安装Altium Designer

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Altium Designer的安装既直观又快速,由Altium Designer Installer程序提供。这个基于向导的安装程序简化了初始安装过程,并允许您选择安装的初始风格,即安装的功能集。

本文将介绍在计算机上安装Altium Designer的过程。

每个主要版本的Altium Designer都是单独完整安装,具有独特的默认安装路径。这样就可以与其他主要的软件发布版本并行安装。虽然有可能更新至版本流中的下一个子版本,但是不可能从一个版本流更新到下一个后续版本流。

预装准备

要访问Altium Designer Installer,首先需要下载并运行一个小的可执行程序(约11.2 MB) – AltiumDesignerSetup<Version>.exe。可从Altium网站的Downloads页面下载此可执行程序,且该程序可保存在硬盘上的任何位置。

每个版本的软件有自己的专用安装程序。

运行安装程序

双击AltiumDesignerSetup<Version>.exe文件。将会出现Altium Designer Installer欢迎页面。

Altium Designer Installer欢迎页面。
Altium Designer Installer欢迎页面。

安装程序本身是基于向导的,可提供一组前进式(及直观)页面,这些页面集合了所有信息,以便有效地根据需要安装软件的版本以及初始功能集。

点击Next继续。以下部分提供了您会遇到的各种页面的汇总信息。

许可协议

安装程序页面向您展示了Altium终端用户许可协议(EULA)。

阅读并接受Altium终端用户许可协议。
阅读并接受Altium终端用户许可协议。

在您继续安装软件之前,必须阅读并接受该协议的条款。可以用不同的语言来查看该协议,包括英语(默认)、德语、汉语和日语。

单击Advanced按钮,弹出Advanced Settings窗口。在这里,您可以指定适用的代理设置。单击OK使更改生效,并返回License Agreement页面。

使用代理设置指定如何使用基本身份验证,这是安装高级选项的一部分。
使用代理设置指定如何使用基本身份验证,这是安装高级选项的一部分。

阅读完EULA,勾选I accept the agreement并点击Next按钮,继续安装。

安装模式

如果您已经安装了Altium Designer,并且在相同的版本流中后续子版本运行安装程序(例如,安装Altium Designer 18.0.x时,Altium Designer 18.0.x-1已经安装),会出现Altium Designer Installer安装向导的附加页面——Installation Mode。本页面使您可以选择更新Altium Designer现有的版实例本,或将其作为单独的新版本实例进行安装。选择New installation选项在同一台电脑上维护软件的单个版本实例。或者,选择Update existing version选项,然后使用下拉字段选择您想要更新的具体软件实例。


如果您已经在同一个版本流中安装了Altium Designer的先前版本,那么您可以选择更新该版本。
或者,将其作为一个单独的实例进行安装。

选择安装模式后,单击Next继续。

账户登录

Account Log In窗口将弹出。这说明使用您的AltiumLive证书已经登录到您的Altium帐户——您的有效许可和账户是相关联的。其中有两点原因:

  • 首先,验证您的身份,并根据您的帐户和许可确定安装的软件是有效的。
  • 其次,它提供了对安装文件所在的Altium云存储库的安全访问——在软件最终安装到PC上之前需要下载的文件。

使用AltiumLive密码登录账户。
使用AltiumLive密码登录账户。

选择设计功能

通过安装程序的下一页,您可以指定最初安装哪些功能。PCB Design选项提供了执行PCB设计所需的基础软件和核心技术。必须安装,无法取消。使用其余选项根据您的需要定制安装。这也将对初始安装时间造成影响!

单击扩展一个区域,以加大对次级功能的控制。

在安装Altium Designer时,您想要的初始功能是什么? ——选择权在您手中!

平台扩展件为核心平台提供了扩展功能。每个平台扩展件是核心平台功能的一个专用包,已经从平台中分离,并以扩展件的形式交付。通过将此功能作为扩展件交付,Altium可以更新此核心功能,而不必更新整个平台。

只需单击即可启用您需要的功能。当您选择和取消选择功能时,页面底部的文本会动态更新以反映所涉及的下载任务的大小,以及下载的文件安装后所需的磁盘空间。

单击启用主功能,以便快速启用其所有次级功能。

请记住,无论您在初始安装选择安装了哪些功能,您均可以在安装后的任何阶段添加或删除功能。这样,您就可以根据您的设计需求,灵活定制所需的功能。

在定义了您想要的功能之后,单击Next继续。

目标文件夹

通过安装程序的下一页,您可以指定安装的目标文件夹,包括软件的程序文件和软件所访问和使用的共享文档

指定要安装的软件和相关文档的位置。

当安装多个Altium Designer实例时,这些位置将变得尤为重要。如果其中一个或两个目标文件夹当前均不是空文件夹(即没有内容),那么在您指定替代(空)目的文件夹之前您将无法继续安装。

Windows 7及以上版本的默认目的文件夹为:

程序文件

C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18

共享文档

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Altium\AD18

要指定替代位置,只需将位置直接输入到可用的字段中,或者单击字段右侧的文件夹图标,然后浏览所需的目标文件夹。

指定了安装位置后,单击Next继续。

准备安装

安装程序已经具备安装所需的所有信息。如果您需要任何更改,请点击Back按钮。若要取消安装,请点击Cancel

准备开始安装!

要继续进行安装,请单击Next

安装Altium Designer

页面将从Ready to Install转换到Installing Altium Designer,安装继续。首先需要从基于云的安全存储库下载所需的文件。下载的进度显示在安装程序中。

通过下载所需的安装文件集开始安装。
通过下载所需的安装文件集开始安装。

文件下载完成后,立即安装这些文件,并在安装程序中显示进度。

下载完成后,软件即被安装。

安装完成

安装完成时,您已经到达安装向导的终点。

安装完成!

在您退出安装程序时,将提供用于启动Altium Designer的选项,该选项默认为启用。点击Finish,即可关闭安装向导。

安装完成。您已经在电脑上安装了Altium Designer,并且根据您的设计需要初步定制其功能。现在您可以一展身手,去创造下一个革命性的(并且可能是利润丰厚的)产品!

F1同时适用于Preferences对话框中的特定页面,以及PCB Rules and Constraints Editor对话框中的特定规则约束页面。如果您正在运行一个命令,比如说放置一个元件,但您不知道如何旋转它,按Shift+F1来获得命令相关的快捷方式。

从以前版本或主要版本导入Preferences

在安装和启动新版的Altium Designer之后,将出现Import Settings对话框。您可以从最近启动时的最新安装中导入优选设置。

从上一个版本的安装中导入设置。

不仅可以导入优选设置,而且还可以复制用户设置——确保新版本打开时具有相同的外观,就像在以前版本中创建的一样,甚至连打开的工作区和面板定位也一样。

如果首次启动时未使用导入优选设置这一选项,也别担心——任何时候都可以将优选设置从Preferences对话框中快速导入。只需点击对话框底部的  按钮。相关菜单将列出全部以前版本/目前安装在电脑上的版本,以便导入。

可通过任何单独安装的Altium Designer版本实例(AD10或以上)或软件的以下早于AD10主要版本之一导入优选设置:Summer 09、Winter 09、Summer 08和Altium Designer 6。
在初始启动时导入的好处在于能够使工作环境像以前安装时设置的一样整洁。随后再导入优选设置只能“恢复”这种环境的一个子集。

Altium产品改进计划

作为与Altium Designer合作的一部分,欢迎您参与Altium的产品改进计划。通过更好地了解用户行为和环境,这个计划可以帮助Altium改进Altium Designer的发展方向。您可以随时参与其中。当然,如果您一开始就参与了该项目,但后来却不愿意继续参加,你可以随时停止。您可以从Preferences对话框System - Product Improvement页面选择是否参加。或者,您可以使用Preferences对话框的 System - Network Activity页面中的Product Improvement选项,选择参加或退出参加。

在初始安装后第一次运行软件时,将显示Altium Product Improvement Program对话框。此时,您可以选择是否参与这个项目。

通过参与产品改进计划,帮助提高Altium Designer的质量。通过参与产品改进计划,帮助提高Altium Designer的质量。

请放心,参与本项目将不会收集个人数据,也不会收集设计/IP信息。参与这个项目是完全自愿的和匿名的,您可以随时停止参与这个项目。对于该项目的管理规则,可以在Altium网站上查看Altium Designer Improvement Program页面

安装后管理

关于在初始安装之后如何管理Altium Designer实例的信息,请使用以下链接:

 

 

Parent article: System Installation, Licensing & Management

Installation of Altium NEXUS is both intuitive and fast, courtesy of the Altium NEXUS Installer. This wizard-based installer streamlines the initial installation process, while letting you choose the initial 'flavor' of the installation, in terms of installed functionality.

This article takes a look at the procedure for installing Altium NEXUS on a computer.

Each major version of Altium NEXUS is released as a separate full installation with unique default installation paths. This allows for side-by-side installation with other major released versions of the software. While it is possible to update to the next point release within a version 'stream', it is not possible to update from one version stream to the next, later version stream.

Pre-Install Preparation

To access the Altium NEXUS Installer, you need to first download and run a small (approx. 11.5MB) executable – AltiumNexusSetup<Version>.exe. This executable is downloaded from the Downloads page of the Altium website, and can be saved anywhere on your hard disk.

Each version of the software has its own dedicated installer.

Running the Installer

Double-click the AltiumNexusSetup<Version>.exe file. The Altium NEXUS Installer welcome page will appear.

Initial welcome page for the Altium NEXUS Installer.
Initial welcome page for the Altium NEXUS Installer.

The installer itself is wizard-based, providing a set of progressive (and intuitive) pages that collectively gather the information to effectively install the version of the software, and its initial feature set, as you require.

Click Next to continue. The following sections provide a summary of the various pages you will encounter.

License Agreement

This page of the Installer presents you with the Altium End-User License Agreement (EULA).

Read and accept Altium's End-User License Agreement.
Read and accept Altium's End-User License Agreement.

Before you can continue with the installation of the software, you must read through, and accept, the terms of this agreement. The agreement can be viewed in different languages, including English (the default), German, Chinese and Japanese.

Clicking the Advanced button will access an Advanced Settings pop-up window. From here, you are able to specify proxy-settings, if applicable. Click OK to effect any changes and return to the License Agreement page.

Specify the use of basic authentication using proxy settings, as part of advanced options for the install.
Specify the use of basic authentication using proxy settings, as part of advanced options for the install.

With the EULA read, continue with the install by checking the I accept the agreement box and clicking the Next button.

Installation Mode

If you already have Altium NEXUS installed, and are running the installer for a subsequent point release within the same version stream (e.g. installing Altium NEXUS 1.0.x, and Altium NEXUS 1.0.x-1 is already installed), an additional page of the Altium NEXUS Installer wizard will be available - Installation Mode. This page gives you the choice of either updating an existing version instance of Altium NEXUS, or installing as a separate new version instance. Choose the New installation option to maintain separate version instances of the software on the same computer. Alternatively, choose the Update existing version option, then use the drop-down field to select the specific instance of the software you wish to update.


If you already have a previous installation of Altium NEXUS within the same version stream, you can choose to update that version.
Or, simply install as a separate unique instance.

With your choice of installation mode made, click Next to proceed.

Account Log-In

You will now be presented with an Account Log In pop-up window. This simply means logging in to your Altium Account – to which your valid license is associated – using your AltiumLive Credentials. The reason for this is two-fold:

  • Firstly, it verifies your identity and that installation of the software is valid, as determined by your account and licensing.
  • Secondly, it provides secure access to the Altium Cloud Repository in which the installation files reside – the files that are required to be downloaded before the software can be ultimately installed on the PC.

Log in to your account using your AltiumLive Credentials.
Log in to your account using your AltiumLive Credentials.

Select Design Functionality

This next page of the Installer allows you to specify which features are installed initially. The PCB Design option provides the base software and core technologies required to perform PCB design. It is always installed and cannot be deselected. Use the remaining options to tailor the install to suit your needs. This will also have an impact on the initial installation time too!

Click to expand an area for greater control over sub-functionality available.

What initial functionality would you like in your installation of Altium NEXUS? - The choice is yours!
What initial functionality would you like in your installation of Altium NEXUS? - The choice is yours!

Platform Extensions offer extended functionality to the core platform. Each platform extension is a dedicated package of core platform functionality that has been 'brought out' of the platform and delivered in the guise of an extension. By delivering this functionality as an extension, Altium can deliver updates to that core functionality without having to release an update to the entire platform itself.

Simply click to enable the functionality you require. As you select and deselect functionality, text at the bottom of the page dynamically updates to reflect the size of the download involved and how this translates to required disk space, once those downloaded files are installed.

Click to enable functionality at the parent level, to quickly enable all of its child functionality too.

Remember, no matter what decision you take at initial install, you can add or remove features and functionality at any stage after installation. This puts you in the driving seat as it were, to fully customize your installation in-line with your, possibly ever-changing, design needs.

After defining what functionality you'd like, click Next to proceed.

Destination Folders

This next page of the Installer allows you to specify the destination folders for the install, in terms of both the Program Files for the software and the Shared Documents that are accessed and used by the software.

Specify where the software and associated documents are to be installed.
Specify where the software and associated documents are to be installed.

These locations become especially important when installing multiple instances of Altium NEXUS. If one or both of these destinations is not currently an empty folder (i.e. devoid of content) you will be prevented from proceeding with the installation until you specify alternate (and empty) destination(s).

The default destinations (Windows 7 and above) are:

Program Files

C:\Program Files\Altium\Nexus

Shared Documents

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Altium\Nexus

To specify alternate locations, simply type the location directly into the applicable field, or click the folder icon at the right of a field and browse for the required destination folder.

Once the install locations are specified, click Next to continue.

Ready To Install

The Installer now has all the information it requires to proceed with the installation. If you need to change anything, click the Back button. If you want to cancel out of the install, click Cancel.

Ready to begin the install!
Ready to begin the install!

To go ahead and proceed with the installation, click Next.

Installing Altium NEXUS

The page will change from Ready to Install to Installing Altium NEXUS and the installation will proceed, with the required files first being downloaded (from the secure cloud-based repository). Progress of this download is displayed within the Installer itself.

Installation commences by downloading the required set of install files.
Installation commences by downloading the required set of install files.

Once the download of files is complete, they will be installed, again with progress displayed in the Installer.

After the download is complete, the software is then installed.
After the download is complete, the software is then installed.

Installation Complete

When the installation itself completes, you have reached the end of the Installer wizard.

That's it, installation is complete!
That's it, installation is complete!

An option is provided to launch Altium NEXUS when you exit the Installer, enabled by default. Simply click Finish to exit the wizard.

That's it. You have installed Altium NEXUS on your computer, and initially tailored its functionality to suit your design needs. Now it's time to do what you do best and go create that next innovative (and hopefully lucrative) product!

Within Altium NEXUS, the F1 shortcut is definitely worth getting acquainted with. Hover the mouse over anything inside Altium NEXUS - a button, command, dialog, panel, or design object - and press F1 to access documentation for it. F1 also works for specific pages in the Preferences dialog, and specific rule constraint pages in the PCB Rules and Constraints Editor dialog. And if you're running a command, say you're placing a component and you're not sure how to rotate it, press Shift+F1 for a list of command-dependent shortcuts.

Sign in to Server

After installing and launching your new version of Altium NEXUS, the Sign in to Server dialog will appear. Use this dialog to sign in to a target server in which all your managed content is stored.

Sign in to your company's managed content Server.Sign in to your company's managed content Server.

Simply enter the URL for the target server's address into the Server Address field, and your server access credentials (User Name and Password), then click the Sign in button.

If you don't sign in to your company's Server - for example you click Cancel in the Sign in to Server dialog - then Altium NEXUS will not launch. Conversely, if you are using Altium NEXUS and sign out of your company's Server, Altium NEXUS will also close. Offline (unconnected) mode, if it is permitted by your organization's policies, can be enabled by enabling the NEXUS.OfflineMode option in the Advanced Settings dialog - accessed by clicking the Advanced button, on the System - General page of the Preferences dialog. You will need to restart Altium NEXUS for the change to this setting to take effect.
 It can be a good idea to enter your server access credentials, and then enable the Automatically sign in after start option.
If you already have an Altium Vault (version 2.0 and later), you can still use this as your managed content server, and connect to it from your Altium NEXUS installation. Bear in mind that development of the standalone Altium Vault product has ceased at version 3. And while the Altium Vault will continue to be supported, it is recommended to upgrade to the Altium NEXUS Server - the native managed content server for the Altium NEXUS product - to take advantage of new capabilities that are being developed in the realms of collaboration, data management, and process management. Should you not require to install the on-poremise Altium NEXUS Server, it is also possible to use a cloud-based Altium NEXUS Workspace.

Importing Preferences from a Previous Version

After signing in to your managed content Server, Altium NEXUS will continue to launch and the Import Settings dialog will appear, from where you are given the opportunity to import preferences from the most recent previous installation at startup.

Import settings from your previous version's installation.
Import settings from your previous version's installation.

Not only will the preferences be imported, but the user settings will be copied across too - ensuring the new version opens with the same look and feel created in the previous version, even down to the last opened workspace and panel positioning!

If the option to import preferences on initial startup is not taken, don't worry - preferences can be quickly imported, at any time, from within the Preferences dialog. Simply click the  button, at the bottom of the dialog. The associated menu will list all previous versions currently installed on the computer, and that can be imported from.

Preferences can be imported from any individually installed version instance of Altium NEXUS.
The benefit of importing at initial startup is getting the working environment looking exactly the way it was set up in the previous installation. Importing preferences at a later stage will only 'restore' a subset of this environment.

Altium Product Improvement Program

As part of working with Altium NEXUS, you have the ability to participate in Altium's Product Improvement Program. This program helps Altium to improve Altium NEXUS moving forward, by better understanding user behavior and environments. You can commence participation at any time. Conversely, if you initially start participating, but later would prefer not to, you are free to stop participation in the program at any time. The option to participate, or not, is available from the System - Product Improvement page of the Preferences dialog. Alternatively, you can enable/disable participation using the Product Improvement option, on the System - Network Activity page of the Preferences dialog.

When running up the software for the first time after initial installation, the Altium Product Improvement Program dialog will be presented. Use this to choose whether or not to participate in the program at this time.

Help make Altium NEXUS even better, by participating in the Product Improvement Program.
Help make Altium NEXUS even better, by participating in the Product Improvement Program.

Rest assured that no personal data, nor design/IP information will be collected by participating in this program. Participation in this program is strictly voluntary and anonymous, and you are free to stop participation in the program at any time. For the rules that govern the program, see the Altium Designer Improvement Program page, on the Altium website.

Post-Installation Management

For information on how to manage your instance of Altium NEXUS after initial installation, use the following links:

 

可用的功能取决于您的 Altium Designer 软件订阅级别

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