Applied Parameters: None
Summary
This command is used to update the active Draftsman document (*.PCBDwf) with any changes that have been made to the source PCB document, from which the information in the drawing views and tables is derived.
For a high-level look at how the Altium Draftsman Drawing System provides an interactive approach to the creation of production documentation for your PCBs, see
Draftsman.
Access
This command can be accessed from the PcbDrawing Editor by:
- Choosing the Tools » Update Board command from the main menus.
- Clicking the
button on the Drawing Document Standard toolbar.
- Right-clicking in the workspace and choosing the Update Board command from the context menu.
Use
After launching the command, the active Draftsman document will be updated to stay in-sync with any changes that have been made to the source PCB design document. This document is specified in the PCB Document field, on the General tab of the Draftsman Document Options dialog. All of the relevant graphical views and tables that source their information from the PCB document will dynamically update, where applicable, once the new data has been retrieved.
Tips
- For a Layer Stack Legend, once a cell has been manually edited in the legend, it will not be updated from the board data, when using this command.
- For a Bill of Materials table that uses the Project as its source, any changes to the data within the design files of that source project (component parametric data) will also be brought in using this command.
Altium Designer Documentation
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Command Reference
PcbDrawing Commands