The latest update of Altium Designer 17.0 is now available for download. You can install version 17.0.11 (build 656) from the Download section of the site or update in Altium Designer 17.0 (DXP > Extensions and Updates).
This update is about bug fixes and stability improvements. Several bugs were fixed that caused access violations and crashes of AD. In addition, the release adds the ability to use special symbols in Target Folder
PDN Analyzer 1.1 (build 95) is now available. If you have purchased a subscription, you can install it from within Altium Designer 17.0 (DXP > Extensions and Updates).
Note: This release will only work with Altium Designer 17.0 and later versions.
Check out what's New in PDN Analyzer 1.1
#10723 Added support to display the voltage relative to the nearest ground when probing. Both the VCC and GND voltages are reported.
#11329 Added ability to set up config files for many power rails and run them as a batch.
#11868 Updated the battery symbol.
#15160 The output .csv file now uses comma delimiters.
#15161 Disabled unnecessary processing of Mechanical layers in ODB++
#15162 Updated PDN Analyzer so ODB++ is only regenerated within a session if the layout changes.
#15837 Added ability to navigate/zoom in on areas of highest current density.
#16536 Fixed regression bug that caused mid-layer polygon object to not be displayed.
There is also a bug fix in Altium Designer 17.0.10 for PDN Analyzer:
#10696 When probing the signals, lose the ability to maneuver in 3-D (shift + right mouse doesn't rotate the image).
A "Hotfix" update of Altium Vault 3.0 is now available for download. The link to Altium Vault 3.0.9 (build 414) is in the Download Section of the Altium website.
One of the main reasons for this "Hotfix" update was to quickly deliver a solution for the regression bug in Windows Server 2008 R2, where low-performance occurred due to an incorrect system proxy setup. Also, installation of all latest updates for Windows 2008 will fix this issue as well.
Other important fixes were made to the update scripts to prevent SQL Runtime errors from occurring during the update from previous versions.
Please, do not forget to make a backup of your data before updating.
#16520 Fixed regression bug in Windows Server 2008 R2 where low-performance has occurred due to an incorrect system proxy setup.
#16578 Fixed bug in the update scripts, which caused a SQL Runtime Error to occur when updating from Vault 2.6.5 to 3.0.7 on an Oracle database.
#16614 Fixed bug in the update scripts, which caused SQL Runtime Errors (-104,-607) to occur when updating from Vault 2.5.13 to 3.0.7.
#16636 Fixed an issue where sessions hang after reboot. As well, prevented a potential problem with sessions hanging during changing session's lifetime.
The latest update of Altium Designer 17.0 is now available for download. You can install version 17.0.10 (build 617) from the Download section of the site or update in Altium Designer 17.0 (DXP > Extensions and Updates).
In this release, we focused on fixing bugs. Over 60 bugs including seven BugCrunch issues were resolved.
#15398 Fixed regression bug that caused Eagle library import to fail.
#15633 Fixed issue that prevented releasing mid-size projects due to "out of memory" errors.
#15635 Fixed bug that caused the Release to Vault hotkey to not work (BC:7365).
#15760 Fixed bug that caused incorrect designators to be assigned to "not fitted" components (BC:7447).
#15805 Fixed bug that caused an access violation in module 'WorkspaceManager.DLL' during PCB Physical Differences comparison.
#15998 Fixed bug where TC2 mode does not work when a user logged into Vault as an administrator while ignoring TC2 configuration.
#16116 Fixed issue with DecimalSeparator being absent in scripting system due to an update in an underlying runtime library (BC: 7343).
#16119 Fixed bug that caused objects in imported Eagle .brd files to be assigned to the wrong layer.
#16136 Removed requirement to select items when generating an ECO via the ItemManager.
#16157 Fixed sorting in new Pick and Place file generator.
#16194 Fixed regression bug that causes an access violation to occur in FPGA Pins after launching FPGA Signal Manager with a project which uses a Lattice MachXO device.
#16198 Fixed bug that prevented generating BOMs from old designs created with templates in the project (with relative paths). Restored "Relative Path to Template File" functionality in BOM Configuration as it was in AD 16.1.12.
#16206 Fixed an issue where checkout directories for SVNDblib Symbol and Footprint are no longer subdirectories of the Repository Working Folder (BC:7364).
#16209 Fixed bug where graphical glitch appears in a drop down list control (Windows 10 OS).
#16212 Fixed bug where special string for the SVN folder revision is named differently in PCB and Sch.
#16217 Fixed bug that caused issues in scripts using TCoordRect (BC:7503).
#16259 Fixed bug where "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message appears when creating a managed project.
#16340 Draftsman - Fixed regression bug where Variant Drawing Style in Draftsman document was not on top of all other entities (BC:7567).
#16377 Fixed regression bug where access violation appears after performing left-to-right selection during the holding keyboard button.
#16382 Fixed a bug that disabled using the "Shift+c" keys or the "Clear" button to deselect objects that were selected in the schematic editor (BC:7351).
