This functionality could include a new importer or exporter, a tool for schematic symbol generation, or maybe support for mechanical CAD collaboration. It is the extension concept that enables the installation to be handcrafted in accordance with design needs. In addition, a range of Optional Extensions are available - packets of functionality that are optionally installed or removed by the user as required. A core set of features and functions are installed and handled transparently as part of the initial install, referred to as System Resources. The latter is made possible through the provision of optional Extensions.Īn extension is effectively an add-on to the software, providing extended features and functionality. This covers not only updates to the core functionality (or system resources), but also the ability to install, update, or remove additional functionality. From high-level overviews and stepped walk-throughs, to full coverage of all the nuts-and-bolts resources delivered through the software's intuitive interface, the Altium Designer documentation literally provides a 'tree of knowledge' at your fingertips.Īltium Designer's Installation Management System allows you to handcraft your installation of the software at any time after initial install. This, the core space for documentation specific to Altium Designer, provides all the information needed to quickly get you up and running with the software. The unified nature of Altium Designer allows for seamless movement of design data from one design realm to the next, but to begin with, the perceived steep learning curve can appear a formidable blockade to this productivity-enhancing landscape, and the wealth of features it contains. Native 3D visualizations and clearance checkingĪll of this functionality is delivered through, and the entire design process performed within, a single Unified Design Environment - the only one of its kind.ECAD Libraries containing over 300,000 ready-to-use components.Support for cutting-edge rigid-flex board design.Altium Designer combines a myriad of features and functionality, including:

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