Altium Designer 19.1.X Shortcuts

Schematic Editor

• Z - Ground
• O - Port (for Sheets)
• L - Label
• U - Power-Port
• R / W - Wire
• ⇧ Shift + C - End Selection
• ⇥ Tab - Pause Editor (for Panel)


• Ctrl + 🖱 Right Click - Zoom
  • 🖱 Scroll Up - Zoom in
  • 🖱 Scroll Down - Zoom out

PCB Editor

• L - Line, not Trace!
• W - Wire/Trace
• D - Differential Pair Routing
• + / Num + - Layer up
• - / Num − - Layer down

Global

• Ctrl + 🖱 Double Left Click - Follow Trace
• "Find Similar Object" - custom selection filter

Best Practices for PCB Design Pipeline

1. Schematic Design
2. Design Rule Check
3. Update / Export Changes to PCB
4. PCB Setup & Layer Configuration
5. Board Outline (Hardware-1-Layer)
6. Power Planes / Power Distribution
7. Component Placement
8. Routing
9. Design Rule Check
10. Via Stitching
11. Polygon Pours
12. Final DRC
13. Generate Gerber & Drill files
14. Production