altiumpcb-designplanar-inductor
Prior to this, I did spiral inductors which was relatively easy. But I am now stuck in designing toroidal inductors.
I know the distance between each turns but having trouble placing them in circular fashion. Any ideas on how to place them in such manner?
You probably have edited the the schematic symbol in Sch library after placing its footprint on the layout design.
In situations like this, you need to update your schematic design from library (Tools/Update From Libraries...), then update your PCB with the updated schematic. If problem still there, remove the footprint from PCB file and update the PCB file with schematic again.
Also make sure the symbol in schematic sheet has the same footprint model name as it has in Schematic and PCB libraries.
Yes, check out the PlanarTx script here. Just run the script and the options should be pretty self-explanatory. Quite flexible too.
You may need to use a net-tie component (some folks refer to these as "shorts") to name the end terminals to sync up in your schematic, since it's all one piece of copper.
Best Answer
For spiral or circular placement, In my opinion, The best way is to create a Polar Grid.
This can be found in the Grid Manager. The same method can be used in footprint design and component placement.
Link to Altium Help Page on Polar Grid