. |
| 23011 | Data Management - Added support page for 32Bit |
Data Management
| 15092 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing the release of DWG/DXF/3DPDF files to fail. |
| 15394 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing the irregular appearance of the "Convert to Managed Project" command. |
| 16524 | Data Management - Fixed bug that caused slow performance when sorting columns in Vault Explorer. |
| 16795 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing slow sign-in to Altium Vault when |
| 17030 | Data Management - Fixed bug in the ProjectReleaser causing Item naming changes. |
| 17057 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Component names were not updated in the Projects panel after editing the Name attribute. |
| 17110 | Data Management - Fixed bug where model documents |
| 17338 | Data Management - Fixed bug where child documents were not closed after executing the Cancel Edit command for CmpLib documents. |
| 17383 | Data Management - Fixed bug where added datasheets were not displayed in the Projects panel. |
| 17587 | Data Management - Fixed bug causing BOM generation to leave unclosed Excel instances. |
| 17713 | Data Management - Removed old suppliers as part of the effort to clean up the UI. |
| 18197 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Smart PDF would crash during export of a BomDoc. |
| 18318 | Data Management - Fixed bug during cloning of managed projects where default value was not set for the "Repository" ComboBox. |
| 19039 | Data Management - Fixed bug where an output file would be missing when releasing two schematic PDFs with the same folder structure. |
| 19261 | Data Management - Fixed regression where the error "Integer overflow" appears when trying to refresh the BOM after modification of the project structure. |
| 19889 | Data Management - Fixed regression where it required two attempts to open a project template. |
| 19948 | Data Management - Fixed bug where supplier search did not work when logged in to SolidWorks PCB Services. |
| 19978 | Data Management - Fixed an issue whereby a vault component would lose its datasheet when updating that component as a result of editing and re-releasing one of its domain models. |
| 21056 | Data Management - Fixed bug where a multiplicity of "GetALU_Items" requests occur, which resulted in the software hanging after a release or opening a component for editing in a large DB. |
| 22121 | Data Management - Fixed bug where Symbol and Footprint Item Revision fields were not being mapped into the appropriate schlib and pcblib component |
| 22154 | Data Management - Fixed bug where unit-aware component parameters break if a client used different regional settings from the creator. |
| 22881 | Data Management - Fixed bug where BOM component height not filled if is [project] or [ActiveBOM]. |
Bug Fixes
| 16714 | PCB - Fixed bug causing Single Layer Keepouts to appear as copper in Generated 3DPDF Output. |
| 17135 | PCB - Fixed Bug where X2 Gerbers of PTH/HPTH Drill files did not contain board-array holes (BC:7756). |
| 17233 | PCB - Fixed bug in STEP exporter causing incorrect component locations in folded state flex. |
| 17530 | PCB - Fixed bug causing rounding issues for 3D models in IDF export. |
| 18196 | PCB - Fixed a regression where component primitives were not edited after using them in a union. |
| 19664 | PCB - Fixed bug where a particular project released in AD 17 without DRC errors, has clearance constraint violations. |
| 20033 | PCB - Removed the Flipped on layer option from the PCB component, up/down orientation is now defined by the layer's Orientation option in the Layer Stack Manager. Component's orientation now depends on which layer it has been placed on (BC:4391). |
| 21068 | PCB - Fixed regression in PCB where an error occurred when trying to repour a polygon during the placement of a via, pad, arc etc. |
| 22912 | PCB - Fixed bug where an Undo after a Move Component operation would result in the Solder Mask Expansion values if the Top and Bottom Solder Mask values were different. |
| 23282 | PCB - Fixed regression where the polygon layer and net could not be changed in the PcbList panel. |
| 23554 | PCB - Fixed regression where a polygon could not be flipped during pasting. |
| 17455 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Text Settings were missing from Draftsman Callout (BC:7803). |
| 18347 | Draftsman - Fixed regression where manual designator position was broken. |
| 19828 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Show Out of Board Copper did not work for Fabrication View (BC:8118). |
| 21208 | Draftsman - Fixed bug where Draftsman documents were not visible by default in a documents list during document opening. |
| 17514 | Platform - Fixed bug causing text on the System - Account Management page of the Preferences dialog to appear clipped. |
| 18394 | Platform - Fixed bug where DXP.EXE stopped working during project compilation. |
| 18050 | Interactive Properties panel - Fixed bug where was possible to add duplicate parameters (BC:1334). |
| 23483 | New Graphics Engine - Fixed bug that caused a crash "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED in F3D.TengMain.BeginRender". |
| 15924 | Importer-xDxDesigner ® - Fixed bug in the Importer causing multipart components on different sheets to be recognized as duplicates. |
| 17715 | Importer-xDxDesigner ® - Fixed bug causing missing components after importing from xDxDesigner. |
| 17829 | Importer-CADSTAR ® - Fixed bug preventing CADSTAR libraries from importing. |
| 20934 | Importer-Allegro® - Fixed bug where rotated components import with incorrectly sized pads. |
| 20935 | Importer-Expedition® - Fixed bug where net names were not added to the plane and or polygon. |