Release notes for Altium Designer Version 13.3
Key highlights
The following is a list of key new features and enhancements, delivered in this latest update.
ActiveBOM Enhancements
ActiveBOM enhancements including currency selection, automatic ranking of solutions, Variant support through an OutJob file and improved supplier part choice searching.
Definition of Output Folder Names using Expressions
Expressions can now be used to define the names of output folders in OutJob files and 'OutputType' parameter has been added.
Additional Power Object Drawing Styles
Additional Schematic Power Object drawing styles to comply with GOST standards.
PCB Enhancements
PCB editor enhancements including the arc center point is now included as a movable hot spot and initiating the Differential Pair Routing command no longer highlights only differential pairs.
Schematic Support for Unicode Text
The Schematic Editors now support Unicode text, allowing any combination of characters, irrespective of current locale.
PADS and P-CAD Schematic Importer Enhancements
PADS and P-CAD schematic importer improvements including option to generate net labels for hidden net names.
Version 13.3
Date: 13 Jun 2013
System Components: Altium Designer Base
339 | Fixed memory leak leading to application crash with "runtime error 216" while debugging embedded code. |
1302 | Searching Solutions in Vault and ActiveBOM now uses the Keywords defined in Supplier Preferences. |
1361 | The Supplier Search dialogs no longer list currencies twice. |
1400 | The File in Previous Format html report now uses the correct document tab name. |
1408 | ActiveBOM Production Quantity no longer looses it's focus when typing values. |
1413 | The Design>>Update ECO process now continues to executes all valid changes regardless if an error is found. |
1416 | A crash that could occur while matching items within the Item Manager has been resolved. |
1417 | Floating Panels no longer disappear when File>>Import command is used in PCB Editor. View BugCrunch report #2640. |
1420 | Expressions can now be used to define output folder names in OutJobs. |
1424 | BOM Supplier Unit Price is no longer rounded to 2 digits. |
1425 | ActiveBOM Supply Risk is now updated correctly when Production Quantity is changed. |
1454 | A crash when removing or renaming documents in a project has been resolved. |
1456 | OutJob filenames are now generated correctly when using expressions that contain "." characters. View BugCrunch report #2892. |
1457 | Variant support has been added for ActiveBOM documents in OutJob. |
1461 | ActiveBOM solutions are now ranked automatically (if no ranking exists) based on order of existing supplier links contained within schematic components. |
1463 | ActiveBOM now supports currency selection. |
1465 | ActiveBOM custom solution prices have been increased from 3 to 5 decimal places. |
1479 | ActiveBOM actual pricing is now calculated correctly when item quantity is below the minimum quantity price. |
1494 | SUPPORTcenter link in License Management page now opens Support section in AltiumLive. |
1499 | ActiveBOM is no longer case sensitive when matching Supplier Names in supplier links. |
1500 | DBLib column visibility and grouping is now remembered when application is closed. View BugCrunch report #3045. |
1501 | Schematic URL paths and links to directories now open correctly. |
1506 | Releasing PCB Projects to a Vault now works correctly and does not produce incorrect missing files errors. |
1522 | ActiveBOM now correctly groups items when updating and Refresh. |
1528 | ActiveBOM now allows deletion of invalid auto generated solutions. |
1535 | BOM reports are now being updated correctly when using database parameters. |
1581 | OutJob now supports the 'Do not Include any output folder' option for Release Managed Folder Structure. |
1583 | 'OutputType' parameter has been added to OutJob expressions. |
1594 | OutJob now includes both the "Custom prefix_[OutputType]" and "Custom Folder Name" options for Folder Structure Containers |
1598 | Opening files (referencing file://) and HTML reports (containing special characters) now open correctly within the internal browser. |
System Components: Data Management
423 | Altium Vault Properties dialog now displays license details. |
1023 | Vault SimModels have been extended to support Simetrix/Simplis models. |
1517 | Vault search results are now displayed correctly if order of columns have been changed. |
1546 | Placing managed sheets from a Vault now uses the correct revision. |
System Components: Schematic System
1362 | Additional styles for Power Ground, Earth and Bar have been added to the Power object in the schematic editor. View BugCrunch report #2246. |
1502 | Schematic "out of resources" error has been fixed through the investigation of crash reports. |
1503 | Schematic now supports Unicode text allowing any combination of characters regardless of current locale. |
1524 | The focus now goes to the Name control when opening the Schematic Port properties dialog. View BugCrunch report #2980. |
1546 | Placing managed sheets from a Vault now uses the correct revision. |
System Components: PCB System
906 | Initiating the Differential Pair Routing command in PCB no longer highlights only differential pairs. |
1334 | Room boundaries are now displayed correctly when they contain arc segments. |
1419 | PCB dimension objects are now loaded correctly when using Hungarian regional settings. View BugCrunch report #2885. |
1405 | The PCB display mode no longer changes when unshelving polygons. |
1455 | Embedded Board Array no longer swaps the column and rows when generating output. |
1470 | The arc center point is now included as a movable hot spot when moving arcs in the PCB Editor. View BugCrunch report #1512. |
1481 | When modifying a PCB document the slow updating of Power Planes Connections has been fixed. |
1483 | PCB expression that use aggregate functions no longer cause "Incorrect definition error". |
1484 | A crash when saving Show Top Positive option in PCB View Configurations has been resolved. |
1486 | Fixed slow analyzing nets issue when synchronizing PCB in some situations. |
1489 | Drill Tables are now displayed correctly in the PCB List Panel. |
1516 | Changing the Drill Table defaults no longer causes an access violation. |
System Components: Soft Design System
384 | FPGA_PCI_CLAMP constraint is correctly generated for Altera devices. |
1508 | Unknown Status code error upon startup with DT05 and other FTDI based dongles connected has been fixed. View BugCrunch report #2674. |
System Components: Soft Design Support
383 | Core Generator now accepts hex memory images larger than 256 kB. |
System Components: Altium Designer Localization
1536 | Traditional Chinese localization of Altium Designer has been updated. |
System Components: Altium Designer Support
1485 | Internet connection errors due to firewall or SSL have been fixed. |
Importers and Exporters: Importer_Accel
1538 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Can now optionally generate netlabels for hidden net names. |
Importers and Exporters: Importer - PADS
1431 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed incorrect Pin and Port orientations. |
1435 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed Pin Designator and Name visibility. |
1438 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed Footprint model not defined in schematic symbols. |
1442 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed positioning of free text, component parameters and designators. |
1445 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed polygon fill drawing. |
1446 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed Power Port and Net label placement. |
1451 | PADS Logic Importer : Fixed designator, parameter and text string fonts. |
1538 | PADS Logic Importer : Can now optionally generate netlabels for hidden net names. |
Importers and Exporters: Importer - PCAD ASCII
1433 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Fixed incorrect model names. |
1436 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Fixed wire and component primitive widths. |
1437 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Fixed text that is inserted into Description field. |
1444 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : No longer incorrectly changes the schematic grid settings. |
1450 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Fixed polygon fill colors. |
1452 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Fixed designator, parameter and text string fonts. |
1538 | P-CAD Schematic Importer : Can now optionally generate netlabels for hidden net names. |
Output Generators: Printer - PCB
1387 | Design Views now print correctly when the Mirror option is enabled in the Printout Options dialog. |
1458 | The .legend is now generated correctly when used with an Embedded Board Array. View BugCrunch report #2924. |
1475 | Design Views that are disabled are no longer included in the printable area for Fit to Page printouts. |
1476 | Printing Design Views now print correctly if the top layer is removed from the printout. |
1478 | Variant Markers are no longer offset when scaled Design Views are printed. View BugCrunch report #2982. |
1621 | Full arcs are now printed correctly with mirrored Design Views. |
Output Generators: Output - Simple BOM
1456 | OutJob filenames are now generated correctly when using expressions that contain "." characters. View BugCrunch report #2892. |
Output Generators: Output - ERC
1456 | OutJob filenames are now generated correctly when using expressions that contain "." characters. View BugCrunch report #2892. |
Output Generators: Output - NC - Drill
1471 | NC Drill output generation now ignores placed Design Views. |
Output Generators: Output - Testpoint
1471 | Testpoint output generation now ignores placed Design Views. |
Data Management Packages: Supplier - Farnell
1607 | ActiveBOM currency prices for Farnell solutions are now calculated correctly. |