For via tenting, click on the Solder Mask Tenting checkbox. From this panel you can change massively the properties of all vias, that are already selected. Click and the PCB Inspector window will pop up. Pick one via, right click on it and select Find Similar Objects…. PCB Layout tips Add/change via tenting properties for all vias: Shift + Hold Right Click : Move to rotate board in 3D view.Ctrl + Shift + Left Click : Set current mouse position as the dx,dy center.M, C : Select a component from the list to move it.+ / - : Switch to previous/next layer when routing.Shift + R : Cycle routing modes (ignore, avoid or push obstacle).Space / Shift + Space : Rotate components and cycle through routing options.

Tab : Pop up properties dialog of the placing component/routing line.Ctrl + Click on a net : Select everything connected to that net.

2 / 3 : Switch board view to 2D/3D mode.

Ctrl + M : Measure distance between two points.

J, L : Jump to location, press intro after introducing the coordinates.

I will keep updating this post periodically with new stuff. Coming from a much simpler software such as Eagle CAD, some of them took me a while to figure out. This is a list of my most used keyboard shortcuts and actions in Altium Designer.

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