[SOLVED] Checking for un-routed traces on the PCB in Altium Designer Summer 2009

[nkinar]

I am just finishing a 6-layer PCB layout in Altium Designer, and I am wondering if there is a way to check for traces that have not been routed. I recall that in Eagle CAD, I was able to determine which traces were not routed by simply examining a layer with all of the "ratsnest connections."

Is there a similar feature in Altium Designer, and is it possible to somehow zoom to each of the un-routed connections?

 

[hamidmoallemi]

Hi

you can use "design Rule check" in tools menu in PCB editor
it gives you a report containing all violations of design rules including unrouted nets,but first you must enable unroured nets in Design>rules>unrouted nets.

good luck

 

[nkinar]

Thanks, hamidmoallemi; that works well for me.

Now after running the design rule check, Altium Designer presents a hyperlinked report of all violations. I can click on each of the hyperlinks and the program zooms into the appropriate area on the PCB, but I can't tell where the violations occur. The pads involving the violations are listed.

Is there a way to highlight one of the pads listed (i.e. Pad MN1-L4) where a violation occurs?

 

[nkinar]

Alternately, is there a way to highlight the area where the violation occurs, or is there a way to set the Design Rule Check zoom mode so that it is possible to zoom in very close to the DRC error?

 

[hamidmoallemi]

Hi
When you click the hyperlink Altium designer Zoom to the place that violation occurred and also highlights the violation in green color so it is obvious

 

[nkinar]

Okay, that sounds good; thanks again for your response, hamidmoallemi.

On a very finely structured PCB with many polygon fills and a 6-layer PCB, I find that sometimes it is very challenging to see where the violation occurs. But this seems to simply be how the software is designed, and it is possible to see where the violation occurs.