Core Altium Designer Basics: Getting Started with PCB Design
Getting started with PCB design is an exciting step in electronics engineering. But for beginners, navigating professional design software can feel overwhelming.
Unfamiliar panels, project settings, and design tools can make even simple tasks challenging. Without a clear understanding of the fundamentals, moving from a schematic to PCB layout becomes more difficult than it needs to be.
Altium Designer brings the essential tools for schematic creation, PCB layout, and project management into one environment.
To design with confidence, you need to understand how to navigate the software, organize your projects, and use the tools that form the foundation of PCB design.
What This Webinar Explores
How to Get Started With Altium Designer and Build Your PCB Design Foundation
In this 60-minute session, we'll simplify the fundamentals of Altium Designer, from navigating the interface to creating projects and exploring essential design tools. You'll see how the core features work together to help you get started with schematic creation and PCB layout.
We will walk through:
- How to navigate the Altium Designer interface, including key panels, tools, and navigation
- How to create and organize projects, schematic files, and PCB documents
- How essential features support a structured PCB design workflow
- How to create simple schematics, place components, and make connections
- How to get started with PCB layout using the fundamental design tools
Why Attend
This session will help you build a stronger foundation in PCB design by introducing the essential tools and workflows used in Altium Designer.
You'll learn how to navigate the software, organize your design projects, and apply basic schematic and PCB layout tools while gaining the confidence to explore more advanced design workflows.
Who Should Attend
This session is for engineering students, faculty, educators, and beginners who want to understand the fundamentals of Altium Designer and get started with professional PCB design tools.
It is also useful for first-time users and anyone beginning their PCB design journey who wants to build confidence navigating the software and creating basic electronic designs.
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Surendra is an Electronics Design Specialist with over 8 years of experience in PCB design, electronics education, and technical content development. He has trained thousands of students and faculty members in PCB design using Altium Designer. Surendra develops technical courses, workshops, and educational content focused on PCB design and embedded systems. His expertise includes schematic capture, PCB layout, component library creation, high-speed PCB design fundamentals, Altium Workspace, and electronics design workflows. He is passionate about making complex engineering concepts easy to understand through hands-on learning and practical demonstrations.
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Created: October 19, 2026
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Getting started with PCB design is an exciting step in electronics engineering. But for beginners, navigating professional design software can feel overwhelming.
Unfamiliar panels, project settings, and design tools can make even simple tasks challenging. Without a clear understanding of the fundamentals, moving from a schematic to PCB layout becomes more difficult than it needs to be.
Altium Designer brings the essential tools for schematic creation, PCB layout, and project management into one environment.
To design with confidence, you need to understand how to navigate the software, organize your projects, and use the tools that form the foundation of PCB design.
What This Webinar Explores
How to Get Started With Altium Designer and Build Your PCB Design Foundation
In this 60-minute session, we'll simplify the fundamentals of Altium Designer, from navigating the interface to creating projects and exploring essential design tools. You'll see how the core features work together to help you get started with schematic creation and PCB layout.
We will walk through:
- How to navigate the Altium Designer interface, including key panels, tools, and navigation
- How to create and organize projects, schematic files, and PCB documents
- How essential features support a structured PCB design workflow
- How to create simple schematics, place components, and make connections
- How to get started with PCB layout using the fundamental design tools
Why Attend
This session will help you build a stronger foundation in PCB design by introducing the essential tools and workflows used in Altium Designer.
You'll learn how to navigate the software, organize your design projects, and apply basic schematic and PCB layout tools while gaining the confidence to explore more advanced design workflows.
Who Should Attend
This session is for engineering students, faculty, educators, and beginners who want to understand the fundamentals of Altium Designer and get started with professional PCB design tools.
It is also useful for first-time users and anyone beginning their PCB design journey who wants to build confidence navigating the software and creating basic electronic designs.
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