Designers can create their project releases with Gerber files in Altium Designer, and they can quickly push data to their manufacturer. With Altium 365, a manufacturer can open Gerber files from two project revisions and compare them side-by-side. Altium Designer includes a file generator for Gerber X and X2 formats and Gerber viewer features in the CAMtastic tool, but comparing Gerber files has long required an external application. Most EDA tools can take your circuit board layout and generate detailed Gerber files, including layer stack information and standard image input formats for copper layers, the solder mask, and silkscreen. As part of a circuit board design review, manufacturers can use a Gerber viewer to inspect each layer of a printed circuit board and prepare stencils for each layer. Gerber files are among the most critical manufacturing files used in PCB fabrication processes. The Clearance dialog opens and displays the clearance distance between the two primitives.Your PCB design tools must be comprehensive, covering everything from schematic design and editing to layout and manufacturing preparation. After running the command, the cursor changes to a crosshair. This command is used to measure the shortest distance between the edges (clearance) between any two primitives. After running the command, a dialog opens that displays the measured distance. Before running the command, select the primitive you want to measure. This tool works on selected tracks and arcs.

This command is used to check the overall length of routes. The Measure Distance dialog opens and displays the distance between the two locations.

Select the first location then click on the second location for which you want the measurement distance. This command measures the X, Y, and direct distance between the first and second click locations. After running the command, the cursor changes to a crosshair. The measurement tools can be found in the Tools | Measure region of the PCB editor's ribbon menus.

To ensure that you have complete control over the placement and sizing of design objects, CircuitMaker includes measurement tools. These are general-purpose tools used for a broad variety of measurement tasks. A PCB design is highly detailed that contains objects placed and sized with a great deal of precision.

Altium measure distance