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CoDesign and CoEngineering (ECAD/MCAD Collaboration)

Bridge the gap between electrical and mechanical design with ECAD/MCAD collaboration tools, facilitating real-time co-design and reducing errors in product development.

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Requirements Portal Image Requirements Portal Introductory Tutorials 4 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This tutorial guides users in how to centralize, connect, and manage requirements within the Altium Requirements Portal, showing how to import existing data, link it directly to design projects, and maintain a single, version-controlled source of truth. It highlights how integrated workflows improve traceability, streamline verification, and provide real-time visibility into project progress, while also simplifying compliance reporting. Read on to see how these tutorials can help you reduce errors, stay aligned, and bring greater clarity and confidence to your design process. Read Article
Altium Agile Teams Image Altium Agile Teams Customer Onboarding Guide 4 min Guide Books Engineering Teams Project Leads PCB Design Engineers +1 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Project Leads Project Leads PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers This onboarding guide is designed to give your team the tools and collaboration capabilities you need to modernize your electronics design workflow. Read Article
Altium Develop Image Altium Develop Customer Onboarding Guide 3 min Guide Books Engineering Teams Project Leads PCB Design Engineers +1 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Project Leads Project Leads PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers This onboarding guide is designed to give your team the tools and collaboration capabilities you need to modernize your electronics design workflow. Read Article
Workflows screenshot Workflows: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to get started with Workflows by activating your Altium 365 Workspace, activating a Workflow, initiating a Process, and completing a Process. Read Article

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Eliminate the Design-to-Production Gap with Agile Teams + Duro 34 min Webinars PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers

See how Agile Teams and Duro PLM unify design and production workflows with a connected, system-driven approach.

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Synchronize to Optimize: Enhancing Efficiency with Jira Integration for Altium 365 30 min Webinars Project Leads Engineering Managers Product Managers +1 Project Leads Project Leads Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Product Managers Product Managers Engineering Teams Engineering Teams

Tired of juggling multiple tools for project management? Watch the webinar and see how Jira Integration for Altium 365 can

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Iterate Faster in Complex Engineering Projects 49 min Webinars Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects

Learn how Valispace is transforming the world of requirements and systems engineering, enabling teams to do super fast design iterations

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Streamline Your Product Development - Altium 365 Cloud PLM Integration with Arena® PLM 41 min Webinars Product Managers Project Leads IT Managers +1 Product Managers Product Managers Project Leads Project Leads IT Managers IT Managers Engineering / Technology Executive Engineering / Technology Executive

Watch the webinar to discover how Altium 365 Cloud PLM Integration with Arena® can optimize your electronics product development processes

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2:12 Folder Permissions 2 min Videos Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers This video demonstrates how to set sharing permissions for folders in the Explorer Panel. To do so, expand the components folder, and select a folder within it. Next, right click and select properties. In the properties dialog box, select the share link, and alter the permissions for users via the drop down option. To add a role, type it in. Any permissions set for a folder will also apply to the children's folders within that top folder. Finally, close the dialog boxes by selecting okay twice to set the sharing permissions for a component. Read Article
4:40 How to Start a Design Review 4 min Videos PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +3 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers This video demonstrates how to setup and complete a design review on a project in Altium 365. Read Article
47:55 ECAD-MCAD CoDesign with Altium 365 & SOLIDWORKS 2 min Webinars MCAD CoDesigner allows for seamless collaboration between electrical and mechanical domains and has the exact fit and form factor of Read Article
ECAD Is IMSE Ready ECAD Is IMSE Ready: Adapting Design Tools for Printed Electronics 17 min Altium Live Electrical Engineers Mechanical Designers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers Discover how ECAD tools are evolving to support printed electronics in IMSE, enabling seamless integration of circuits into 3D surfaces for innovative designs. Read Article

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Technical Documentation Altium 365 Platform Interface Depending on your relationship with Altium, the services offered on the Altium Platform will be experienced from within Altium Designer and through the platform's browser-based interface. This page takes a look at the latter and provides an overview of what you'll see when you register an Altium Account and sign in to the Altium Platform Interface. For the latest information on the security,…
Technical Documentation Exploring the Browser-based Interface In addition to connecting to a Workspace through Altium Designer – interfacing to it through the Explorer panel and Components panel (for direct interaction with the components therein) – you also connect to it through a dedicated browser interface, with access to management interfaces for the various services available as part of the Workspace. In fact, with some of these services, your only…
Technical Documentation Design Data Comparisons The Altium 365 Workspace project view provides design data comparison features that allow you to compare data changes that have occurred between different project releases and/or commits. Particularly valuable for performing final checks prior to sending your product data to the manufacturing side, the features allow you to determine exactly what changes have occurred in your Gerber (or ODB++),…

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MCAD CoDesigner screenshot MCAD CoDesigner: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books Learn how to activate your Altium 365 Workspace, install and configure CoDesigner, and get started with MCAD CoDesigner. This onboarding guide provides links to documentation, best practices, additional resources, and help. Read Article
Jira Integration screenshot Jira Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books Project Leads Software Engineers Product Managers +1 Project Leads Project Leads Software Engineers Software Engineers Product Managers Product Managers Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to enable bidirectional data synchronization between Atlassian Jira® Issues and Altium 365 Workspace Tasks with Altium 365’s Jira Integration. This integration allows the remote creation of Jira Issues directly from your Altium 365 Workspace. Read Article
Altium 365 Security Approach and Practices Whitepaper Cover Altium 365 Data Security and Compliance: Security Approach and Practices 1 min Whitepapers IT Managers IT Managers IT Managers This whitepaper provides a clear overview of the extensive security measures that underpin Altium 365, the secure cloud platform for Read Article
Altium 365 GovCloud 101 Everything You Need to Know Altium 365 GovCloud 101: Everything You Need to Know 7 min Blog Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers IT Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers IT Managers IT Managers Want to improve the protection of your design data? Altium 365 GovCloud can help you achieve these goals. It’s a region in Altium, engineered to meet the stringent demands of US government regulations. Read Article