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Altium Designer Functional Areas
Why Data Management
The Idea behind Altium Designer
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What exactly is the output of Altium Designer?
ONE Tool for each Electronic Design Engineer
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Traditional Design Tool Chain Model.
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One tool, one GUI, one unified set of data
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One tool, one GUI, one unified set of data
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Why Data Management
Schematic & PCB: Designing with Altium
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Schematic Level Design
Full Hierarchical Design
Logical project partitioning
Intuitive design navigation
Design Reuse
Multi-channel design
Snippets & Device Sheets
Structured Classes
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Structured Classes
E.g. nets, components, sheets etc.
Object Class explorer
Schematic Level Design
Variant Management
Graphical representation
Schematic and PCB
PCB rules allready definable in Schematic
Directives / blankets
Advanced Graphical Editing
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Advanced Graphical Editing
Find Similiar
Smart Paste
List Panel .
Synchronizing Schematic and PCB
Difference Engine
100% User-configurable and controlled comperator
Engineering Change Orders flow
Reliable ECO Process
Engineering Change Order flow
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Engineering Change Order flow
PCB Level Design
Complete Schematic-PCB design integrity
Fully synchronizable
Select in Schematic and PCB simultaneous
Intuitive User-Interface
Live Highlighting
Fully configurable display options
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Customizable Grids
Cartesian & Polar Grids
Convenient PCB setup
Layer stack manager
Board wizard
PCB Level Design
Advanced Interactive Routing
E.g. Auto-complete, push-and-shove, hugging ...
Multi-track (Bus) routing
Differential pair routing
Impedance-controlled routing
Length tuning
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For single and differential tracks
Graphical comparision of versions
Merge resolution view
Topological Auto-Routing
Finish up your design
BGA escape router
Navigation and Highlighting
Build-in Navigator
Browse through all objects in a project
Easy find capabilities
Highlighting
Automatic highlighting the objects of interest
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PCB in 3D
Unique 3D-Mode in PCB-Editor
Integrated in PCB layout module
Modelling the PCB
Create Board-Outline from MCAD-Data
Rendered in real-time
Full Placement Capabilities
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User-definable clearance rules
Violations shown graphically
Real-time constraint checking
PCB Collaboration
Multiple Designers working on the same PCB
Reduce design cycle time by 40-70%
Utilize local or globally dispersed teams
Manage layout and engineering resources with fexibility
Simultaneous layout
by multiple designers or technical experts
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by multiple designers or technical experts
Library Creation
Schematic Symbol Creation
From data sheet/Excel list
Footprint Creation
IPC compliant Footprint Wizard
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IPC compliant Footprint Wizard
3D Model included
3D Extruded/STEP Model
Unified Components in Alium Live
>100.000 Unified Components
Todays Libraries Concepts
Type 1: Independent Libraries
Type 2: Integrated Libraries
Type 3: Database Libraries
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NC1
A2
GND3
Y4
VCC5
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Next Generation Component Management...
Component
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Component
Libraries
Part Choices
Live Supplier Data BOM Generation
Live Supplier Links
Drag & Drop to Components
Automize BOM & Purchase Order generation
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# Comment Quantity Supplier Manufacturer Part Number Supplier Part Number
1 COAX-F 500 Farnell 034-1038 1894599
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Approved Notes
Why Data Management
Included Tools and Functionality
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Version Control System
Build in Apache Subversion (SVN)
Check out data from Repository
All team members can change
Only one set of Master Files
Fully Integrated in Altium Designer
Compare any Files
New version generation from Altium
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New version generation from Altium
History Management
Automatic History
Compare two different Versions
Revert back to older versions
Graphical Visualisation
Differences Window
Highlighting of changes
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Production Data Generation: Output Job
Pre-pack your preferred output settings
Simplifies the creation of manufacturing files and design documentation
Allows all relevant information to be grouped together for output
Project and variant driven output generation
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Configuration Management
Automize Output Generation per Configuration
Predefine a set of Output Job to be executed per configuration
Different storage places per configuration with or without a Vault
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Design and Supply Chain Area
Combine Design and Supply Chain Area
All involved team members in a company can work with the same tool:
Designers, Librarians, Purchaser, Product Managers etc.
Even suppliers can use data directly from the Vault.
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Altium Vault
What does a Vault offer?
Storage of data (incl. lifecycle management)
Relational database (where-used functionality)
Authentication (AVS, incl. approval processes)
Webserver application (AVS, access from anywhere)
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Webserver application (AVS, access from anywhere)
What can be inside?
Components (with models, parameters & links to supplier information)
Managed Design Content (reusable design data and templates)
Released Designs (complete designs for manufacturing)
Vaults The Different Flavors
All customers under
subscription get it
Access from Altium
Designer Panel
Limited to 3 Users
Altium Personal Vault
- No Authentication
- Vault & Data resides locally
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Sold separately
User Identification and
controlled access
Access from Altium
Designer Panel and web
browser (Intranet)
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Altium Vault Server
- Authentication locally
- Vault & Data resides locally
Release & Lifecycle Management
Automized Release Data Management
Generate ALL necessary files on a push button.
All files 100% checked vs. your rules.
Full Lifecycle Management
Have all lifecycles of your product
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Checkout Snapshot
Validate Design
Generate Outputs
Commit Release
Mixed Signal Simulation
Supports popular circuit simulation standards
Fully compatible with SPICE3f5
Supports for a wide range of PSpice device models
A Broad Range of Analysis Types
Transient, AC Small, Fourier, Pole-Zero
Noise, Monte-Carlo, Parameter Sweep
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Capture once for SIM & PCB
Signal Integrity
Proven Technology
Transmission line calculations and I/O buffer models (IBIS)
Industry-proven algorithms (Field-Solver)
Quickly explore potential solutions
Cross-Probing / Highlighting SCH/PCB/SIM
Takes advantages of Unified Database
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