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AltiumLive 2020 goes “Virtual” Like most events in 2020, Altium is transitioning our annual flagship conference, AltiumLive, to an online experience this year. We will host our North American event from October 6-8, and our European event from October 20-22, 2020. And the best part is...it’s free to attend! While nothing can duplicate the experience of a live event or being physically together, we are busy planning ways to deliver our unique AltiumLive experience in the first Read Article

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To Say Thank You to All Our Users We've Launched a Refer-a-Friend Program As some of our users might have noticed, we were running a survey on the Altium Designer home page (available in Altium Designer 20 and up) for a few months. The survey asked Altium Designer users, "How likely are you to recommend Altium Designer to friends and colleagues?" (with ten meaning extremely likely). The vast majority of users responded with 9 and 10. We were quite overwhelmed with this positive feedback. Thank you to all who Read Article

23:57 6 Steps to Master Project Storage Access to your design files is critical for the success of your design process. Whether you are working with internal team members, or sharing design files with external vendors, maintaining all of your design data in a single place ensures consistency and accessibility. The problem with local storage is that it difficult to provide access to external stakeholders, and the files can be easily corrupted or lost. Altium 365 provides a secure cloud Watch Video

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