Working with a Line Object on a Multi-board Schematic Document in Altium Designer

Parent page: Multi-board Schematic Objects

A placed Line

Summary

A Line is a graphic object that can be placed on a multi-board Design schematic document.

Availability

Lines are available for placement in the multi-board schematic editor as follows:

• Choose the Place » Line command from the main menu.
• Click the  button in the graphic objects drop-down on the Active Bar located at the top of the design space. Click and hold an Active Bar button to access other related commands. Once a command has been used, it will become the topmost item on that section of the Active Bar.
• Right-click in the drawing design space then select Place » Line from the context menu.

Placement

After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and the editor will enter Line placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following actions:

1. Click to define the starting position of the Line.
2. Move the cursor to set the length and angle the Line then click again to complete placement.
3. Continue placing further Lines or right-click or press Esc to exit the placement mode.

Graphical Editing

The graphical method of editing allows a placed Line object to be selected in the design space and moved or its start/end point locations changed.

When a Line object is selected, editing handles/nodes become available at its start and end points.

A selected Line. Click and drag the Line to reposition it on the drawing document.

• Click and drag a start or finish point node to alter the Line's position, angle or length.

Non-Graphical Editing

Properties page: Line Properties

The non-graphical method of editing a Line is available in the Multi-board Properties panel, which provides editable property fields for the item that is currently selected in the design space.

The Properties panel when a Line object is selected.

To open the Properties panel and access the properties of a placed Line:

• After selecting the Line object, select the Properties panel from the Panels button at the bottom right of the design space or select View » Panels » Properties from the main menus.
• Double-click on the Line object.
• Right-click on the Line then select Item Properties from the context menu.

If the Properties panel is already active, click on the Line to access its properties in the panel.

Editing Multiple Objects

The Properties panel supports multiple object editing where the property settings that are identical in all currently selected objects may be modified. When multiples of the same object type are selected, a Properties panel field entry can be edited for all selected objects. If values of a property are different for objects in the selection, the appropriate field will be shown as an asterisk (*); a new property value will be applied to all selected objects.