Altium
Next generation electronics design solutions
The latest features and enhancements in Altium Designer build on all that's gone before. This continuing process helps to bring new technology to every designers' desktop, to help them design their next generation products in new ways.
Here's what was new just six months ago: even faster real-time 3D board graphics. Field Instrumentation dashboard to check out FPGA applications remotely. A new plug-and-play Software Platform Builder concept to help designers snap together systems based on programmable devices. And more...
Design to manufacture
The Winter09 release helps you get your design to manufacture faster and with less risk. You'll have complete control over document versioning, publication and management of the design to manufacture. Complete visibility means total control and confidence.
Design release management
Get a handle on your release process and streamline your interface to manufacture with the latest design release management tools. The Winter09 release of Altium Designer gives you complete control over the release of all critical manufacturing data.
FPGA field instrumentation
FPGA field instrumentation lets you extract information from your FPGA design without needing a full Altium Designer License. Create FPGA-based systems that can be tested and maintained in the field.
Linking to supplier data
Link your components directly to supplier information for real-time pricing and parts availability information where you need it most. You'll have all the up-to-the-minute data you need to make correct decisions on parts choice as you design, directly from your schematic interface.
PCB performance improvements
In Altium Designer Winter09 release, the PCB graphics subsystem has been extensively tuned to provide even faster graphics while using less memory. The result is breathtaking real-time 3D PCB design that lets you see you exactly what you're designing.
Realtime CAM checks
Use real-time, manufacturing rule checking to avoid nasty surprises and ensure your product is correct by design. In Winter09, you can create rules to monitor common manufacturing issues and fix problems before directly in the PCB editor before you generate output files.
PCB texture mapping
Being able to add custom textures to your 3D PCB components lets you create even more realistic visualizations of your designs. You can literally see your board before it gets manufactured, and create extraordinarily detailed design documentation.
Via stack ups and offset holes
In Altium Designer Winter 09 you can take even more control over your via stackups and the position of holes within pads with a range of enhancements designed to give you greater control over via construction.
Interactive routing improvements
The Winter09 release of Altium Designer introduces a range of enhancements to multi-trace routing, differential pair routing and pin swapping that dramatically accelerate the PCB routing process.