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USB 2.0 PCB trace design restrictions

Thanks to the help from this community I am much closer to finishing my new design. Right now I am most worried about my USB 2.0 traces, and I want to make sure that I am doing everything right with ...
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Altium: How do I flip/mirror components? X and Y don't work

So this seem like a simple question, but I'm trying to flip components in the schematic editor. If I select a component then use the keyboard shortcut X or Y, it brings up a menu and does not slip the ...
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Satisfactory Margin for Traces from PCB Edge

I've had problems routing too close to the edge of a PCB before and was wondering if there's a suitable rule-of-thumb that I should use (maybe to put in a design rule in Altium somehow with my ...
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Generating a cutting line from a Gerber outline

Our PCB fab has decided to charge us extra for our PCBs unless we provide them with a cutter tool path on a Gerber layer. Amazingly, Altium doesn't seem to have a tool to automatically generate this ...
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Looking for a good freeware/open source PCB design software equivalent to Altium

I am familiar with Altium PCB design software in my workplace. But thats an expensive suite to maintain. Is there any decent enough free software which I can use at home for my pet projects? I have ...
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Changing all via and routing sizes at once (Altium Designer, PCB Design)

I have a completed PCB design drawn by Altium Designer. I want to increase via sizes. But there are too much of them, and changing all of them one by one will be a very long and bothersome work. Is ...