Is there a way to batch copy port names over to net names

Question

version Altium Designer 15.1

Scenario

• I have a several pins wired to ports.
• I want to remove the ports and add net names to the corresponding wire
• I want the wire net names to be the same as the port name for now. I will add to the net name later.

Question

How do I go about doing this in the most efficient way possible? Right now I'm creating each net name, assigning them to a wire and copy/pasting the corresponding port name over to the net name.

Answer 1

You can use the Edit > Smart Paste function.

• Select all your ports,
• copy them (Ctrl+C) then use
• Edit->Smart Paste and
• select "Net Labels" in the dialogue.

Then Altium Designer will paste net labels with the same names for you. This also works for Power Objects and busses. Take a look at the options in the dialogue or the documentation for Smart Paste.