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MCAD CoDesigner allows for seamless collaboration between electrical and mechanical domains and has the exact fit and form factor of your printed circuit board and enclosure. It aids in the ease of adding essential features, such as Holes, Cutouts, Keep-outs, and Placement of Components, through a ribbon panel to your design while keeping it secure in the Altium 365 cloud-based server. Using the built-in version control for your project data and...

The video explains how to manage the lifecycle state of components in Altium 365 Pro. It demonstrates how to release design files like Gerber and NC drill files, and how to change the lifecycle state of components in a project to indicate they are trusted in Altium Designer. The user changes multiple components' lifecycle states to prototype and updates the project view to reflect these changes. Agenda: Manage Lifecycle States - Change the...

This video shows how to add dictionaries to be used in component templates. It also demonstrates the process to alter a parameter within a component. Agenda Add a New Dictionary  - In the dictionaries settings, type in a parameter name to add values to, and select create.  Add different parameters and save the entries.  Restart Program - Log out of Altium Designer and sign back in to the workspace. Enter the Workspace to Edit a Component...

This video shows how to acquire a component from a manufacturer part search and add it to a workspace in Altium Designer. Open the Manufacturer Part Search - Enter a part number and view a part that appears. Right click to Save to My Workspace. Open the Component Category and Select Parameters - Select the parameters, models, and data sheets to include, or remove, from the component, then select okay and save it to the workspace. Place the...

This video demonstrates using component templates to bring components into a managed library in Altium 365 via the Manufacturer Part Search Panel.  It also discusses how to set and alter the specifications a component and component template store in the Manufacturer Part Search Panel and Workspace. Agenda Component Templates - Predefine specific requirements for parts in the library resources for future use in schematics. View multiple...

This video demonstrates how to create a tag for a released project in Altium 365.  Agenda Open a design  - Open the design that needs a tag. Create the tag - In the history link and three radial dots, create a tag for a milestone release, or a note on the design. It will be noted in purple. Rename or remove the tag, if desired.  

This video demonstrates how to check to see if a user has permissions to download a file in Altium 365. It discusses how to share a file and the steps necessary to change the permissions on a file for sharing and downloading. Agenda: Sharing Permissions - the process to share and file and check the current file viewing and downloading permissions for users. Updating Permissions - viewers learn how to change who may edit a workspace and update...

This video demonstrates how to create an Altium Designer Library from a project to add to Altium 365. It also shows users how to use the File Library Importer to parse a file and validate components and map parameters in the project. Agenda Create an integrated library - generate and import a library of components and footprints from a project schematic and PCB. Parse the data and define the component types - verify the defined components from...

This video demonstrates how to copy parameters from an existing project into a project template in Altium Designer. Agenda Copy parameters in an existing project - Open an existing project and select and copy the parameters to include in the project template.  Paste the parameters into the project template - Paste the parameters from the existing project into the project template. Save it to Altium 365 and reopen the template to verify the...