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Altium Develop brings electrical, mechanical, software, sourcing, and manufacturing teams together in a shared, real-time environment. By uniting data, context, and visibility, it eliminates silos and enables teams to work as a single group.

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Altium Develop Image Getting Started in Altium Develop 3 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians +19 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians ECAD Librarians Project Leads Project Leads Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers This article serves as a comprehensive guide for users looking to effectively start their journey with Altium Develop. It includes step-by-step instructions on activating a workspace, connecting Altium Designer to it, navigating the workspace interface, and inviting users. Readers will develop a solid foundation for utilizing Altium Develop to streamline project management and collaboration within their teams. By following these essential tutorials, users will be equipped to efficiently set up their workspace and invite teammates, ultimately fostering a productive environment for design and collaboration. Keep reading to unlock the full potential of your Altium Develop experience and elevate your team's productivity. - Readers will learn how to activate and configure a new workspace in Altium Develop. - The article will guide users on connecting Altium Designer to their workspace for seamless project management. - Readers will gain skills in navigating the workspace and inviting team members, enhancing collaboration. Let your journey with Altium Develop begin, and empower your team to achieve more together! Read Article
Hardware Designer Image Getting Started for PCB Design Engineers 10 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers This article provides PCB design engineers with a comprehensive set of guided tutorials that show how to work within a unified design environment, tie collaboration to data, and streamline everything from layout and routing to system design and supply chain management. It highlights how integrating these workflows helps maintain consistency, improve visibility, and reduce errors across the entire design process while keeping projects aligned with real-time data. Read on to see how these step-by-step insights can help you design more efficiently and move from concept to release with greater confidence. Read Article
Requirements Portal Image Requirements Portal Introductory Tutorials 4 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This tutorial guides users in how to centralize, connect, and manage requirements within the Altium Requirements Portal, showing how to import existing data, link it directly to design projects, and maintain a single, version-controlled source of truth. It highlights how integrated workflows improve traceability, streamline verification, and provide real-time visibility into project progress, while also simplifying compliance reporting. Read on to see how these tutorials can help you reduce errors, stay aligned, and bring greater clarity and confidence to your design process. Read Article
Altium Develop Image Altium Develop Customer Onboarding Guide 3 min Guide Books Engineering Teams Project Leads PCB Design Engineers +1 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Project Leads Project Leads PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers This onboarding guide is designed to give your team the tools and collaboration capabilities you need to modernize your electronics design workflow. Read Article

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Ask the Expert Weekly Sessions LIVE Workshops PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Earliest time: 10:00 AM, September 2, 2026 (CEST) More time slots available

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Altium 365: MCAD CoDesigner 47 min Workshops Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers

Learn how to effectively use Altium 365 MCAD CoDesigner for efficient collaboration between PCB and mechanical design teams.

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Altium 365: Library & Component Management Fundamentals 36 min Workshops Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers

In this comprehensive workshop, we will delve into the intricacies of component management within Altium 365.

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Altium 365: Design Management Fundamentals 26 min Workshops Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers

In this workshop, we will focus on best practices for managing design projects and enhancing collaboration within Altium 365.

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4:51 Workspace General Settings 5 min Videos Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers This video demonstrates some of the general settings within the Admin Section of a user's workspace. It also contains general information on topics such as the workspace, name, description, URL, and server location. The video begins by renaming the workspace, adding a description, and viewing the server location for the workspace data and the URL. Once changes are made, users are instructed to log out and log back into the workspace to view those changes. Afterwards, the workspace name is changed to eliminate confusion between multiple workspaces. Read Article
2:12 Folder Permissions 2 min Videos Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers This video demonstrates how to set sharing permissions for folders in the Explorer Panel. To do so, expand the components folder, and select a folder within it. Next, right click and select properties. In the properties dialog box, select the share link, and alter the permissions for users via the drop down option. To add a role, type it in. Any permissions set for a folder will also apply to the children's folders within that top folder. Finally, close the dialog boxes by selecting okay twice to set the sharing permissions for a component. Read Article
1:38 Admin-Data Cleanup 2 min Videos PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This short video demonstrates how to delete items from the platform. To begin, navigate to the Admin Section, and then Bulk and Data Cleanup under Settings, to delete the data. However, it is worth noting that this operation cannot be undone, it may take a while to complete, and will create a workspace snapshot prior to removing the items. Users are able to select specific items for deletion or delete all of the items, once the projects and components are removed. In order to batch delete items, a confirmation is also required. Read Article
4:23 BOM Portal Supplier Data Export 4 min Videos PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Altium 365 Bom Portal allows you to upload or create a Bill of Materials for an existing managed design. It can also export an Excel BOM that contains the data from multiple suppliers, including prices. To begin, create a BOM document, and display some favored suppliers for a part. Next, open Excel and create a BOM template using the demonstrated special column queries, before saving and uploading the file into the BOM Portal in Altium Designer. Finally, refresh the page and download the file to view the prices easily for the chosen suppliers and data. Read Article

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Technical Documentation Altium 365 Platform Interface Depending on your relationship with Altium, the services offered on the Altium Platform will be experienced from within Altium Designer and through the platform's browser-based interface. This page takes a look at the latter and provides an overview of what you'll see when you register an Altium Account and sign in to the Altium Platform Interface. For the latest information on the security,…
Technical Documentation Managing Workspace Membership User Management for a Workspace is performed by an Administrator through the Team and Admin areas of that Workspace's browser interface. This provides the interface to the Identity Service (IDS), with which to define applicable service access, through the specification of Users (Members) and Groups. An MCAD user can be invited to be a Team member from within Altium Designer, too. For more…
Technical Documentation Agentic Requirements Engineering AI agents provide substantial advantages for engineering tasks like requirements capturing by significantly enhancing efficiency and automating complex, repetitive workflows. Requirements Portal's Engineering Assistant leverages AI technologies to provide you with fast, automated review tool for your requirements that allows you to ask questions about requirements in your current project in free…

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MCAD CoDesigner screenshot MCAD CoDesigner: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books Learn how to activate your Altium 365 Workspace, install and configure CoDesigner, and get started with MCAD CoDesigner. This onboarding guide provides links to documentation, best practices, additional resources, and help. Read Article
Z2Data Integration screenshot Z2Data Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Learn how to get started with Z2Data Integration and enrich your parts with valuable information including live lifecycle, lifecycle forecast, and compliance data in Altium 365 and Altium Designer. Read Article
Library management interface screenshot Library Migration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians +3 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers ECAD Librarians ECAD Librarians Project Leads Project Leads Existing Customers Existing Customers This article guides you through how to migrate existing libraries into an Altium 365 Workspace using a structured and efficient process, from preparing your environment to validating and reviewing migrated components. It highlights key steps, resources, and best practices to help ensure your data is organized, accurate, and ready for use within a centralized system. Read on to learn how to simplify your library migration and set a strong foundation for consistent, reliable component management. Read Article
Manufacturing Engineer Image Getting Started for Manufacturing Engineers 5 min Guide Books Manufacturing Engineers Manufacturing Engineers Manufacturing Engineers This article walks through how manufacturing engineers can access, validate, and act on production-ready data using a unified, browser-based environment that simplifies the transition from design to fabrication and assembly. It covers interactive assembly guidance, supply chain monitoring, PLM integration, and streamlined ordering workflows that improve accuracy, reduce manual effort, and keep production aligned with the latest design data. Read on to see how these guided tutorials can help you eliminate inefficiencies, reduce risk, and keep manufacturing processes running smoothly and confidently. Read Article
Mechanical Designer Image Getting Started for Mechanical Engineers 6 min Guide Books Engineering Teams Mechanical Designers Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Mechanical Designers Mechanical Designers This article introduces mechanical engineers to a connected workflow between ECAD and MCAD, showing how to replace static file exchanges with a live, version-controlled design link that keeps PCB and enclosure data aligned. It walks through syncing constraints, enabling detailed thermal analysis, managing revisions, and resolving interferences across complex and multi-board systems, all while maintaining traceability and accuracy throughout the process. Read on to see how these guided tutorials can help you streamline collaboration, reduce errors, and confidently design alongside your electrical counterparts. Read Article
BOM Portal Image BOM Portal Introductory Tutorial 5 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Procurement Managers Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This article shows how the BOM Portal gives procurement teams early, continuous visibility into Bill of Materials Data, enabling them to identify supply chain risks, evaluate alternatives, and optimize costs while designs are still flexible. It walks through key workflows such as BOM creation, risk analysis, supplier comparison, consolidation, and lifecycle monitoring; all designed to replace reactive sourcing with proactive, data-driven decision making. Read on to learn how these tutorials can help you stay ahead of supply challenges, collaborate more effectively, and drive more confident procurement outcomes. Read Article
Change Management Guide Image Change Management Guide 3 min Guide Books Engineering Managers Project Leads Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers This article outlines a practical approach to implementing Altium through structured change management, focusing on communication, leadership alignment, goal setting, governance, and ongoing adoption support. It shows how to guide teams through the transition, build engagement, and measure success while reinforcing skills and continuous improvement during the rollout. Read on to learn how to drive successful adoption and ensure your organization realizes lasting value from your investment. Read Article