Optimize PCB Component Libraries with Ease
Empowering ECAD
Librarians With Better
PCB Design Software
Reduce Errors and Save Time With
Component Library Management Tools
Eliminate Inconsistencies and Ensure
Design Accuracy at Scale
Encourage Better Collaboration
- Streamline communications via the cloud
- Utilize cloud components for single-source access and more efficient reviews
Spend Less Time Preparing Cloud Components
- Create accurate ECAD symbols and footprints for PCB design
- Standardize components for improved consistency, accuracy, and precision in designs
Easily Maintain Component Libraries
- Maintain a centralized PCB component library
- Prevent library bloat that slows design work and creates confusion
Altium Capabilities for a Modern ECAD Librarian
Eliminate Duplicates For Cleaner Libraries
Maintain clean, organized component libraries by identifying and consolidating duplicate parts with different names or parameters.
Unify Naming For Easy Part Access
Establish consistent naming conventions and part numbering schemes that make components easy to find and use correctly.
Drive Consistency Through Standardization
Ensure all library components comply with IPC standards (IPC-7351 Revision B for land patterns, IPC-7531 for 3D models) and company design rules.
Capture Accurate Parameters
Confirm that technical parameters from datasheets are accurately captured and standardized across similar component types.
Create Components Aligned to Project Needs
Work directly with design teams on creating and reviewing new library components and footprints that meet project requirements.
Collaborate on Consistent Library Organization
Collaborate on library organization and component naming conventions that make parts easy to find and use.
Improve Libraries With Feedback
Gather feedback from engineers on symbol clarity, footprint usability, and library structure to continuously improve component quality and designer productivity.
Control & Compliance
Enforce Governance and Consistency
Across ECAD and Enterprise Systems
Maintain a Single Source of Truth Across the Enterprise
Synchronize component data between ECAD libraries and PLM and ERP systems to maintain consistent part information from engineering to manufacturing.
Enable Traceable, Auditable Change Control
Automate component approval workflows with version control, digital sign-offs, and change history logs that align with corporate and regulatory compliance requirements.
Unify Access and Accountability Across Functions
Provide secure, role-based access to validated component data for mechanical, procurement, and quality teams. Reduce rework and prevent discrepancies between electrical designs and manufacturing documentation.
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Centralized Component Libraries: Best Practices
Standardize parts with centralized component libraries that unify symbols, footprints, lifecycles, alternates. Cut errors, quote delays, and redesign risk.
How to Manage ECAD Libraries for Consistent PCB Layout Design
Set up ECAD libraries that scale so your PCB layouts are consistent, traceable, and first-time-right.
Why Your Symbols, Footprint, and 3D Models Can Make or Break Your Design
Bad models stall designs. Fix it early. Get verified symbols, footprints & 3D models that move your PCB from schematic to production.
Explore Altium Solutions
Connect every stakeholder, every discipline, and every phase
to power modern electronics product co-creation
Octopart Discover
From Part Search to
Solutions Discovery
Octopart Discover goes beyond part search—bringing design intent and persistent system context into discovery so engineers can surface viable solutions, compare tradeoffs, and converge faster early in the design cycle, when changes are cheapest and impact is highest.
Altium Develop
Unleash the Power
to Create Without Limits
Altium Develop enables product co-creation without boundaries, breaking down silos and eliminating limits so that working together becomes working as one. Every change, comment, and decision happens in real time and in full context, giving you and your collaborators the visibility to stay perfectly aligned. Electrical, mechanical, software, sourcing, and manufacturing, every discipline connects in a shared environment that unites data, context, and purpose.
Altium Agile
Control Without Complexity
Altium Agile is a platform-based solution for electronics product and systems development, purpose-built for the modern, agile organization. It scales with your needs for control, connectivity, and compliance, without sacrificing speed and agility. It delivers the capabilities of traditional enterprise systems without the complexity and integrates seamlessly with existing tools, systems, and processes.
Explore Solutions for Other Roles
PCB Designer
Accelerate high-speed, multi-layer designs in a unified environment with advanced routing, version control, and supply chain insight. Reduce rework and get to production faster.
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Unified Design Environment
Real-Time Collaboration
Mechanical Engineer
Experience seamless bi-directional design data sharing between ECAD and MCAD, all without leaving your design environment. Reduce misalignment and errors.
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Seamless Synchronization
Effective Enclosure Design
Procurement Manager
Gain critical visibility into component lifecycle, availability, and compliance. Proactively manage sourcing risk, reduce rework, and control costs before delays and overruns occur.
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Enriched Supply Chain Data
Proactive Risks and Costs Management
Electrical Engineer
Accelerate electronics product development with unified design, real-time collaboration, and supply chain insight, all in one environment. Cut delays, errors, and disconnected workflows effortlessly.
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Superior Design Experience
Improved Design Accuracy
Software Engineer
Instantly access the latest schematics and component data in your browser. Ensure you’re always coding against the correct hardware. No ECAD installs required.
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Hardware-Aware Development
Centralized Component Data
IT Security Manager
Protect intellectual property and sensitive design data throughout the development lifecycle. Leverage enterprise security protocols with granular permission controls, end-to-end encryption, and secure cloud storage for safe collaboration across distributed teams.
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Secure Collaboration
Granular Access Control
Engineering Manager
Gain full visibility into team workflows, project health, and supply risks. Align design, compliance, and delivery with cloud-based collaboration, version control, and BOM intelligence.
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Efficient Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
Centralized Compliance Management
Systems Engineer
Link design requirements directly to electronic designs. Track all changes through secure version control, synchronize ECAD and MCAD data, and verify performance with built-in simulation tools.
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Enhanced Traceability & Collaboration
Simplified Compliance