The advanced engine offers powerful routing options including walk-around, differential pairs, obstacle-ignore, hug and push and push and shove.

Interactive Routing: PCB layouts with high quality can be designed in minimal time periods using Altium Designer’s new and updated interactive routing.

Remote Working: Being a cloud based platform, Altium Designer offers fast and efficient remote working capabilities, with seamless file changes and construction and editing possible from anywhere in the world.

Hierarchical and Multichannel Design: Altium Designer Hierarchical Design tools offer the functionality to simplify designs that are complex and multi-channel designs can be converted into more logic-based manageable units to work with.

MCAD Collaboration: This feature allows the electronic parts of your project to be synchronised easily with the mechanical components through bi-directional integration with native CAD platforms such as Creo, Pro/E, SOLIDWORKS and Autodesk Inventor.

It also comes with a Bill of Material (BOM) calculator and editor. I have created a playlist on YouTube with a series of getting started videos on how to design a simple practice board with Altium Designer.Frequency connectivity with equivalent length is made more functional and easier in multi-layer projects. Watch this video where I walk you through creating your name badge circuit board Download the zip file for the name tag template Click ok.ĭownload the most recent Altium Designer Integrated Library we will use for our class here.

Select license manager in the far right corner. It is completely free.ĭownload and install the latest version of the software from this page. With feedback questions or other comments, drop me a note: Designer Tools used in this class:Įach student will apply for their own student license for Altium designer. The total workshop will take you 5 hours. Be sure to watch this video series BEFORE you start your first board.Įach video is 3-15 minutes long. I walk you through starting with a napkin sketch to a board submitted to the fab shop for manufacture. If you are new to Altium, this is a getting started workshop to get you started on your first board.

Altium student version