Release notes for Altium Designer Update 19 (10.1089.24016)

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Update 19: Updated plug-ins from release 10.1051.23878 to 10.1089.24016

Date: 23 May 2012

Key highlights

SubVersion 1.7 Support

 Support for the latest version of Subversion has been added. This also includes support for the new working folder format, as well as updating the built-in Subversion Client to version 1.7.4. View BugCrunch report #838.

Improved proxy support

Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items and getting previews.

Added support for script parameters

It is now possible to add parameters to Projects and Project Variants through scripts. View BugCrunch report #1085.

Air gap attribute added

Added air gap attribute to Polygon Connect Style rule for finer gap control during polygon pouring process. Read Wiki information. View BugCrunch report #694.

Continued improvement to importers and exporters

This update includes additional improvements to the Hyperlynx exporter and the P-CAD importer. View BugCrunch report #799.

 

System Components: Altium Designer Base

6087Multiple instances of sheet symbols no longer cause "Net with multiple names" violations.
6124Fixed issue causing read only PDF files to be shown and opened as text documents. View BugCrunch report #1039.
6127It is now possible to add parameters to Projects and Project Variants through scripts. View BugCrunch report #1085.
6136A crash occurring when the Brady IP300 printer driver is installed has been fixed.
6142Prevented "Add Project folder to Version Control" command from being run on documents in the free documents project as this project does not have a valid project folder. View BugCrunch report #1477.

System Components: Altium Designer Localization

6137Updated Japanese localization of Altium Designer.
6143Updated Traditional Chinese localization of Altium Designer.

System Components: Altium Designer Support

5678Support for Subversion 1.7 added, including support for the new working folder format as well as updating the built-in Subversion Client to version 1.7.4. View BugCrunch report #838.

System Components: Data Management

4488Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items, getting previews etc.

System Components: PCB Support

6117CAMtastic no longer throws an Access Violation Exception if regional decimal separator is set to comma & the user tries to change the current grid using the G key to a new value from the list e.g. 0.500 mm. View BugCrunch report #1098.

System Components: PCB System

2333The interactive routers now use the tenting property of the default via from Preferences. View BugCrunch report #1447.
4586Report Measure Primitives now correctly ignores shelved polygons.
6093Solder mask positive view of vias now draws correctly. View BugCrunch report #1308.
6120Fixed problem where hatched polygons were missing some primitives. View BugCrunch report #695.
6129Added air gap attribute to Polygon Connect Style rule for finer gap control during polygon pouring process. Read Wiki information. View BugCrunch report #694.
6163Routed nets are now properly copied across destination rooms using the Design>>Rooms>>Copy Room Formats command.

System Components: Schematic Support

4778The 64 bit version of SIMetrix 6.0 now works with Altium Designer.

System Components: Schematic System

6122In Preferences > Schematic > Grids and Units, "Presets" has been renamed to "Altium Presets" to make it clear that user changes made are not saved into the Altium presets. View BugCrunch report #1094.
6180An intermittent access violation during schematic paste operations when panning has been fixed.

Data Management Packages: Publisher - BoxNet

4488Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items, getting previews etc.

Data Management Packages: Publisher - FTP

4488Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items, getting previews etc.

Data Management Packages: Publisher - S3

4488Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items, getting previews etc.

Data Management Packages: Version Control - SVN

5678Support for Subversion 1.7 added, including support for the new working folder format as well as updating the built-in Subversion Client to version 1.7.4. View BugCrunch report #838.

Embedded Design Tools: Software Platform

6154Fixed calculation error in posix_timespec_subtract() and compiler warning in posix_valid_timespec().
6156Very small timeout values on POSIX mq_timedreceive() no longer result in lost timeout event and waiting forever.

Importers and Exporters: Exporter - Hyperlynx

6078PCB Save As Hyperlynx now exports POLYGON and POLYVOID coordinates to a precision level that is more acceptable to Hyperlynx readers.

Importers and Exporters: Importer - Accel

5604P-CAD's polygon shaped component pads and their net assignments are now accurately reflected when importing PCB designs.
6123PCB P-CAD Import - PCB Library import now creates objects that are mapped to mechanical layers numbered 17 and above using a proper (0, 0) origin, not (-50,000, -50,000) mils. View BugCrunch report #799.

Output Generators: Output - Gerber

6121Drill Drawing, Drill Guide Layers objects are not exported to Gerber for mirrored Embedded Board Arrays. View BugCrunch report #745.

Output Generators: Output - ODB

6132ODB++ custom symbols will again be generated as required when the design uses fills rotated at non-orthogonal angles & the ODB++ data will correctly load into any of the Valor tools & other 3rd party applications that load ODB++. View BugCrunch report #1480.

Development updating various modules

The development made for the following tickets required changes to our Run Time Libraries, and as a result require majority of the modules to be updated.

4488Users connecting to the Internet via a Proxy Server will now be able to get full access to all content stored in all of our Vaults & also any Vault they set-up & is cloud based. This will include downloading, uploading items, getting previews etc.
4778The 64 bit version of SIMetrix 6.0 now works with Altium Designer.
6127It is now possible to add parameters to Projects and Project Variants through scripts. View BugCrunch report #1085.
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