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ECAD-MCAD design integration – smoothing the way

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As electronic products and the processes used to create them evolve, the dissimilar worlds of electronic and mechanical design need to work in harmony ...

STOP PRESS! Altium wins DesignVision Award

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Read how our ground-breaking unified product development system is attracting growing critical acclaim from both the electronics design community and industry.

SIEMENS Karlsruhe selects Altium Designer

Industrial automation specialist Siemens, selects Altium Designer to reduce production costs and advance productivity when developing its industrial automation

IN THE WORKSHOP

  • What is an assembly variant?
    It is not unusual for a company to use the same board design in different products, each product using the board loaded in different ways. Known as assembly variants, this capability continues to be improved through the Altium Designer 6 updates. Read on to learn more about assembly variants.
  • Link ECAD - MCAD with STEP import/export

    Bridging the ECAD - MCAD divide is now a crucial link in the overall concept-to-manufacture design flow. Read how Altium Designer enables the efficient and accurate flow of 3D design data ...

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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last decade, you’ll be more than aware of the ongoing and increasingly rapid change in the way electronic products are developed and produced. In today’s global market the pressure to create smaller, more intelligent products in less time is forcing design engineers to critically reassess and revise the overall design process – from concept right through to manufacture. The need for change is further fueled by the rapid development of electronics technology, which has altered ... more


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As Altium Designer was recently awarded with a prestigious International Engineering Consortium’s (IEC) DesignVision Award at DesignCon 2007, we look at the ways we are forging new territory in electronic product design methodology.

By offering a unified approach to the complete electronic development process Altium Designer opens innovation and efficiency possibilities that are just not possible for those using conventional ‘integrated’ solutions. The challenge for Altium – like all innovators that break new ground – is to help users take a fresh look at how things are currently done, the intrinsic shortcomings ... more


Industrial automation specialist Siemens, selects Altium Designer to reduce production costs and advance productivity when developing its industrial automation products. “Altium Designer is a fully-featured, cost-effective solution that has allowed us to take control of our board development needs. Capabilities such as advanced pin swapping backed up by excellent customer support have allowed us to improve our productivity while reducing costs.” Hans-Jürgen Strohbach, Siemens Karlsruhe AG. more


See Altium Designer live in 2007!

Throughout 2007 Altium will showcase the new and enhanced features of Altium Designer at various industry trade shows and seminars around the globe. Don’t miss your opportunity to see Altium Designer live at:

Embedded World: Nüremberg, Germany, Feb 13 to 15
Embedded Systems Conference: Shenzhen, China, Mar 5 to 6
Embedded Systems Conference: Beijing, China, Mar 8 to 9
Embedded Systems Conference: Shanghai, China, Mar 13 to 14
Embedded Systems Conference: San Jose, CA, USA, Apr 1 to 5

European Seminar Series: Join us at Altium's next European Seminar Series, conducted across Europe in 13 different locations from April 19 to May 24, 2007. Learn about  Altium Designer – the world’s first and only unified electronic product development and the new Altium NanoBoard-NB2.  Reserve your complimentary seat at a location near you today!  Hurry – seats are limited.

Altium Designer 6.6 now available

See first hand Altium Designer's unified system which:

  • Unifies hardware, software and programmable hardware design within a single application
  • Is equipped for using the latest design technology
  • Has hardware/software co-design and highly developed transitioning tools built in
  • Has sophisticated document and design data sharing capabilities and centralized project management
  • Is continuously developed and updated with Altium's latest technology
  • Has full database library capabilities and is version control ready
  • Provides ONE solution to take a design from concept to completion.

View demo videos now!

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