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Easy enough to drop-in. I'll give it a try. Thanks.
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If you use in your scripts this: Board.LayerStack_V7.LayerObject_V7[ILayer.MechanicalLayer(i)]
You can work with all Layers from 1 to 32 in AD14 and later.
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Altium Designer Mechanical Layers 17 - 32 are turned off (unchecked for use) as the default in the installation and "Altium Scripting" files are unable to activate those layers. You have to manually activate Mechanical Layers 17 - 32 in the "Layer Display" menu for each new Project.

So it's not a Library Expert issue, it's an Altium Designer issue.

Contact Altium and submit your question to them.

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Hi Tom,

Thanks for clarifying the way to turn drafting outlines off.

I was trying to set the layer to zero not the line width.

What about the other issue about trying to set outlines to a mechanical layer above Mechanical Layer 16?

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To turn off any Drafting items, change the line width value to 0 (zero) in User Preferences.

You cannot turn off Drafting items in the Library CAD Tool Export dialog window.


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Hi Tom,

The new 2015 version doesn't seem to solve my problem. If I set any of the outline layers in the "Create Footprint" window to anything other than eMechanical1 to eMechanical16 then the script stops and doesn't create the footprint in Altium?

So to turn off an outline am I supposed to set the outline to "eMechanical0" or just "0"? None seem to work for me.

Also my "3D Model Outline" is on mechanical layer 17 in my Altium libraries, nothing over mechanical layer 16 seems to translate.

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Hi Tom,

Sorry I was away last week. I'm not currently setup to do webcasting and do not know what is involved to do it. Maybe let me install the new 2015.01 and see if the Altium script interface solves my problems.

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Todd... is it possible to do a webcast so I can see what you are doing? I know that this is 100% user error and we need to teach you how to use the User and Default Preferences to achieve the results you need.

Just send me an email with a day and time that is good for you for a quick webcast.

All of our customers have Free unlimited training and we wish more people would ask for it.

I am in the process of creating 60 short training videos that explains every aspect of Library Expert but that project will not be completed until the end of the year.

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Hi Tom,

Thanks for your response.

1. That seems to work for the default environment but if you then change the environment then hit the "Build Part" button the name reverts back to the default.

2. If I set my "Assembly Outline" and "3D Model Outline" to 0 they come out on the top overlay after I import them into Altium.

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1. When you create a new part and import it into your personal FPX file you can edit and change the name to whatever name you want. But for the Calculator to recognize the new Footprint Name you created, you must reopen the part by selecting the "Footprint" icon or double click in any cell.

Also, there is a new feature in V2015 that allows the user to use the mfr. "Part Number" column as the Part Type. And it allows you to only create "Decal" or only create "Part Type" or both. Several different options are now available.

2. You never have to manually delete anything. If you don't want a drafting outline, change the value to 0 (zero) and the Library Expert will turn off that outline. Also, when you set up all your layers, folders and settings, make sure that you select the "Save Entries as Preferences" so that they are permanently set up.

Please tell us anything that we missed, so that all the features you want are in the program.


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