Intro: My Colleague and I have been using altium Designer for Sometime now . Currently AD 17.1.6 (build 538) . The PCB we draw are 3d 4 layer maximum . the only difference between us is that the smallest grid I use is 0.1mm , while he uses the finest Grid 0.025mm.
Problem: when my Colleague is using Design Rule check it is taking for every to be done ( about 30 minutes ) . while my PCB which is comparable in number of components nad size takes about 30 seconds on the same Computer !!
My thoughts: I am trying to analyze the problem and i have come up with 2 possible causes :
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The Fine Grid is causing the program to make more calculations causing it to take more time , can anyone confirm/comment on that ??
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The 3D objects placement and clearance is causing the software to consume the extra time (unlikely) , but does anyone know a way to prevent the DRC from looking for violations in certain rules ? so i can go one by one and eliminate until i find most time consuming rule.
If anyone is wondering about the PC : it is a core i5 processor, with 8Gb ram and GTX 660Ti VGA.
). On the dialog, in the Net Options select the specific net to which your component is connected.
Best Answer
Start by selecting only the important rules that you want checked. The first step would be to ensure that you do not have an excessive number of rules set up in your
Design -> Rulessettings. Once those are cleared out you can go toTools -> Design Rule Checkand change the settings for each element under theRules To Checkheading in the left panel.Additionally, in the
Design Rule Checkwindow change the "Stop when ___ violations found" to something manageable (for example, 100).