Altium Designer 17.1.9 Build 592

After experiencing record user growth in the past year, Altium has launched the latest version of their leading PCB design software with Altium Designer 17. This release further embodies Altium’s commitment to passionate design by significantly reducing the time spent on non-design related tasks. Designers can leverage several advanced new technologies to center their focus on actual design rather than the mundane tasks that often plague the design process.

Electronics design attracts engineers with a deeply ingrained passion for the creative process, yet most of their time is spent outside that realm. Altium Designer 17 allows engineers to indulge their passion by shifting their focus back to creating designs, as evident with ActiveRoute, the latest breakthrough in routing technology. ActiveRoute enables designers to interactively guide their routes across the entire board in minutes, allowing them more time to perfect their designs and come up with creative solutions to issues that arise during development. Coupled with the automated documentation technology in Draftsman, designers have the opportunity to bring innovation to the forefront by accurately communicating design intent the first time. With Altium Designer 17, engineers are no longer bound by a burdensome process that pulls them away from designs and are free to explore their creativity and produce more inspired designs.

Version 17.1.9

Build: 592 Date: 7 November 2017

20989 Data Management – Resolved an issue in which invalid information showed for a component template when using “Where used” feature.
22190 Data Management – Fixed bug where Symbol and Footprint item revision field were not mapped to schlib and pcblib attribute while the object has been opened via file-less editing.
22336 Data Management – Resolved an issue with a decimal symbol in case of different formats on server/client PC settings (Win7x86 only).
17982 Draftsman – Fixed bug that caused it to not be possible to select some designators on BAV.
18773 Draftsman – Fixed Regression that caused Exception to occur when editing parameters for a document that is not in a project (Free Document).
20998 Draftsman – Added backward compatibility for Draftsman files.
21457 Minimum solder mask sliver rule check was reverted as it works in AD17.0 (BC:1122).
20794 Fixed regression that caused ComponentLinkURL with the page number to call out Error in Schematic.
19354 Fixed bug in Output Job that caused Alternate Part with the same Footprint to destroy BOM when datasource PCB was selected.
19634 Fixed bug that caused Datasheet data to be missed after the update of a component model.
20405 Fixed bug where supplier search does not work when logged in to SolidWorks PCB Services.
20604 Fixed bug that caused missing components after importing from xDxDesigner.
20792 Fixed bug causing rounding issues for 3D models in IDF export.
20798 Fixed bug in PCB where Phantom Drill Pair remains after it is deleted.
20799 Fixed bug that caused components that have alternate part with a different footprint to present both parts in the Pick and Place file for “No Variations” (BC:7786).
20800 Fixed bug in PCB that caused the Layer Stack Table to not update automatically if layer stack was changed (BC:4619).
20801 Fixed bug that caused inability to generate DWG/DXF output when a ‘ / ‘ was used in a file name.

About Altium Ltd. Altium Limited is an Australian multinational software corporation that focuses on 3D PCB design, electronics design and embedded system development software. Altium Designer, a unified electronics design environment links all aspects of smart systems design in a single application that is priced as affordable as possible. With this unique range of technologies Altium enables electronics designers to innovate, harness the latest devices and technologies, manage their projects across broad design ‘ecosystems’, and create connected, intelligent products.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7even / 8.x