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SPECIALNEWFEATURESINSIDE!

Inside:

Check out the Summer 08

sealed section

...get ready for thenext generation of

Altium Designer

upgrade toAltium Designer 6 and receive:

Re-usable circuitry& layouts

Simplify the task of design re-use

Real time 3D PCBvisualization

Altium Designer proves that PCBsare not two dimensional objects

Enterprise IntegrationHow to connect every designers creativity

to the rest of your organization

...and much MORE

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Summer 08is comingandsoisthe next generationoAltium

Designer!

Andtheres never beena bettertime orourAltiumDesigner2

004 customersto upgradetoAltium

Designer 6 and automaticallyreceiveAltiumDesigner Summ

er08!

Wehaveagreat oer (seenextpage)or AltiumDesigner 2004 users,and

hundreds o greatnew

eaturestotempt you.

Takingthat frststep today takesyouone stepcloser to the ut

ure!Take a lookatthe eaturesavailable

right nowin Altium Designer 6in the ollowingpagesandt

akea sneak peakat Altium Designer

Summer 08 inthe special sealedsection. Its hot!

Dont beletbehind. Usersshouldtakea lookatthe poweru

l eatures oAltiumDesigner6inthis

brochure: real-timePCB visualization your designisin threed

imensions,andyour designtool shouldbe

too! Interactivetracelengthtuning tomakelightwork o hi

gh-speed designissues!Or reusablecircuitry

snippets so you can stopdesigningthesame commoncirc

uitsover andover again!

Managersshouldtakea lookat the organizational beneftsan

deatures on page18:eaturessuch

astheinteraceto MCAD andmanuacturing that introduces

realefcienciesinyourdownstream

manuacturingprocesses. Or datamanagement eaturesthat h

elpyougetyourdata managementunder

control asanintegral part oyour design process.

Andtheresso much morein Altium Designer 6withmore to

comein Altium Designer Summer 08.

Designtodaywiththegroundbreaking3Deatures oAltium

Designer6, andcome Summer08 you can

dynamically link tocaseandassembly modelsinyourmechanic

al CAD package!Interactivelylengthtune

singlenets ordierentialpairsinAltium Designer 6today, and

comeSummer 08 you can do it while

eortlesslypushingtracks andviasouto theway andwithou

t havingto clicktoanchor segmentsat

eachturn.

Imexcitedabout theutureo electronics design, andIm sur

eyoull beexcitedbyAltiumDesigner6and

whatscoming inAltiumDesignerSummer 08.

So readon,andthentalktoyourlocal Altiumrepresentativeto

fnd out moreabout our currentspecial

upgrade oer.

NickMartin

Founder & CEO

Introducing Matts hot tips

Copyright 2008 Altium Limited. Altium, Altium Designer, Board Insight, Design Explorer, DXP, LiveDesign, NanoBoard, NanoTalk, Situs, and Topological Autor-outing and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Altium Limited or its subsidiaries. All other registered or unregistered trademarksreferenced herein are the property of their respective owners, and no trademark rights to the same are claimed.

Hi! Im Matt Berggren.

Im an engineer and the Manager of Altium Designer Applied Technologies. So I get

to play around a lot with all the cool technologies weve built and continue to build

into Altium Designer.

When youve upgraded to the latest version of Altium Designer 6, dont forget to try

out some of the Hot Tips Ive included throughout this brochure. Youll be amazed at

just how much faster and easier design can be.

Oh! And dont forget to check out the Altium Designer Summer 08 preview in the

special sealed section in the middle of this brochure. Now thats hot!

Altium Designer!

and so is the next generation of

Summer 08is coming...

Upgrade to Altium Designer 6 before May 15, 2008 andreceive an automatic upgrade to the next generation,

Altium Designer Summer 08.

Thats two upgrades.

Contact your local Altium representative

or special oer details.

Moving to Altium Designer 6 now immediately

increases your design power and exibility, letting

you get the job done aster, more accurately and

with greater confdence moving to manuacture.

Whats more, its ground-breaking technology gives

you entirely new design capabilities. And when you

get your hands on Altium Designer Summer 08

get set or a summer joy ride and the best design

experience youve ever had.

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Dierential signaling has become a must have

technology in all areas o electronic design today.

Altium Designer 6provides comprehensivesupport or dierentialpair routing and thelength tuning odierential signals rightout o the box.Whether you are concerned with signal-to-noise

ratios, switching timing, or youre just looking to

simpliy PCB routing with ewer issues surrounding

returns and the routing o traces across plane

boundaries, Altium Designer 6 provides the

dierential signal support that is a must in

every PCB package.

Its another example

o how Altium delivers

the best in design

technology to every

designers desktop.

Dierential pairs are routed ina single action, with automaticgathering and denable length-matching tolerances. This makesthe deployment o dierentialpairs on the board ast and easy.

Dene dierential pairs at both the PCB and schematic levels.All interactive processes such as routing and length tuning areully-congurable and rules-driven, ensuring automatic adherenceto all design requirements and tolerances.

Matts hot tipDierential signaling is widely supportedon FPGA devices, but synching the LVDSpins on the FPGA with your board designcan be a hit-and-miss aair, but not withAltium Designer 6. When you constrainnets in your FPGA project as LVDS I/O,Altium Designer 6 automatically propagates

this inormation through to the board designthat houses the FPGA. The resulting dierentialpairs can then be correctly handled in all interactive andautomatic processes at the board level without the needto manually create the pairs on the PCB.

Full Dierential Pairs support

...plus get a FREE upgrade to Altium Designer Summer O8!

Congratulations to the Altium team on the inclusion o

3D Visualization. Our PCB assemblies now look very realistic

and by using component bodies as opposed to imported 3D

STEP or IGES models, I get the benets o ull component

clearance checking in the EC AD system during placement.

Doug DeVries HandEra

Columbus proved the worldwasnt at. Altium Designer 6proves that PCBs are not justtwo-dimensional objects.

With a single click you can display your board in

3D at any time during the design process.

Utilizing the latest DirectX technology,

3D visualization gives a highly realistic,

real-time view o the bare or assembled board.

And this is no static model!

Its ully navigable and rendered on-

the-y. You can make changes

to the design and instantlysee the results in 3D view.

Having the ability to

visualize your board in 3D

brings a new dimension to

the board design process. It

makes design communication

easier, streamlines

documentation, and lets you

see potential manuacturing aults

beore your board leaves the

design stage. This saves you both

time and money.

Your board isnt two-dimensional.

When you upgrade to Altium

Designer 6, your design system

isnt either.

Real-time3D PCB Visualization

Upgrade to Altium Designer 6 now and save...

With Altium Designer 6 you can

see exactly what your board

will look like as you

are designing

it. This lets

you easilycommunicate

design intent

with other team members, or

document specic design eatures

to abricators and assemblers.

Components can be modeled usingAltium Designer 6 component bodies, orimported STEP ormat models. And youcan export the loaded board as a STEPle or use in your MCAD tool.

When you have the ability to instantlyswitch to 3D view, you dont have toguess at how your nal board will look you can just see it!

Altium Designer 6 provides system-wide support or managing high-speeddierential signaling within your design.Route dierential pairs and interactivelylength tune individualor whole sets odierential pairs onyour board.

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The Reposition Selected

Components command in the

PCB editor delivers the componentsyouve selected in the schematic to

your cursor or placement one ater

another. This lets you use the logical

arrangement within the schematic

diagram to drive component

placement on the board.

COPY THIS

PASTE THIS

Matts hot tipComponents in schematic are oten groupedin much the same was as you want themon the board. I nothing else they areeasier to locate in the schematics becauseo the organization o components across ahierarchical set o design documents. Placingcomponents rom schematic ensures thatthe inherent organization o the schematicscan be ully leveraged into the PCB domain,saving you layout time.

Schematic driven placement


Smart copy & paste transormations


Its amazing how apparently simple eatures can

oten bring the greatest benefts. Take Smart Paste

or example, which is available in the latest version

o Altium Designer. It lets you copy objects o one

type, and paste them as objects o the same or

dierent types.

For example, you can expand and contract

busses using Smart Paste. Copy the contracted

bus label on a port and then paste the ull,

expanded set o individual bus labels and wires.

This saves an enormous a mount o time in all

areas o design capture.

You can even Smart Paste data

rom external applications, andthen transorm it into objectsin your design as you paste it.

Smart Paste just another example o how Altium

Designer 6 makes design easier.

Ater copying any objects to the Windows clipboard you can invoke the

Smart Paste dialog that lets yo u set any appropriate transorms, as well ascontrolling the way the objects are pasted into Altium Designer.

Smart Paste lets you create data in an external

application, such as generating sequential bus

label names in an Excel spreadsheet, and t henpaste it directly into Altium Designer as a

ully-labeled bus port on a schematic.

Altiums sotware just keeps getting better and more

intuitive with every release, which makes my design job

easier and qui cker.

Craig Wiper Design Engineer

Good component placement is crucial to successul

PCB design. And insights into optimal placement

can oten be drawn rom the schematics. The tight

synchronization between schematics and PCB

layout inherent in Altium Designer 6 means you

can use your schematic source fles to drive the

board design process.

Altium Designer 6 notonly gives you the abilityto cross-select betweenschematics and PCB, youcan also drive the placementprocess rom the schematic.

Select the components in the schematic and the

Reposition Selected Components command will

deliver each o the components to the cursor one

by one or rapid placement.

This eature is just one example o the benefts o aully unifed design environment. Rather than deal

with the board

layout process in

complete isolation

o the schematic

ront end,

Altium Designer 6

allows you to

maximize the

crossover o

inormation between

the two domains.

A real time saver!

With Altium Designer 6 you can drive PCB placement rom the schematic by

selecting the schematic symbols o the components to reposition. The components

are then delivered or placement on the PCB in the order they were selected.

In Cross-Select mode any components you select in the schematic will

also be selected in t he PCB, and vice versa. This lets you work seamlesslybetween the two editors.

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Paste Metafle data on PCBs


Smart PDF publishing


Altium Designers Smart PDF Wizard

makes short work o all your PDF

publishing needs. You have ull controlover the design documents included,

how they display and the structure o

your nal PDF.

Getting a graphical logo onto the silkscreen layer is a simple three

step process with Altium Designer 6. Just create the logo in your

avorite graphics package, paste it into the right layer in the AltiumDesigner PCB editor, and then resize and reposition it as you wish.

Mission accomplished!

Design collaboration is at the heart o Altium

Designer 6. Today, more than ever, it is crucial to

be able to easily communicate your design data

through your organization and with your partners.

With eatures like direct publishing o your

projects as portable smart PDF documents, Altium Designer 6 brings

design collaboration right into the design environment.

Use the PDF generator Wizard in Altium Designer 6 to

create ully-indexed PDF fles that are totally portable and

navigable. For example, search or a component using

the text fnder, or click on a bookmarked component

to jump to its location in either the schematic or PCB.

It really is that easy.

Smart PDF enhances your abilityto share all necessary design

inormation with everyone whoneeds it. Design collaboration has

never been easier.

The fexible and intuitive eatures o Altium Designer 6 allow us to create

complex custom designs more quickly. For those who have not upgraded

to Altium Designer 6, they are really missing out on a antastic product.

Mattias Ericson Engineer, Omnisys Instruments

Want to add a graphical logo or symbol to your board? With

Altium Designer 6 simply paste metafle images directly rom the

Windows clipboard into the PCB workspace.

Images are converted into region objects and automatically

clustered into a union, which can be resized to suit your design

requirements. Tables can also be pasted, either as ormatted

data, or as plain text.

Beyond the aesthetic benefts, the ability to paste Metafle data

into the PCB editor saves design time and avoids potential errorswhen data is manually transcribed into the PCB layout.

Getting complex image data such as tables

onto a PCB is a simple copy and paste

process with Altium Designer 6, as it allows

you to copy data into your board designdirectly rom the Windows clipboard.

Matts hot tipEliminate the time spent doing single-line text editing operations in the PCBworkspace. Add an Excel spreadsheet to your project template that has theabricati on table you use or all o your boards. You can then modiy thatdocument and copy the contents directly to the PCB. Your table can be scaledas required within the PCB layout.

When you upgradeto Altium Designer 6,

stunning graphics onyour PCB are just aclick away.The PDF documents produced by Altium Designer 6 are

ully navigable, with all components in both schematicand PCB documents bookmarked. You can even search

or any text on your board or schematics.

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Matts hot tipSometimes its difcult to isolate a row o

pads without inadvertently selecting unrelatedobjects like the component or polygons. In

Altium Designer 6, holding down the Control

key while using the Select Touching Line modewill isolate just the pad, via, or track objects that passbeneath the selection line. You can also use the Shit keyto add objects to the selection, simpliying the selectiono pads while routing multiple traces.

Trace length tuning


Multi-trace routing


Routing or reworking a group o related traces can

be a real pain! But not when youre using Altium

Designer 6. A whole host o eatures have been

added to the PCB design environment to make this,

and other common tasks, much quicker and easier

to accomplish.

With the addition o improvedselection eatures such asSelect Touching Line and newrouting eatures like PlaceMultiple Traces, its plainto see that whether its two,

or two hundred signals;Altium Designer 6 delivers thebest in routing technologyto your desktop.

Indeed the entire Altium Designer environment has

been optimized to be the easiest to use and most

intuitive design interace available.

With the speed and sophistication o todays

systems, the ability to be able to easily tune and

equalize trace lengths is crucial to design success.

Altium Designer 6 delivers this with interactive

trace length tuning tools that support single nets

and dierential pairs. Choose rom a range o

tuning styles, with interactive control over the

amplitude and spacing o tuned traces.

Tune around objects and the tuned traces will

automatically back-o, adhering to the clearance

constraints as required.

Routing multiple traces over

a common path is a common

requirement in board design today.

With Altium

Designer 6you can

complete

this task as

a single operation, saving

signicant time.

Matts hot tipLimit the number o rules you need to defne correct net length matching.Add groups o signals to a net class and tune traces within that class by applyinga rule scoped to the class, not the individual signals. This makes it easy to create arule that is not aected by changes in net name. In the same way, dierential pairclasses can also be created, simpliying the application o matched length rules toall o the dierential pairs that belong to a specifc class.

Intelligent automaticcompletion lets you rapidly

nish o complex multi-trace

routing tasks. With Altium

Designer 6 these jobs become

simple point-and-click

exercises.

Altium Designer 6 has a number o new selection methods to help

you quickly target the objects you want. One o these the ability

to select a set o objects simply by drawing a line across them is

the perect way to gather a set o bus signals or routing with themulti-trace placement eature.

Dierential pairs can be

matched with the same ease as

single nets. Ideal or matching

sets o high-

speed serial

interconnects

where timingbetween the

serial signals is crucial.

All aspects o the tuning

segments can be controlledinteractively during length

tuning. You can manually set

the target length, or have itautomatically set via a rule or

rom another net. And you can

set the size and style o the

accordion segments added.

A handy length graph is

displayed during length

matching to help guide youthrough the tuning process.

When the design problems otomorrow become the designchallenges youre acing today,you can be confdent that AltiumDesigner 6 will be there with thesolution when you need it.

UPGRADETO ALTIUM

DESIGNER 6NOW AND

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Matts hot tipChange between layer sets instantly without taking your hands o thekeyboard. Add single-key shortcuts to layer sets by holding Ctrl and clickingon the name o the layer set in the list at the bottom o the main window.Use these single key shortcuts to quickly toggle between views convenientor placement, routing, touching up silkscreen / designator placement, orany other confguration that might be relevant. You can even save andpass layer sets between designs to be included in your PCB templates.

Defnable layer sets


PCB layer counts are growing. Fiddling around trying

to display the right set o layers you need or a

particular task is a real time-waster in some tools.

Use the Layer Set eature inAltium Designer 6 to hide anddisplay multiple layers at atime so that you can quicklyocus your edits.

You can even export and import layer sets between

PCB documents to ensure a consistent working

environment across designs.

Now thats a useul eature!

Changing layer sets is easy. Simply select the desired set rom the

popup list in the corner o the display. You can assign hotkeys to

any layer sets you dene to allow you to instantly switch betweenlayer congurations.

When you create a layer set, you can

determine the active layer and whether or

not to display the board fipped when you

switch to that layer set.

Summer 08is coming...

Intimate linking between

board and case

design.

Its fast. Its a dreamIts a lean, mean routing machine.

Sneak Previews

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These eatures are just the beginning o a host o innovations that willredefne the essence o design collaboration and uniy the PCB and mechanicalCAD domains. It starts with Altium Designer Summer 08. Coming soon!

Allegro importer bring your legacy Allegro fles into Altium Designer Summer 08

Live document previews hover over objects like sheet symbols or icons in the projecttree and get a popup preview o the underlying document

Improved internal plane support get detailed3D viewsof your internal planes andcomplete analysis of broken planes

NanoBoard power monitoring see in real-time how design changes affect the powerconsumptionof your application

summer08

summer 08

In Altium Designer 6.8 we revolutionised board design by introducing

real-time 3D PCB visualization. But that w as just the beginning! With

todays intimate linking between board and case design, what has beenconspicuously absent rom the world o PCB layout is the real-time

marriage o mechanical CAD data with the process o PCB design.

Well not anymore! Altium Designer Summer 08 will make real-timeinteraction between these two domains possible, and shave days, i not

weeks, o your product design time.

In Altium Designer Summer 08, itsnow possible to link componentsto external STEP models, makechanges to those STEP models inyour mechanical CAD package, andyou can see those changes reectedin the components on the PCBInreal time!

Featuring:

Link components to external STEP models

In Altium Designer Summer 08 were introducing support or the import o any 3D datayou might need to make intelligent decisions during the layout process. This includescomponent mechanical data and enclosure and board mounting data. This lets youaccurately position and ft your board within its case right there in your PCB editor, inreal-time.

Altium Designer Summer 08 makes 3D component intererence checking a reality. Importyour STEP models into Altium Designer and check component to component clearancesusing STEP data. You can also check the intererences o your components against anynon-component objects like your stand-os, or the edge o the case. Youll get instanteedback on all clearance violations. In Altium Designer Summer 08 you dont have tohope your board is mechanically correct youll know it is.

Import all important 3D data

Full mechanical clearance checking

I youre still hanging on to the notion that PCB routing has to be a

painul process, lookout! Altium Designer Summer 08 is coming soon.

ClicklessRoutingA new clickless routing engine makes short work o

even the most complicated routes. Simply moveyour

mouse along the path you want totakeand the trace

intelligently ollows the movement o thecursor to

create a perect, rules-constrained route. Move the cursor back over the route and the track automatically unwinds. So i you know where

youre goingjust go! You dont have to pause and anchor segments along the way.

Push-and-Shove

Tracksand ViasA lightening ast push-and-shove enginelets you

plough through existing objects with ease, and under

ull rules-based control. It can push-and-shove tracks

and vias, and can even shove objects with a via hangingo the track end. This is a real time-saving eature when

youre routing through dense board areas.

Real-TimeLengthMatchingWantreal-time length matching as a part o the routing

process? Well, Altium Designer Summer 08has got it.

As you route a net targeted by a lengthconstraint, the

trace will be automatically tuned on-the-fy. Simplydragbackover thetrackand it unwinds. Andits smartenough to

push other tracks out o theway i necessary. Tame high-speed circuits with Altium Designer Summer 08.

TraceHuggerHave a look at thenewtrace hugging eature:It automatically ollows the contour o adjacent

objects, so you dont have to. Just guide the cursor

andSummer 08 will take care o the rest. Youll have

perect parallel tracegroupings every time, in no time.

Altium Designer Summer 08 presents...Altium Designer Summer 08 presents...

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Matts hot tipDont leave difcult manuacturingdetails to chance. Whenever you havean unusual slot or cutout requirementon you board, make sure you take adetailed snapshot o the eature usingAltium Designers real-time 3D PCBvisualization eatures. You can theninclude realistic close up images o thesedetails in the documentation you sendto your abricator. You can also exportthe board as a STEP model to streamlinecase design.

Board cutouts & slotted holes


Today, the electronics inside a product is intimately

linked with the case it sits in. This presents special

challenges or a board designer, oten requiring

unusual shaped boards with notches and cutouts.

Altium Designer 6 eortlessly handles these

requirements with an array o eatures that deals

with the mechanical challenges o board design.

With Altium Designer 6,complex cutout shapes can beeasily defned and modifed.You can also create slots orunusually shaped component

pins. These can be rotatedindependently o the pad,and squareholes are alsosupported.

Both cutouts and

slotted holes have ull

internal power plane

support, and are ully

detailed in output fles.

PCBs can have unusual shape requirements including curved and notched edges, and

internal cutouts. With Altium Designer 6 you can easily handle these demanding board

design challenges.

Pad holes can be replaced

with slots, or made square.

Dimensions and orientation are

ully-congurable as part o the

pads properties.

Board cutouts are easy to dene and remain ully editable

throughout the design process.

Altium Designer 6 is a truly eature-rich product that makes a

designers task more streamlined and dened.

Ted Villaruel Circuit Design Solutions, Inc

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Summer 08 will be hot!And we dont mean the weather. Altium Designer Summer 08 is the next generationo our ground-breaking unied design system. And its coming very soon.

Check our sneak video previews webpage at

www.altium.com/summer08iscomingWell be adding more cool eatures regularly, so bookmark the page.

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Stop reinventing wheels reuse designs

Altium Designer 6 lets you build and manage your own libraries o

reusable IP, and make the most o every bit o circuitry in your design.

Product development has become so complex that you simply cannot

aord to start every new design rom scratch. And nor should you

have to.

Your teams need to be able to draw rom existing designs

and reuse IP easily. So, design reuse is an integral part o

Altium Designer 6.

Your design teams can create libraries o reusable design elements

in a variety o orms. Snippets are a great mechanism or individual

designers to store and share a c lipboard o common circuit blocks,

code or PCB layouts.

Device sheets let you catalogue and manage designs in a structured

way or easy reuse.

With these tools, your team can hit the ground running, save time, be

innovative and reuse valuable IP.

Integrate across your entire organization

You have a great team o designers. How do

you connect their creativity to the rest o your

organization? How do you integrate your business

or team objectives with the design o hardware and

the development o programmable elements and

then manage the entire process?

And how do you do all this on time and on budget?

Altium Designer 6 ties all your componentlibraries directly to your corporate

MRP system. With Altium Designer 6,

you can build a Bill o Materials that

integrates with the systems in your

purchasing department.

You can publish design data in the orm o Smart

PDF documents that can be e asily shared among

dierent design teams, dierent departments andsent to clients, manuacturers and abricators.

Linking to mechanical CAD processes and

designs is straightorward and seamless, and you

can standardize, centralize and automate the

production o all your manuacturing les.

The market orces bueting those des igning electronic products are

increasing in strength. The globalization o manuacturing, particularly

the commoditization o low-cost, high-quality electronics production,

has all but removed any price or time-to-market advantages as long-

term product dierentiators. Lowest price and being rst to market are

no longer guarantees o sustained success. You need to innovate at

the product design level to secure long-term dierentiation in todays

and tomorrows competitive market. Altium helps your

organization and your engineers stay uture-prooed. Altium Designer

6 introduces signicant new design eatures and more comprehensive

management tools that give your organization real advantages increating innovative designs.

With more than 1,100 new eatures and enhancements,

and support or many new devices, Altium Designer 6

is a generation ahead o the version your organization

is using. The cost o not staying current may be greater

than you think.

Altium Designer 6 provides greater enterprise-wide advantages,

providing easy links to your wider business and engineering systems.

Altium Designer 6 allows you to easily reuse common design data between projects, allowing

your design team to concentrate on adding value where it counts.

We evaluated tools rom all the leading vendors in our search or an ideal solutionto capture our internal development and deliver modied designs to our customersas quickly as possible. The universal translation, fexibility and ease o use o AltiumDesigner was unmatched.

Phil Gibson, Vice President, Technical Selling and Web Tools or National Semiconductor

There are a number

o new board-level

design eatures that

take your organization

and its ability to

plug into a wider

design ecosystem, to

new levels. Ground-

breaking eatures

like real-time 3D

visualization o PCBs,that or the rst

time allow designers

to see the nished

board as they design it. This acilitates strong

MCAD and ECAD integration, and enables better

communication o design intent to everyone

involved in the process.

Altium Designer 6 is supported with over

100 training videos that make it easy or

your team to be immediately productive.

And although upgrading can easily be

justied by the return on the upgrade

investment, you are getting something

much more signicant a system that

supports continuous innovation.

Join these organizations which have chosen

Altium Designer 6:

Let Altium Designer 6 improve your organization

Create a return on innovation:by staying ahead of the latest technology and design processes

Lowest priceand beingrst to marketare no longerguarantees

o sustainedsuccess

Create a return on innovationcontinued

Five reasons to upgrade to

Altium Designer 6 now:Data management remove doubt

and data roadblocks rom the design process

Design visualization trap design errorsbeore manuacture

Enterprise Integration keep design in stepwith the entire organization

Interface to MCAD be condent that theelectronics will t inside the box

Design reuse dont waste time reinventingthe wheel or each project

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Managing design data with integrity

Controlling the integrity o design data is the key to

successul electronics production. And design data

management is essential to a projects success. Yet

many design tools treat it as an ancillary process, or

dont address the requirement at all.

Altium Designer puts data and document

management within the design fow itsel. This

guarantees the integrity o your data through the

entire design and production process.

Interaces to a range o version control systems

come as standard. They allow your designers to

check les in and out o the library without having

to buy another sotware product. So all the tools

you need or best-practice data management are at

your design teams ngertips at all times.

Component management is ully covered too.

Altium Designer lets you connect database libraries

to your MRP system, so that you can centralize and

streamline the management o library components.All your designers have access to the latest

approved parts.

Future-proof your organization

With the next generation o Altium Designer on its way, now is the

time to bridge the generation gap.

Upgrade to Altium Designer 6 now, with an automatic upgrade to

Altium Designer Summer 08.

Not only will you benet immediately rom the ground-breaking

design and enterprise eatures o Altium Designer 6, youll guarantee

your design teams are equipped to meet the challenges o designing

the next generation o electronic products.

So uture-proo your organization and bridge your design tool

generation gap today.


I was thrown in the deep end o the FPGA pool, with a tight deadline and aneed to make the hardware work rst go. With Altium Designer I could use thesame amiliar tools or the FPGA that Id been using or the PCB, and everythingjust worked with a minimum o uss. Im smiling, management is impressed andour customers are happy.

Je Pages, Senior Development Engineer, Innes Corporation

With Altium Designer we dont j ust keep pace with technology, we set the momentum.Since switching to Altiums unied design environment we route boards 100 timesaster and save weeks on our board designs.

Ricardo Paez, PCB CAD Designer, Aerofex

Visualizing designs as you develop them

PCBs and the products they power are real, physical objects. Creating

and communicating design intent is so much easier when everyone

can see what your teams are des igning!

Creating electronic products involves interactions between the design

engineer, PCB layout experts, manuacturing and assembly engineers,

and mechanical systems.

Altium Designers 3D visualization eatures, built directly into the PCB

editor, provide real-time, three-dimensional renditions o PCB designs

on designers screens, and make it easy or designers and engineers to

share and discuss designs.

Being able to see what it is youre designing during development

oers a new way to conduct design reviews, check or physical

clearance between components and enclosures, and promote products

under development to your clients and customers.

It is, ater all, a three-dimensional product that youre creating, or a

three-dimensional world. Its about time you used a three-dimensional

design tool!

Interface to MCAD and manufacture

Your designs are incomplete until theyre

manuactured and put into enclosures.

Once a product has been designed, there are a

number o downstream outputs that must be

created beore manuacture.

Whether its producing custom documentation

or your technical service personnel, exporting

your design les or PCB abrication and as sembly,

or interacing with MCAD systems to ensure

mechanical orm and t, Altium Designer 6

manages these processes or you.

But or real eciency and consistency, Altium

Designer 6 goes beyond these individual

capabilities, allowing you to create multiple

documents within a single batch process.

Industry leading design visualization allows efcient communication o design intent withinthe design team, throughout the organization and with your partners.

Industry leading design visualization allows efcient communication

o design intent within the design team, throughout the

organization and with your partners.


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