Electronic – Altium multi node trace length matching

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I've been trying to do trace length matching in Altium from one node to multiple and cannot seem to figure it out. The solution I have now (picture below) is to have 3 net ties that break up the one node into 3 and then make sure both sides match. The problem with this solution is I still need to manually match the 3 traces coming from the PATTERN_B node. Additionally, I have another trace elsewhere which need to have the same length as all 3 of these, so finding the trace length is additionally difficult because of the net ties now.

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Ideally, I'm looking for a reasonably automated tool (like the already existing trace length tuning) that will allow me to go from the 1 pattern node to all 3 input pins. A better way of manually doing this would be less good, but still helpful.

I'm on Altium 17.1 right now but might move to 18 soon, so I'm open to solutions on either version.

Best Answer

This probably isn't everything you're looking for, but if you assign your three nets to a net class, you can use the PCB palette to compare their lengths at a glance as you edit the tracks:

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