PCB design tool update speeds time-to-market

17th September 2015

Altium Limited

Barney Scott

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Altium Limited has announced a major update to its flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer, at PCB West, an annual PCB design conference in Santa Clara, California. Attendees at PCB West 2015 will get an exclusive first look at all the features coming to Altium Designer 16 before its scheduled release in autumn. This update will allow engineers to realise designs quickly and free from errors, with the addition of automation and productivity tools.

“The increasing complexity of today’s electronic designs requires the most productive design environment for engineers to remain competitive,” said Christopher Donato, VP Americas at Altium. “Our focus for this release is to provide PCB designers with the most productive and efficient PCB design platform available to meet the demands of every engineering challenge.”

A long time sponsor of PCB West, this year Altium will be unveiling all of the features available in Altium Designer 16 to attendees. Visitors to Altium at booth 311 will have the opportunity to demo all of the new productivity and automation features in this major update, including:

A new alternative part choice system allows designers to fully control their component selection process with backup part choices for manufacturing.
Visual clearance boundaries allow designers to understand the impact of their routing decisions in real-time with visual clearance boundaries between objects on a board.
A new component placement system allows designers to create the most organized and efficient board layouts with new component placement options.

"The features we’ve developed in Altium Designer 16 reflect our commitment to the ongoing value and growth of the Altium Designer platform,” said Sergey Kostinsky, Vice President of Engineering, Altium. “This release furthers our goal of creating the best design tool for mainstream PCB designers who need to meet increasingly tight deadlines and budget."

Altium Designer 16 will be available as a free upgrade to all Altium Subscription customers.