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Ducks in a Row: Process Control and Document Traceability in One Place
Louis Pasteur captured the essence of complicated endeavors when he stated that “fortune favors the prepared mind.” Don’t miss opportunities for excellence when faced with complex tasks. Designing and building printed circuit boards and their assemblies is a complex task, made up of many meticulous endeavors. You could say that unified PCA documentation and communication favors successful outcomes when building products. Document types and
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3D PCB Editor Simplifies Concurrent ECAD/MCAD Modeling
Spending my weekends contending with powerful, yet non-intuitive modeling software is getting old. It is a shame we’ve come so far from the first CPU and its promise of computing power to still struggle with endless menus, and setting intricate parameters just to get started. The learning curves continue to suck precious hours from engineers and PCB designers, leaving many to give up new functions, such as 3D, in favor of reliable 2D environments
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Which is Best: Mentor PADS PCB Design Software vs Altium PCB Design Software
If you are tired of jumping back and forth between PCB design tools that use different data models, take a look at Altium Designer; a PCB design platform that has been designed to work the way you need it to. ALTIUM DESIGNER The most powerful, modern and easy-to-use PCB design tool for professional use. When you are creating a PCB design, you need design tools that can keep up with you. You need powerful tools that work smoothly together with
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Unified Platform Datasheet
Altium Designer has been built from the ground up as a powerful, single-application electronics development environment that contains all the advanced design tools you’ll need to capture and simulate hardware, design PCBs, collaborate with MCAD, manage your ECAD data and documentation, as well as manage your designs from concept to production. It’s all there in a single, unified design platform. FEATURES AND BENEFITS Unified Design Environment
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From Pads to Altium: Evaluation Resources to Help You Switch
As you dive into your evaluation of Altium Designer, I wanted to share with you some information specifically for someone like you that is coming from a PADS background. When we look at what engineers and designers really do every day, we often see that as much as 61% of your day can be consumed with non-design related tasks. These tasks are a byproduct of using a collection of tools (toolchains), vs. the Altium Designer paradigm of using a
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Migration Guide Making the Switch from PADS to Altium Designer
THE ALTIUM DESIGNER PHILOSOPHY At the core of Altium Designer
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is one central theme - a unified approach to PCB design software. You’ll find that our tool differs from many conventional alternatives in its approach to design. Our workflow unifies all of the separate yet connected elements required to successfully complete a PCB design. As an existing PADS user, you are likely used to having multiple tools and interfaces for each stage of your
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MENTOR PADSからALTIUM DESIGNERへの移行
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