Hello, Welcome to the Altium Learning Hub

Develop a comprehensive understanding of how to use the Assembly Assistant in Altium 365 to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and ensure consistency in your Printed Circuit Board Assembly.

Summary:  This video demonstrates how to change the lifecycle state for components used in a project. To begin, open Altium Designer and change to a classic view in the explorer. Within the list of draft components, starting with a first component that is a non component, hold the shift key to select all of the components. Move the lifecycle state of all of the components to prototype and restart Altium Designer.  Open the project in the...

Summary:  This video discusses how to add dictionaries for use in component templates.  It demonstrates the process to do so and begins by opening the dictionaries in the settings in Altium 365 and selecting new.  Next, the name of the parameter,  and the packages for the dictionaries are added.  These entries are then saved, and Altium Designer is restarted to use the new dictionary.  Once Altium Designer is restarted, the parameters for the...

Summary:  This video demonstrates the process to add a component from the Manufacturer Part Search to your workspace.  It begins by opening the Manufacturer Part Search Panels Button and typing in a part number, or selecting a category.  Within this, users can see that information for the part including description, production, supply chain, volume, symbol, and footprint are visible.  Next, by opening the processor component category, users can...

Summary:   This video demonstrates how to take advantage of component templates to bring components into your managed library in Altium 365, as well as using the Manufacturer Part Search Panel.  Component templates allow Altium 365 users to create specific settings or requirements in your library resources, thus streamlining the creation of components, or the process of retrieving them from the Manufacturer Part Search Panel.    The video begins...

Summary: This video demonstrates how to create a tag for a released project.  To begin, open the design and navigate to the three radial dots in the history link and choose Create Tag.   This allows users to create a tag or note to review a design.  The tag is denoted in purple, and can also be renamed if needed.  Tags can also be removed if desired.   Transcript: 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:37:03 In this video, I'll show you how you can create a tag...

Summary: This video discusses how to check if a user has permissions to download a file from a project.  It begins by opening the share button to verify who the file is shared with, as well as the advanced settings for adding recipients.   Permissions can be updated by selecting the update button in the dialogue box.  Finally, the video concludes by showing the steps for users to download a schematic file from the project, as well as the entire...

Summary:   This video demonstrates how to create a library from a project and add it to Altium 365.  To begin, open a project and navigate to make (an) integrated library within the design menu.  A library is automatically created.   Next, select the library using the plus library button in the file library importer.  Within the file, multiple lib file types are supported and categorized for import.  Validate the file, click the button and read...

Summary:  This video demonstrates how to copy parameters from an existing project to a project template.  To begin, open a project and navigate to the project options and parameters tab.   Select the parameters needed and choose copy.  Open the explorer panel and edit the project template parameters.  Paste the items and select yes to move the project parameters.  Lastly, save the project to Altium 365, and then go back in to verify the project...