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Didan , 01-23-2019, 10:14 AM

Dear forum, I tried to find it for myself and googled it but I couldnt figure it out. its about cross probe from pcb board to check which components, pin or nets Im selecting. In this case, for lesson 2 of Advanced PCB layout course Im trying to place decoupling capacitors under processor but everytime I cross probe a pad form processor I cant find easily from sch which pin it is. So like picture from course video I wanna cross probe a pin and on sch get total focus on that pin and defocus the rest. How can I do it on Altium 2018 please?

Paul van Avesaath , 01-24-2019, 06:22 AM

hit ctrl+shift+x and try again!

Didan , 01-24-2019, 06:46 AM

@Paul van Avesaath Cross Select Mode was enabled, thats not problem. It keeps the same.. I need other solution please

Paul van Avesaath , 01-24-2019, 06:54 AM

are both files in the same project?
show me the project tree.. if you have seperate files i dont believe it works ..

the compiler should be in sync also.. (so to make sure.. rightclick on your porject and choose compile... )

see if it works then?

Didan , 01-24-2019, 07:11 AM

@Paul van Avesaath Look, cross probe select the right pin but dont highlight enough for me find it easier. I need to know how to set it to highlight more, thats it. I tried schm Filter but isnt it.

Paul van Avesaath , 01-24-2019, 07:33 AM

so higlighting options in Altium 18 are located in the view configuration (press on " L " when in PCB editor -> view options tab... then mask and dim options..

there are also a lot of option in the preferences check those out.. for for instance I will diable Net and PIN highlighting.. maybe it is off for you too??

Didan , 01-24-2019, 07:52 AM

@Paul van Avesaath you got it, navigation tab and dimming was none here I just increased it. Thanks bro you are the man hehe

robertferanec , 01-28-2019, 02:42 AM

Many people have problems with this probing, because Altium change the keys. As suggested by @Paul van Avesaath, in the new Altiums you need to use SHIFT - that is the magic key. If you still need, here you can find more info: https://www.fedevel.com/designhelp/f...g-highlighting

Didan , 01-28-2019, 10:21 AM

@robertferanec thanks for info. Do you know how I can set convert special strings in new Altium 2018? Im trying to find it and searched on google for it but I couldnt find it anyway

robertferanec , 01-28-2019, 11:23 AM

I believe, you should not need to set special strings in AD18. It just should work there.