I am having a small but frustrating problem with Altium version 9.4. When I use the interactive routing tool on either the top or bottom layer the tool does not 'lock', indicated by the crosshair appearing, when hovered on the pin? but it instead automatically routes around the pin itself at all costs.
Is there any potential setting that I have changed that anyone knows of? I cannot find any help in their tutorials to change this. Below is a picture of the settings of my current interactive routing tool.
Best Answer
It sounds like the track and the pin are on different nets. Make sure the two are connected in the schematic and make sure both show the same net. You can check the nets by double-clicking the track or the pin and looking in the properties window at the "Net" setting. If they are different, Altium will not let you connect them. They MUST be connected in the schematic in order for the routing tool to let you connect them using a track.