

The Basics: Selecting Objects in Altium Designer Equip yourself with an understanding of the tools you need to navigate the layouts and interfaces that you are working with. Not only will you learn about the select filter, but we’ll cover some of the basics of the different select functions as well. This article will be a good introduction to selecting design objects in general in Altium Designer. Now you can set your filter for the object type that you want to select and you will have much more precision in your selection efforts. In the past, you may have had to zoom in tight or tried other tricks. When you have an area in your schematic or PCB layout that is very congested, it can be difficult to select the specific objects that you want. This enables you to configure your design session so that you can select specific object types to work on. Altium Designer has introduced the select filter that will make the task of selecting objects much easier than before. Whether you are making changes or deletions one thing is for certain, you are going to be selecting a lot of design objects in your design as you work on it.
