How to Scope and Prioritize your PCB design rules

Vincent Mazur

| Created: June 21, 2021 | Updated: July 1, 2024

Design rules are a must for any PCB design, but for them to be active and effective they need to be properly scoped and prioritized. Too often designers construct rules only for them to create conflict or be completely ignored or overtaken by another rule. The updated Altium Designer rules and constraints editor allows designers to easily define and save design scope for any scenario. And to combat unused design rules, the new rules interface validates and checks your design rules for any conflicts or usability issues.

Join us this week where we’ll cover:

Building design rules with queries
Scoping rules directly from the PCB layout
The logic of rule prioritization
Utilizing the scope library

About Author

About Author

Vincent Mazur, BSEE, is a Field Applications Engineer at Altium. Prior to rejoining Altium, he co-founded a scientific electronic instrument business where he architected and designed handheld, battery-operated products using Altium Designer. Vincent has over 25 years of combined experience in the electronics industry designing hardware and software for embedded systems and in the EDA industry assisting companies in optimising their electronic product development processes.

More content by Vincent Mazur

Related Resources

47:55 ECAD-MCAD CoDesign with Altium 365 & SOLIDWORKS MCAD CoDesigner allows for seamless collaboration between electrical and mechanical domains and has the exact fit and form factor of Watch Video

28:11 Using Version Control in Your PCB Project Webinar Version control has been a staple of software development for decades, but hardware development can benefit just as much from Watch Video

24:31 Discover the Benefits of Altium 365 Version Control for Solo Designers with Ari Mahpour Are you a solo electronics designer or engineer looking to optimize your design process and boost productivity? We invite you Watch Video

40:50 ECAD-MCAD CoDesign with Altium 365 & Fusion 360 MCAD CoDesigner allows for seamless collaboration between electrical and mechanical domains and has the exact fit and form factor of Watch Video

How Breville Innovates 4x Faster with Altium Breville is an Australian company founded in Sydney in 1932. It is best known for its home appliances, specifically blenders Watch Video

43:14 Altium 365: ECAD-MCAD Collaboration Pretty much every printed circuit board assembly ends up in some kind of mechanical enclosure or fixed to a chassis Watch Video

35:23 Altium 365: Real-Time Sharing and Collaboration Whether you are an individual designer or a team of people, there are always others in the value chain that Watch Video

41:02 Altium 365: Release to Manufacturing Watch Video

40:03 Don’t Let Multiple ECAD File Formats Slow Your Time-To-Market! Altium 365 Multi-CAD Support Watch the webinar and learn how to remove ECAD data silos to enhance design collaboration, efficiently manage all your BOMs Watch Video

27:22 Session 1 - Altium 365 - Collaborating with your other company personnel Altium is pleased to offer a 3 part Altium Academy Virtual series to discuss the problems that companies can encounter Watch Video

Related Technical Documentation

Back to Home