What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Highlight Nets Associated with Component? It’s in the 16.6 Release!

24 Mar 2015 • Less than one minute read

With the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, a simplified method to highlight or de-highlight all nets associated with a component is offered in all applications modes. Hover over a symbol(s), then use the RMB to access the ‘Highlight Associated Nets’ command. Nets assigned the DC Voltage property are ignored.

Here are the steps to accomplish highlighting nets:

Using any one of the application modes, hover over a symbol.
Use the RMB to access the Highlight associated nets command.
Select a highlight pattern from the popup dialog.
De-highlight all associated nets by hovering over the symbol, then RMB - Dehighlight associated nets.

If the nets are not highlighting, check to see if the ‘display_nohilitefont’ variable is set.

Please share your experiences with this new capability.

Jerry “GenPart” Grzenia