TL;DR at the end if you’re lazy.
Overview and Access
After the gerbers are generated for a project, the last step is to use the release manager tool to create the documentation, fabrication files, the bill of material and the step files.. To do so, an outjob file must be present in the project. If the outjob file is missing, follow the review below. If you have the outjob file, skip to the ‘Project Release’ part of the guide.
Output Job Review
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On top is an image of the
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output job tool.
To access the release manager tooloutput job file,
for existing projects, go to ‘settings’ folder in the projects tab in Altium, then open ‘Output Job Files’. You will see a file called ‘Elecrow.OutJob’.
for new projects, copy an ‘Elecrow.OutJob’ file from another project.
It does not matter where it comes from, all you need is the file as it will adjust to your project.
You can also create a new outjob file, but it is not recommended as you have to set it up.
If you do want to create a new outjob output job file, go to file, then new, then outjob. You then have to follow the images below.
This file will be what you will be using for the release tool. In the release output job tool, you only need to care about two boxes, ‘Outputs’ and ‘Output Containers’, which are the top boxes will blue highlighted sub boxes.
Outputs
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This is a typical electrow outputs box in the
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output job tool.
In the ‘Outputs’ box, there are 4 headers
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For the subcategories in the rows, you can add new files, but talk to your lead if you are.
Output Containers
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This is a typical elecrow file output containers in the
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output job tool
In the ‘Output Containers’ box, there will be three options preset
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For all the ‘Path in server’ and ‘Local Path’, it will be preset, but if it isn’t configured properly, route it to your project file in your drive. Usually, all the files will be found in the ‘Project Outputs for [Project Name]’ file in the project file.
TL;DR
Use the Elecrow.OutJob file included in your project or copy one in another folder and press
‘Generate content ->’ text for all three containers and you’re done.
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Press what the red circle is showing.
Hard Copy
Unless your lead tells you anything about the hard copy, please do not touch it. 
An existing project should have an output job file, but if it doesn’t, copy one from another project.
Example Files
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STEP file example
Release Manager
With the output job file that you have (or just created),
Access
To access the release manager, go to the projects tab on the top, then choose 'Project Releaser…'
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Release Manager Tool
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New Release Manager Tool
To set up the release manager tool, make sure all the ‘Include’ checkboxes are present. If a red text of ‘No OutputJob specified.’ is present, click on it, and choose ‘Elecrow’ for all the options in the release options.
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What the Project Release Options pop up should look like after options are chosen
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Release Manager Tool after set up
When prepare is selected on the bottom left corner, an item creation pop up will appear. Click on ‘Create items’.
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