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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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Altium Camtastic Auto-Rout PCB Border is routing over edge of board

I typically draw rout tool paths by hand, but I though I would give Altium's built-in router a try. The command I am talking about is Rout->Auto-Rout PCB Border within the CAM document mode. The ...
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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 ...
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CPU considerations for PCB software (routing) when purchasing a new computer

My company uses Altium Designer for PCB design and the most CPU intensive operation seems to be the autorouting. My question is, when considering a new computer, would it benefit autorouting ...