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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,…
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Working with Reuse Blocks
When UI.ModernDesignReusePanel is in the Public state - update the blue box below with the source code of the 'Open Beta Feature Moves to Public' snippet. The Design Reuse panel that is used to manage reuse blocks and described on this page is in Open Beta and available when the UI.ModernDesignReusePanel option is enabled in the Advanced Settings dialog. When this option is disabled, the previous…
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Agentic Requirements Engineering
AI agents provide substantial advantages for engineering tasks like requirements capturing by significantly enhancing efficiency and automating complex, repetitive workflows. Requirements Portal's Engineering Assistant leverages AI technologies to provide you with fast, automated review tool for your requirements that allows you to ask questions about requirements in your current project in free…
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Grouping Requirements
In engineering projects, it is common for your Systems to have a large number of Specifications, containing many Requirements. In the Requirements Module, Specifications can be grouped into Folders. Additionally, each Specification can be further subdivided into Sections, Subsections etc. allowing easier navigation and organization of the requirements within your project. Organizing…
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New in Requirements Portal
Requirements Portal is under continuous development. This page outlines new features and enhancements made to Requirements Portal in key updates. Update - 3 September 2026 Enhanced Highlight of Changes Suggested by the Engineering Assistant Highlight of changes suggested by the Engineering Assistant has been enhanced in this release. Now, the bubbles in the left-hand project tree reflect the type…
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Workspace Components
The Workspace gives you convenient access for browsing all of the managed components that are currently stored within that Workspace. Accessible through the Workspace browser interface (a constituent part of the parent Altium 365 Platform Interface) not only can you quickly see what (and how many) components you currently have at your disposal, but you can also view a summary of the health of…
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Import Requirements
You can quickly and easily upload your existing requirements data into Requirements Portal using the Import Wizard available in the Requirements Module. Leveraging AI-powered extraction, you can import requirements from unstructured PDF, Word, Excel, and CSV files, reducing the time and effort required to manually transfer requirement data and helping you capture requirements more accurately and…
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Working with Panels
Parent page: Design Panels Reference Workspace panels are essential elements of the Altium Designer environment. Whether specific to a particular document editor, or used on a more global, system-wide level, they present information and controls that aid productivity and allow you to design more efficiently. Accessing Panels When Altium Designer is first started, a number of panels will already…
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Altium Designer Documentation
Altium Designer combines a myriad of features and functionality, including: Advanced routing technology Support for cutting-edge rigid-flex board design Powerful data management tools ECAD Libraries containing over 300,000 ready-to-use components Powerful design reuse tools Real-time cost estimation and tracking Dynamic supply chain intelligence Native 3D visualizations and clearance checking…
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Navigating a Document
When working with a graphical document, such as a schematic sheet, PCB document, or Draftsman document, you can zoom and pan the document to focus on a specific document area. The basic shortcuts that can be used to do this are: Ctrl+Mouse Wheel to zoom in and out Right-Click, Hold&Drag to slide the document around The View main menu includes a number of commands that can be used to control the…