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Altium Agile Teams Image Getting Started in Altium Agile Teams 4 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians +19 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians ECAD Librarians Project Leads Project Leads Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers Learn how to set up an Altium Agile Teams workspace, connect it to Altium Designer, navigate key workspace tools, and invite team members. This onboarding guide walks account administrators and new users through the core steps required to establish a shared engineering environment for project collaboration, component management, and workspace administration. 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
Altium Develop Image Getting Started in Altium Develop 3 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians +19 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians ECAD Librarians Project Leads Project Leads Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers This article serves as a comprehensive guide for users looking to effectively start their journey with Altium Develop. It includes step-by-step instructions on activating a workspace, connecting Altium Designer to it, navigating the workspace interface, and inviting users. Readers will develop a solid foundation for utilizing Altium Develop to streamline project management and collaboration within their teams. By following these essential tutorials, users will be equipped to efficiently set up their workspace and invite teammates, ultimately fostering a productive environment for design and collaboration. Keep reading to unlock the full potential of your Altium Develop experience and elevate your team's productivity. - Readers will learn how to activate and configure a new workspace in Altium Develop. - The article will guide users on connecting Altium Designer to their workspace for seamless project management. - Readers will gain skills in navigating the workspace and inviting team members, enhancing collaboration. Let your journey with Altium Develop begin, and empower your team to achieve more together! Read Article

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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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Design with Confidence: Altium 365 Meets SiliconExpert 47 min Webinars PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Procurement Managers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers

Watch the webinar to learn how SiliconExpert Integration in Altium 365 can optimize your workflows and elevate your design process.

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Apply Modern Requirements and Systems Engineering for Faster Product Development 61 min Webinars Systems Engineers/Architects Product Managers Engineering Managers +3 Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Product Managers Product Managers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Test Engineers Test Engineers Simulation Engineers Simulation Engineers

Watch the webinar to explore the future of electronics product development, focusing on Altium’s recent acquisition of Valispace. Understand how

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Webinar Cover Photo Bridge the Information Divide: Altium 365 Meets Z2Data 1 min Webinars Electrical Engineers Procurement Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Watch the webinar and learn how Z2Data integration can help you build resilience in engineering, compliance, and procurement through the Read Article

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6:18 Prerequisites of a Workspace 7 min Videos Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers The Altium 365 workspace can be used to maintain the library and flag possible issues for example for obsolescence management. Read Article
5:19 Move a Project Between Workspaces 4 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 two processes to move a project from one workspace into another. The first method begins in Altium Designer by opening a project, unlinking the git folder, turning off the synchronization, and making it available online. However, this method does not include the project history. The second method also begins in Altium Designer, within the workspace. In this method, the user manually unlinks the project in notepad by removing the managed folder. Then, a fake version control system is created using the Tortoise Git Tool. The changes are pushed to the local version control and the project is made available online and migrated to the workspace version control. Read Article
4:22 Relink Design Components to Managed Components 5 min Videos 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 video demonstrates how unmanaged projects can use managed components, even when a user is offline and using a local machine. In order to link this local project to an Altium 365 Workspace and integrate the resources of Altium 365 into this project, open tools and then the Item Manager. The Item Manager will scan the design and load any components within the design, showing that they are unmanaged. To relink these components located in the local library to the Altium 365 components, click auto match to match each component. If any components fail to match, users can select and navigate to the individual components and manually match them. Then, an ACL and ECO are generated, the changes are executed, and the components are updated. After this is completed, all of the components are updated to the latest revision. Configure the parameters "Visible on Add" by selecting enable for the "PackageCase" parameter and click okay. Refresh the screen and choose a component within the capacitors folder and place it. Now the case size is visible for that capacitor and the Properties Panel also displays this value. Read Article
1:14 Configure Visibility of Parameters on Components 2 min Videos 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 video demonstrates how to enable parameters when placing a component. The first step is to open the Explorer Panel, and within components, open the capacitors folder and right click for properties. Configure the parameters "Visible on Add" by selecting enable for the "PackageCase" parameter and click okay. Refresh the screen and choose a component within the capacitors folder and place it. Now the case size is visible for that capacitor and the Properties Panel also displays this value. Read Article

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Technical Documentation Working with Signal Integrity Analysis Results The SDF document generated for the configured and run signal integrity analysis comprises one or more tabs that correspond to the nets you have selected for analysis. Each tab contains a chart that can contain multiple wave plots. A wave plot can have multiple waveforms and a waveform represents the simulation data. Accessing signal integrity analysis results. Click the tab at the bottom to…
Technical Documentation Configuring and Running a Signal Integrity Analysis When the design is prepared for a signal integrity analysis as required, configure and run the analysis itself as described on this page. Configuring the SI Setup Options When you select Tools » Signal Integrity and all components have models assigned, the SI Setup Options dialog displays the first time you run this command on an open project. The SI Setup Options dialog Set the track impedance…
Technical Documentation Preparing the Design for Signal Integrity Analysis In order to run a successful Signal Integrity analysis of the design and obtain accurate results, the following has to be performed before running the analysis. Although each net can be screened to provide net and impedance data, not all nets can be analyzed for signal integrity characteristics (voltage and timing). In order to screen successfully for all characteristics, a net must contain at…

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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
Hardware Designer Image Getting Started for PCB Design Engineers 10 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers This article provides PCB design engineers with a comprehensive set of guided tutorials that show how to work within a unified design environment, tie collaboration to data, and streamline everything from layout and routing to system design and supply chain management. It highlights how integrating these workflows helps maintain consistency, improve visibility, and reduce errors across the entire design process while keeping projects aligned with real-time data. Read on to see how these step-by-step insights can help you design more efficiently and move from concept to release with greater confidence. Read Article
BOM Portal Image BOM Portal Introductory Tutorial 5 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Procurement Managers Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This article shows how the BOM Portal gives procurement teams early, continuous visibility into Bill of Materials Data, enabling them to identify supply chain risks, evaluate alternatives, and optimize costs while designs are still flexible. It walks through key workflows such as BOM creation, risk analysis, supplier comparison, consolidation, and lifecycle monitoring; all designed to replace reactive sourcing with proactive, data-driven decision making. Read on to learn how these tutorials can help you stay ahead of supply challenges, collaborate more effectively, and drive more confident procurement outcomes. Read Article
SiliconExpert Integration screenshot SiliconExpert Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +3 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Learn how to get started with SiliconExpert Integration and enrich your parts with valuable information like live YTEOL, lifecycle, and compliance data. This guide provides resources on key onboarding objectives and best practices. Read Article