Altium Designer FAQs

Now reading version 18.0. For the latest, read: Altium Designer FAQs for version 20.2

A useful aid in getting up and running with a particular area of a software solution, is to consult a list of frequently asked questions. These might range from the general questions, such as "Where do I find this or that functionality?", to the more specific, such as "How can I export my design in format xyz?".

In some cases, we try to pre-empt the questions we think might be asked, or to highlight and reinforce important aspects of the software that we believe you should be made aware of. In addition, we often lower our bucket into the Altium Design Forums, skimming from a vast pool of knowledge on all aspects of the software, from the very people that are using the software day-in, day-out, in their working lives.

So go ahead and browse through the various FAQ listings, which are conveniently clustered into suitable categories. There just might be an answer to that question you need answering, and which can supply the helping hand to move through a 'road-block', and get you back into the productivity 'fast-lane'.

By no means exhaustive, this listing of FAQs associated to designing with Altium will continue to grow over time, but all the while helping to unlock your full design potential when using the software.

FAQs are clustered into the following areas, and further sub-clustered therein (where it makes sense to do so):


Altium Designer Environment

General


Projects

General

Managed Projects

Design Variants

Version Control


Components & Libraries

General

Managed Components

Database Libraries

Linking to Supplier Data

Pad & Via Templates and Libraries


Schematics

Multi-Sheet & Multi-Channel Design

Annotation


PCB Design

General

The Board

Design Rules & DRC

Routing

3D


Outputs

General


System Installation, Licensing & Management

General

Installation

Licensing

Extending Altium Designer

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Note

The features available depend on your Altium product access level. Compare features included in the various levels of Altium Designer Software Subscription and functionality delivered through applications provided by the Altium 365 platform.

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