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Altium Develop Image Altium Develop Customer Onboarding Guide 4 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
Workflows screenshot Workflows: 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 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to get started with Workflows by activating your Altium 365 Workspace, activating a Workflow, initiating a Process, and completing a Process. Read Article
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

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Altium Agile Image Altium Agile Customer Onboarding Guide 4 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
Workflows screenshot Workflows: 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 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to get started with Workflows by activating your Altium 365 Workspace, activating a Workflow, initiating a Process, and completing a Process. Read Article
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

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Migrating to Altium Designer from Siemens Xpedition Enterprise Migrating to Altium Designer from Siemens Xpedition Enterprise 11 min Guide Books Users of Competitor Tools Users of Competitor Tools Users of Competitor Tools Learn how to migrate from from Siemens Xpedition Enterprise to Altium Designer using this detailed guidebook. Learn expert insights, tips, and step-by-step instructions for a smooth transition, unlocking the full potential of Altium Designer's powerful features for PCB Design. Read Article
Managing PCB objects Managing PCB objects 1 min Guide Books The PCB panel allows you to view and edit each object on PCB. A quick search of the desired class Read Article
Properties panel document options in SCH editors The Properties Panel and Document Options in the Schematic Editor 1 min Guide Books The Properties panel provides access to the properties of documents and objects. The contents of the panel change depending on Read Article
Length Tuning Relative Length Tuning With xSignals 3 min Guide Books High-speed interfaces are commonly constructed as serial buses routed as differential pairs, or as parallel buses that operate at high Read Article

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Workflows screenshot Workflows: 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 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to get started with Workflows by activating your Altium 365 Workspace, activating a Workflow, initiating a Process, and completing a Process. Read Article
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
Jira Integration screenshot Jira Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books Project Leads Software Engineers Product Managers +1 Project Leads Project Leads Software Engineers Software Engineers Product Managers Product Managers Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to enable bidirectional data synchronization between Atlassian Jira® Issues and Altium 365 Workspace Tasks with Altium 365’s Jira Integration. This integration allows the remote creation of Jira Issues directly from your Altium 365 Workspace. Read Article

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Altium Agile Image Altium Agile Customer Onboarding Guide 4 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
Altium Develop Image Altium Develop Customer Onboarding Guide 4 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
Workflows screenshot Workflows: 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 Engineering Teams Engineering Teams Learn how to get started with Workflows by activating your Altium 365 Workspace, activating a Workflow, initiating a Process, and completing a Process. Read Article
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