Commenting in your Design

The ability to leave comments and tag project stakeholders in the design context provides visibility and better communication throughout the entire design process. You can add comments and also draw in an entire document or area in your design (available in Schematic and both 2D and 3D layout modes in PCB).

Once you share a project, all of the stakeholders can view and comment on the design from within Altium Designer, or through the Altium 365 web browser interface. Project participants not familiar with Altium Designer can review and leave comments by accessing the design via their web browser without having to install Altium Designer. All comments will sync across and appear both in the web view and within Altium Designer, always in the context of your design.

1. Commenting in Altium Designer

In the project tree on the left side, select the document you want to comment on.

2. Commenting via Altium 365 Web Interface

2.1. Accessing the Web Interface

In Altium Designer, go to your project in the left-hand panel and right-click over your workspace, which will enable options in the menu listing. Select “Show in Web Browser”:

Another way to access the web interface in Altium Designer is to click in the upper right corner, select a workspace, and click on the  which will ”Open Workspace in Web Browser.”

Login to https://365.altium.com and on the left-hand side menu, select Projects then search or browse for a specific project. Alternatively, you can login to https://live.altium.com/ and click over your photo in the upper right corner, and select the workspace menu button on the toolbar. On the left-hand side menu, select Projects - and then search or browse for a specific project.

Whenever a project is shared with you, or if you were mentioned in a comment, you will receive a notification by email with a link that opens the web interface.

2.2. Commenting via Web Interface

To place a comment in a design via the web interface, you have three options:

• Use the Alt+C keyboard shortcut.
• Near the “Share” button, there is an icon  . This option allows you to “Comment for Area,” “Comment for Point,” or “Comment for Object.”
• At the right top corner, where the content is displayed, you can see this symbol: . This option allows you to open the Comments panel. To do this, just click on this icon 

Upon clicking, a right panel will be displayed, enabling you to place a comment within a specific place in the document. Click “Place a comment” and select the desired location with the crosshair cursor.

There are multiple options to attach comments:

• Comment for Area: This allows you to comment on a defined rectangular area on the active document. Select the required area by clicking and dragging in the design space.
• Comment for Point: Left-click your mouse at any point of the design, and the dialog box will open to insert a comment.
• Comment for Object: Left-click your mouse in any object of the design, and the dialog box will open to insert a comment. The comment will immediately be tied to that object.

Enter your comment in the Comments panel, then click Post to publish. You have the option to tag a person or add a freehand drawing ( scroll down for details).

[Web view] Clicking on the three dots in the upper right of the dialog box, you will also have the option to “Edit,” “Delete,” or “Copy Link.” Option: Select  to show the original design screenshot.

Once the issue has been addressed, the comment can be resolved and hidden. To resolve the comment, click in the upper-right corner of the comment (the icon will turn green). This hides the comment in the panel.

Filtering Comments. Resolved comments do not disappear, they are just hidden. To filter comments:

• All: Shows all comments
• My: Shows all comments added by you and comments you were tagged in.
• Unresolved only: Shows only unresolved comments
• Current document only: Shows only comments in the current document
• Notification settings: Select which comments in the project you want to receive email notifications for.