Streamline Design Processes
ECAD Tools Built for
Electrical Engineers
Enhance Productivity by Unifying Schematic
Capture, PCB Layout, and Real-Time Collaboration
Why Electrical Engineers Choose
Altium's Unified Design Platform
Advance Your
Electronics Design
Workflow Skills
- Open doors to exciting job opportunities with top companies.
- Gain in-demand PCB design and hardware development skills.
- Use built-in ECAD features like power integrity analysis, signal integrity simulation, and 3D PCB previews.
Collaborate Better
with Cross-
Functional Teams
- Stay aligned with mechanical, simulation, and other hardware design experts.
- See important action items and comfortably review the state of your project.
- Enjoy secure, version-controlled data storage accessible from anywhere.
Keep Everything
in One Place
- Avoid juggling multiple simulation, design, or ECAD tools.
- Preserve data integrity and avoid error-prone exports.
- Protect your work with automated version control and rollback features.
Altium Capabilities
for the Modern Electrical Engineer
Unify Schematics,
Layout, and
Documentation
Capture schematics, lay out the PCB, and produce Draftsman deliverables without leaving a single, cohesive workspace. Let your design intent flow cleanly from concept to manufacturing with fewer tool handoffs.
Visualize Designs
Natively in Full 3D
Work natively in 3D throughout your PCB project. Visualize clearances and assemblies in real time to catch fit issues early. Communicate intent to stakeholders before prototypes lock in costly mistakes.
Design Multi-Board
Systems with
Confidence
Extend from board-level to system-level design with native multi-board and wire harness projects in Altium Designer. Manage signal connectivity, connectors, and harness documentation in one synchronized environment.
Seamlessly Design Wiring for Your Harness
Save money and time with harness design functionality that is already part of Altium Designer. You don't need to purchase, install, or configure any third-party wiring or documentation software.
Engineer High-Speed,
Power-Efficient HDI with
Confidence
Create power-efficient, high-speed HDI designs with integrated tools for length tuning, impedance control, and microvia planning to ensure reliable layouts and strong signal integrity.
Release Variant-Specific
Builds with Full
Traceability
Generate and release variant-aware drawings, BOMs, and manufacturing packages in one pass, ensuring full traceability so every file set matches the exact configuration you intend to ship.
Accelerate High-
Density Layout with
Intelligent Routing
Accelerate high-density PCB layout with rule-driven routing, including interactive push-and-shove, differential pair, and curved trace tools that reduce manual cleanup and handle complex constraints efficiently.
Master Complex
Stackups with Built-In
Validation
Design any PCB stackup with a powerful layer stackup editor supporting rigid-flex, impedance-controlled, and multi-region configurations, with integrated constraints and manufacturing validation for confident, production-ready designs.
Anticipate Disruptions
Before They Hit
Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions with up-to-date part data on availability, pricing, and lifecycle status. As designs and sourcing options shift, see changes within your design portal and avoid costly surprises.
Stay Informed with
Supplier-Driven Alerts
Get alerts on parts, such as availability and pricing, from your selected suppliers. Specify pin-compatible backup parts directly in the BOM to reduce the risk of shortages during manufacturing.
Resolve Component
Issues with
Confidence
Efficiently identify and resolve PCB component issues, track usage, and manage obsolescence. Sustain your electronic designs for longer by keeping them aligned to requirements, BOMs, mechanical designs, and manufacturing plans.
Bridge Engineering
and Procurement
Streamline BOM management with data-driven analysis and seamless collaboration between engineering and procurement teams. Automatically enrich BOMs with up-to-date supply chain data.
Easily Track Reviews
Across Every
Stakeholder
Invite diverse stakeholders for free and easily track when their electronics design review is done.
Standardize Reviews
with Templates
Use suggested design review templates and checklists, or customize your own review process based on the project’s purpose and participants.
Collaborate Clearly
with In-Context
Feedback
View comments and tasks in context at every stage of each project to stay aligned and streamline collaboration.
Enable Reviews
From Any Device
Innovate together through browser-based access, no ECAD or additional software required. External partners, manufacturers, and non-technical stakeholders can easily review, comment, and approve from any device.
Collaborate
Transparently
in the Cloud
Use the integrated cloud platform for complete transparency into design changes, easier collaboration, efficient error checking, and simplified navigation to past project versions.
Compare and Restore
Projects with Ease
View, revert, and compare different versions of your projects. Ensure accountability and simplify the design-to-manufacturing process.
Automate Outputs for
Faster Delivery
Deliver to manufacturing faster with configurable templates and automated OutputJobs. From assembly drawings to fabrication files, simplify outputs so teams can move to production without repetitive setup or manual exports.
Maintain Version
Control for ECAD Files
Keep every schematic, PCB layout, and BOM revision securely tracked with built-in version control. Prevent conflicts, maintain design integrity, and give your team the confidence to work in parallel without losing progress.
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Making Data-Driven Decisions with Data Integrations
Make smarter part choices and reduce redesigns with supply chain data integrations. Streamline component selection. Accelerate electronics development cycles.
How Structural Electronics Is Reshaping Electrical Engineering
Explore how structural electronics merges form and function, enabling lighter, smarter designs that redefine the future of electrical engineering.
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
System 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
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
ECAD Librarian
Standardize, validate, and manage every component in a centralized cloud library. Ensure accuracy, lifecycle visibility, and consistency across all designs without redundant workflows.
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Centralized Library Management
Component Data Accuracy