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1:51New Components Panel
Rapidly locate the perfect component in all of your libraries with advanced search and parameter filters.
Why You Should Include Mechanical Parts in Your Bill of Materials Template
Mechanical parts can sometimes get forgotten from a PCB BOM. Here are some reasons why this can happen and some tips on how to avoid that problem.
The Wheel Keeps Turning: Advanced Bill of Materials for PCB Design
Don’t let your desire for comfort impede your ability to get work done efficiently and effectively, make sure to stay up-to-date with innovations in BOM software.
What's in a Name - Component Development Part 2
In this blog I outline how Altium Content Team names components, symbols and footprints. Why we’ve chosen these naming conventions.This seems like an eminently boring place to start, but something...
Component Development best practices - Part 1
During the coming weeks, we’d like to post details about our library development standards, practices and processes. Along the way, I’d like open discussion about how you develop libraries, and...
Add Any Component to Your Design With Unified Component Libraries
Stuck with in-house part libraries? Altium’s Unified Component Libraries make part possibilities endless and keeps you in your designs longer.
BOM Part Number Management: Why It Should Be Automated
One mislabeled part number can lead to a slew of negative repercussions.
The Challenges Of ECAD Library Management
Implementing a proper system for ECAD data library management enhances team productivity and efficiency to help you deliver products on time and within budget.
Practical steps for creating embedded components with side-emitting LEDs
To meet the demands for product miniaturization, more people are turning to embedded components. Embedded components, sometimes referred to as embedded passives when it's just capacitors and...
Enhancing Your Design Efficiency with Project Templates
Are you under constant pressure to finish projects on increasingly shorter product schedules? Avoid repeating steps that are slowing your down design workflow.
Creating Project Libraries from the Schematic
When using an external manufacturer, or sharing a design with another party without access to your internal libraries, creating a project library allows for quick and easy sharing. You can quickly...
Quickly Create Project Libraries from the Schematic
Learn how to quickly create project libraries from the schematic for easy external sharing using the Parameter Manager in Altium Designer.
Using Configuration Management to Reduce Design Errors and Promote Re-use: Part 1
A Configuration Management system can be used, along with an existing Design Data Management system, to further promote good data integrity. So just what is Configuration Management, and how can...
Creating 3D Component Bodies in a Footprint Library
In today’s PCB design process, you need to be able to integrate mechanical design workflows into an electrical design tool. Read on to learn how to easily create 3D component bodies in a footprint...
Standardize Your Component Libraries with Component Templates (Vault Component Template)
Learn how to standardize your component libraries with component templates in Altium Designer.
How to Easily Reverse Engineer PCB Project Libraries
Receiving design files from clients isn’t always as smooth a process. Clients may send incomplete project files, project files with unstandardized component libraries, or other files that don’t...
Unifying Your Component Management Workflow (Design Data Mgmt)
