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Altium Designer (AD) is a PCB and electronic design automation software package for printed circuit boards. It is developed by Australian software company Altium Limited. Altium Designer was previously named under the "Protel" brand.
Altium Designer was originally launched in 2005 by Altium, known at the time as Protel Systems Pty Ltd. It has roots back to 1985 when the company launched the DOS-based PCB design tool known as Protel PCB (which later emerged into Autotrax and Easytrax). Originally it was sold only in Australia.[2][3] Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology since 1986.[3] The product became available in the United States, Canada, and Mexico beginning in 1986, marketed by San Diego-based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. under the name Tango PCB.[3] In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS.
Altium Designer's suite encompasses four main functional areas, including schematic capture,[4] 3D PCB design,[5] field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development[6] and release/data management.[7] It integrates with several component distributors for access to manufacturer's data.[8][9] It also has interactive 3D editing of the board and MCAD export to STEP.[10] Altium 365, a cloud-based infrastructure platform, connects all key stakeholders and disciplines for PCB design. This includes mechanical designers, engineers, PCB designers, parts procurement, fabrication, and assembly. Altium 365 hosting allows to find, configure and use parts.
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Learn How to Navigate Altium Designer with Ease
This instructor led, hands-on course provides instructions on the entire design capture process, starting with the User Interface, Project Creation, Schematic Entry, then moving towards PCB Layout, Documentation, and finally Fabrication Outputs. Course Certification awarded for successful completion of the course.
Become an Altium Designer Power User
This instructor led course is designed for experienced Altium users, who are looking to expand their knowledge with design rules, differential pair routing, and customizing project templates. Course Certification awarded for successful completion of the course.
Private Instructor-Led Altium training is available for corporations, organizations, or educational institutions. Group training sessions can be provided online or onsite for private groups of six to twelve participants. The three-day training program follows the Altium Essentials or Advanced training curriculum. On request, Altium trainers can provide a personalized training program designed specifically to meet your goals and timing.
Altium Designer Essentials video series provides step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for Altium Designer. This course is designed for new designers and experienced. Course Certification awarded for successful completion of the course professionals.
Altium Designer Advanced video series offers over 20 in-depth exercises on advanced techniques. Course Certification awarded for successful completion of the course.
Learn how to streamline your board design and dramatically reduce design errors.
Analyze and Improve the Performance of Your Design
This hands-on training session offers in-depth exercises to get you started with the basics of SPICE simulation. Learn to use the Simulation Dashboard to control the analysis, define the view and adjust parameters. Did you know Altium Designer can import schematics in a variety of other formats, including OrCAD, LTSpice, and KiCad? Learn how to use the Import Wizards and more in over 8 hours of online courses.
Learn How to Troubleshoot on the Spot
Providing quality power to the logical blocks of the device is one of the most important tasks. Learn how to catch issues early using PDN Analyzer to analyze power nets, identify "weak points," and adjust the design before manufacturing.
Quickly implement Altium 365 in your organization
- Learn how to organize and manage your component and project data in Altium 365
- Learn how to manage users, roles, and permission sets and explore how non-licensed users can access and collaborate on designs.
- Learn how to use Altium 365 to collaborate with stakeholders- librarians, mechanical designers, parts providers, fabricators, and assembly houses - to ensure that every aspect of your design stays on track.
- Explore the latest design management features, including online design reviews, now to run automated design comparisons, and how to manage your task list.
Create parts and maintain your component library
- Explore component templates and types as you learn how to create them individually or in batches.
- Organize library data into folders and transfer libraries into the cloud using the Library Importer.
- Ensure the quality of your components with Altium 365 and track where they are used in your managed projects and schematics.
Learn how to use Altium 365 functionality like a pro
- Access and manage your work securely from both within Altium Designer as well as through any web browser.
- Explore how to add folders, collaborate with librarians and mechanical designers, procure parts, and release your design for manufacturing.
- Learn how Altium 365 can be used to coordinate with stakeholders throughout the design process, ensuring that your project stays on track.
The Altium 365 Training Bundle is the best way to learn how to use Altium 365. This bundle includes the courses "Design Management and Setup" and "Library Management" that will teach you to connect all the key stakeholders and disciplines, from mechanical designers to parts procurement to fabrication and assembly.
You can create, upload, edit, and reuse Harness Wiring Diagram and Harness Layout Drawing templates within a connected Altium 365 Workspace, eliminating redundant efforts on your part. Additionally, Altium Designer offers enhanced control over your designs with the incorporation of a 'Type' field for objects in the Wiring Diagram and labels and coverings in the Layout Drawing, enabling precise management of their inclusion in the BOM. Moreover, shield objects can now be assigned a library ID, enhancing organization and accessibility. Simplifying wire color definition, Altium Designer now utilizes a single-color parameter in the Wiring Diagram, reflecting secondary and tertiary coloring for improved visibility and clarity. Furthermore, the introduction of an 'Include Cut' parameter for wire objects grants you control over their inclusion in a Wiring List placed in a Harness Draftsman document.
You can now select between the latest ODB++ v.8.1 and legacy v.7.0 formats within a single installation. You can generate data for all defined variants collectively or separately, streamlining your workflow. Moreover, it simplifies Flex/Rigid-Flex manufacturing by incorporating various layer sub-types and implementing zones file support.
You can now enter a width value into a single cell at the top grid area, and it will automatically propagate to all corresponding width or gap fields. Furthermore, when working from a schematic, there is an indication of the sync status between constraints defined in the Constraint Manager and those specified through design directives in the source schematics.
With the new "obey rules" option in the properties panel, you now have the capability to remove necks less than a specified width for placed polygon pours. Furthermore, Altium Designer now observes user-defined geometries for the component selection bounding box when moving a component in Push Obstacles mode.
A Creepage rule can now be specified for electrical clearances between nets and/or differential pairs, facilitated by the matrix in the Clearances view. Also, support has been added to the clearance matrix for multi-editing within a selected row or column to streamline your workflow.
You now have the ability to specify crimps, seals, plugs, or other cavity parts for each required pin directly within the Wiring Diagram. These elements are also seamlessly integrated into the wiring list and connection table in the Draftsman document, providing clarity and precision to your designs.
When accessing the Constraint Manager from the PCB editor and defining constraints on the Physical and Electrical views, it is now possible to transfer those constraints to the Schematic through the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process. This enhancement ensures design consistency by reducing errors and saving time in the constraint definition process.
Altium Designer has added support for multi-colored wires, with the ability to define primary, secondary, tertiary, and border colors as part of a wire's parameters to help expand the functional identification capability of wires in your design.
You now have the ability to manually map components in target blocks where multiple components have been detected by the PCB Layout Replication Tool as having similar connections. This allows you to manually choose between available components that are able to replace each other, without violating circuit connectivity.
Experience a Heightened Level of Control with the Constraint Manager, Highlight Specific Modified Categories with PCB CoDesign, Create a Clear Visual Representation of your Multi-Board Project, Make Informed Component Decisions with Stress Analysis
Altium Designer's Multi-board Draftsman tool integrates manufacturing drawings into Multi-board design projects. The multi-board view displays combined graphics of PCB outlines and 3D models with various viewing options. Enjoy standard Draftsman features like annotation, dimensioning, and BOM, and say goodbye to managing different documentation sets or relying solely on MCAD software. Draftsman for Multi-board offers a clear visual representation of board connections in larger systems, ensuring design integrity and consistency.
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