Supplier Enhancements

This document is no longer available beyond version 17.0. Information can now be found here: Data Management - Parts Providers Preferences for version 24

Applies to Altium Designer version: 17.0

Having numerous suppliers from which to search is integral to having the optimal parts for your designs. Altium Designer 17.0 includes a vast increase in the number of parts suppliers. You also now can choose the country in which you want to search for your desired parts and your preferred currency. You can use the Altium Parts Options region of the Data Management - Suppliers page of the Preferences dialog to select your options for part suppliers.

The Data Management - Suppliers page of the Preferences dialog

The Data Management - Suppliers page of the Preferences dialog

When you use the Suppliers Search panel, the panel will populate with the suppliers according to the options you selected in the Preferences dialog as shown in the following images.

Supplier 'Chip One Stop' enabled in the Altium Parts Options region of the Data Management - Suppliers page of the Preferences dialog and the resulting Supplier Search panel  

Supplier 'Chip One Stop' enabled in the Altium Parts Options region of the Data Management - Suppliers page of the Preferences dialog and the resulting Supplier Search panel

Note

The features available depend on your level of Altium Designer Software Subscription.