PCB Compare in Altium 365 Web Viewer

Exciting news for Altium 365 users! The platform has enhanced its compare capabilities by adding PCB Compare operations between different commits/releases of managed projects. This latest feature, which complements Altium 365's existing compare capabilities for schematic, BOM, and Gerber files, provides users with comprehensive tools for reviewing and analyzing design changes.

Altium 365's compare capabilities are versatile and designed for different purposes, including design reviews, ensuring design compliance, and change tracking. PCB Compare can be accessed easily via Altium 365 Web Viewer's Project History, Releases page, or Altium Designer's Project History.

The PCB comparison feature can detect differences, such as board shape and board cutout changes, stackup changes, and net object modifications, including track, pad, via, and polygon. Non-net object modifications like track, pad, via, polygon, and keep out can also be detected, with some exceptions including graphics, 3D objects, OLE objects, and design views.

These changes are presented in a clear and concise 'Differences' pane, allowing easy navigation and cross-probing to the PCB compare view. In the PCB compare view, changes are color-coded and highlighted to give users a clear visual representation of the modifications. Red indicates removed items, green indicates added items, and yellow indicates modified items.