Altium Designer Documentation

Comment Export Configuration

Created: January 21, 2022 | Updated: February 15, 2022
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The Comment Export Configuration dialog
The Comment Export Configuration dialog

Summary

The Comment Export Configuration dialog allows you to set the period of time for the comment export and includes screenshots if desired when exporting a comment from a specific document.

Access

The dialog is accessed in the following ways:

  • By right-clicking on Export Comments under Report Outputs in an Outjob then selecting Configure from the context menu.
  • By clicking the  button at the top-right of the Comments panel then selecting the Export Comments option from the menu.

Options/Controls

Period

  • For all time – select this option to export comments indefinitely.
  • Specific releases – select this option to export comments for specific releases specified in the From / To drop-downs.

Include Screenshots

  • Entire design snapshots – check this box to export the design snapshot to include comments, as seen in your design space. This option exports the comments and design snapshot to be located on separate documents.
  • Original design screenshots – check this box to export the design without comments in the design space. This option exports the comments and the design screenshots side-by-side, on the same page, but does not indicate where exactly in the design the comment is located.

Additional Control

  • Export – use to export the comment and open it in the associated file type application.  
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