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BaselImad , 12-06-2020, 12:41 AM

Hi

I am designing with altium18.2, and have a silly problem with importing Gerber files and other manufacturing files.
the thing is I want to separate these files from the schematics files.

Photo 1 is a screenshot from Robert Youtube Channel:
and Photo 2 is a screenshot from my Project:

So how could I arrange my files better?
"Sorry for my bad English"

Thanks
Basel

WhoKnewKnows , 12-06-2020, 03:57 AM

I think the manufacturing files in Robert's example were optionally added to the project by Altium when they were generated from the project files.

Meanwhile, when you import data into a file in your Altium project, I don't think it's necessary to add the source files of the import to the Altium project.

BaselImad , 12-06-2020, 04:52 AM

So you are saying that there is no way to organize Design fabrication Output in files?

WhoKnewKnows , 12-06-2020, 08:55 AM

Nope I didn't write that.

robertferanec , 12-08-2020, 02:31 AM

@WhoKnewKnows is right, all the files in my project were created by Altium. I did not import them. PS: I am not sure if you can create the subfolders/subdirectories and sort the files by yourself, but the documents should be sorted when you use "Add existing into project ..." or at least I would expect that.

From Altium website ( https://www.altium.com/documentation...ctsprojects-ad ):
"Documents in the Projects panel are automatically arranged in logical groups or 'folders', such as Source Documents (Schematic, PCB, etc.,), Settings documents (Harness, Outjob, etc.,)"