True 3D-MID 
Design

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3D-MID technology combines electrical circuits with three-dimensional mechanical parts. This fusion of functionality opens up a world of possibilities within a vast range of application areas, and is now supported for the first time in Altium Designer.

Design 3D-MID Parts
In Altium Designer

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Seamlessly Integrate 3D-MID Designs into Your Altium Designer Projects

A 3D-MID document fits into your Altium Designer project structure just like a standard PCB document.

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Synchronise Schematic Documents and Library Footprints with Your 3D-MID Design

There’s no need to create any new components or footprints - simply work with your standard SMT components, wired together in the usual way in your schematic documents.

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Enjoy the Freedom to Blend form with Function

Altium Designer’s 3D-MID tool enables you to create designs that not only meet required electrical specifications, but are also works of art.

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With Altium Designer

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3D Circuit Design

Key Capabilities

Allow Your Logic to Drive Your Layouts

Allow Your Logic to Drive
Your Layouts

Synchronise net and connectivity information from your schematic documents using the usual ECO process to ensure that your layout matches your design intent.

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Work with Familiar Design Rules

Work with Familiar
Design Rules

Lay out your design in accordance with the width and clearance restrictions defined in your design rules.

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Use Alignment Tools to Guide Your Layout

Use Alignment Tools
to Guide Your Layout

Guide your component placement, regions and traces with Altium Designer's alignment grids or MCAD-defined imported sketches.

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Export Your Production-Ready Data with a Single Command

Export Your Production-Ready
Data with a Single Command

Once your design is finished, it can be exported in a file format and data structure verifiedThe data format exported from Altium Designer's 3D Layout tool has been tested and verified by LPKF as compatible with their laser direct structuring production process. as compatible with the laser direct structuring process.

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3D-MID Design capabilities in Altium Designer.

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Testimonials

"A new era in 3D MID design"

It’s really great to finally be able to offer our customers a fully-functional ECAD tool to support our 3D MID technology.

Thomas Hess
Head of PM, Product & Technology Development at HARTING

"Exactly what we need to embrace this powerful technology"

Altium Designer's new 3D layout tool significantly lowered the entry barrier to integrating 3D MID technology into our product development process. Time-consuming and error-prone hacks using MCAD tools were not an acceptable solution for us, so it's great to be able to use Altium Designer for the entire design workflow.

Galina Konorova
Diploma Engineer at Toptica Photonics AG

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