3D Mechatronic Integrated Device Design

Multi-Board Support for External Peripherals/Components

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Multi-Board support for external peripherals/components involves the inclusion of external peripherals or components not part of regular child PCB board assemblies through custom parts or connections as new object types. With cable and harness connections, components placed in multi-board designs can interact, offering a comprehensive system diagram within the multi-board schematic document.

Single Layer PCB Support

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Single Layer PCB Support allows the design of a single-layer printed circuit board. This feature offers a straightforward method for configuring a single-layer stackup using preset or customizable options.

Routing Neck-Down Rule

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The Routing Neck-Down Rule provides detailed control over the width and length of narrow traces in high-density areas of a PCB layout. This feature allows to define maximum allowable lengths for traces that are narrower than standard widths, which are essential in compact PCB designs.

Static Phase Matching

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Static Phase Matching enables the static alignment of differential pair lengths as part of the automatic differential pair length tuning process. This feature is crucial for maintaining the integrity of high-speed signal transmissions across PCB layouts.

Auto-Shrinking During Interactive Routing

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Auto-shrinking during Interactive Routing allows to effortlessly narrow traces to the applicable width in tight spaces as they route, thereby enhancing routing flexibility.

Harness Design Project Releaser

Available in Closed Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The Harness Design Project Releaser streamlines the harness design release process, ensuring reliability and repeatability. With one-touch releasing, users can avoid the risks associated with manual procedures, from snapshotting design files to validation and output generation, all without any manual intervention.

Selection Box for Component 'Push'

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The Selection Box for Component 'Push' enhances user control by observing user-defined geometries for the component selection bounding box during component movement in 'Push obstacles' mode. This helps to precisely manage component placement within specified boundaries, optimizing layout flexibility and accuracy.

''Obey Rules' Option for Polygon Pour Properties

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The 'Obey Rules' option for Polygon Pour Properties streamlines the removal of narrow necks within solid polygon pours, saving valuable design time. It ensures adherence to design constraints by automatically managing necks narrower than a specified width, simplifying the process of rule compliance.

Footprint Mirroring Prevention

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Footprint Mirroring Prevention adds measures to prevent inadvertent mirroring of a footprint along its X/Y axes, typically the result of having used the associated keyboard shortcuts to mirror a component itself, or the room to which it has been associated. This feature aims to avoid costly board respins that could result from this.

Simulation S-parameters Analysis

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The Simulation S-parameters (scattering parameters) tool facilitates an approach for describing networks based on the ratio of incident and reflected microwaves. These ratios can be subsequently used to calculate the properties of a circuit including input impedance, frequency response and isolation. While this type of analysis is primarily for RF circuits and components, it is equally useful for any circuit with at least two sources (ports). Using S-parameter data as a tool to optimize your design can lead to cost savings, improved product quality, and a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Absolute Value for Pad Corner Radius Chamfer

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The PCB and PCB Footprint editors offer the precise definition of Corner Radius for Rounded Rectangle and Chamfered Rectangle pads as an absolute value, aligned with design measurement units. This feature ensures unparalleled accuracy and consistency in corner radii, enhancing the accuracy of pad shapes.

Simulation Stress Analysis

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

The Stress Analysis simulation tool computes critical operating conditions like maximum voltages, currents, and power dissipation for components. It examines these conditions against predefined limits specified in a component's stress model, allowing for early identification of potential points of failure. This precision supports the selection of robust components, enhances design efficiency, and minimizes the risk of costly failures, contributing to improved overall design quality and reliability.

ODB++ v.8.1 support

Available in Open Beta

The Altium Beta Program offers every Altium software user the opportunity to gain early access to new Altium Design features.

Altium Designer's enhanced ODB++ data generation allows users to choose between the latest v.8.1 and legacy v.7.0 formats within a single installation.

Support for v.8.1 brings a range of highly desirable features and functionality, including Variants support. This allows for the generation of data for all defined variants either collectively in a single instance or separately. It also facilitates Flex/Rigid-Flex manufacturing through the addition of various layer sub-types and implements zones file support, making it easy to distinguish rigid and flex regions of the board.

These improvements ensure a versatile and efficient ODB++ data generation experience, addressing diverse design and manufacturing requirements.