Furthermore, when you have that software installed, you want to be able to update it as and when you deem necessary, and in a streamlined fashion. Altium Designer provides a fast, efficient Installation Management System that caters for this very need - a system that not only expedites the initial installation process, but lets you handcraft the features available to that software at any time after installation. Main article: Installing Altium Designer.
This wizard-based installer is accessed by running a small approx. This executable is downloaded from the Downloads page of the Altium website, and can be saved anywhere on your hard disk. Streamlined installation courtesy of the Altium Designer Installer. There are two key elements to installation, definable across the various pages of the installation wizard, allowing you to control what gets installed, and where:.
The installation itself is streamlined and expedient. This allows you to get installed, and up-and-running in the quickest time possible.
Once installed, you can further refine your installation, in terms of available features and functionality. Main article: Altium Designer Licensing System. Altium Designer includes a streamlined licensing system, enabling you to get licensed and up-and-running with your Altium Designer Software in a timely and efficient manner. The system offers various licensing types to meet, and suit, your licensing needs :.
Main article: Extending Altium Designer. Facilitating the ability to enhance your Altium Designer instance, customization of the software is made possible through the concept of Extensions. This is a key concept of the system to understand. An extension is effectively an add-on to the software, providing extended features and functionality.
A core set of features and functions are installed and handled transparently as part of the initial install, referred to as System Resources. In addition, a range of Optional Extensions are available - packets of functionality that are optionally installed or removed by the user as required.
It is the extension concept that enables the installation to be handcrafted in accordance with design needs. Customization of an Altium Designer installation essentially boils down to management of the available extensions. Install, update, or remove available extensions as and when you need to. Many extensions are available from Altium for use with Altium Designer.
This list is an Altium Designer environment setting, any libraries added to the list will be available for all projects, and the list is persistent across design sessions. Project libraries can be added to this list, but are not initially part of it. Click the Install button to run the Open dialog, from where you can browse to and select a library that you wish to add to the list.
This tab lists all libraries that have been found along the Library Search Paths for the project. Clicking the Paths button will take you directly to this tab, from where you can define further search paths or modify existing ones as required.
Use the Refresh button to re-interrogate the search paths and ensure that the library list is current. Libraries in this tab are searched in the order they appear, click the Paths button to define the order. Search paths can be defined to a specific file, or to a folder, including sub-folders.
Keep in mind that searching a large number of folders containing a large number of files can be slow. It is also important to remember that making a large number of libraries available when those libraries are accessed over a network, can slow the performance of Altium Designer. The panel is divided into a number of controls and regions, the image below sumarizes the function of each. The Libraries panel is used to locate and place components into your design.
The upper dropdown lists the libraries that are available for use with the active project. Click the dropdown to select the library you want to be the current library available for use in the Libraries panel. Click the dropdown arrow to select a library. Each table in the linked database presents as a library. The dropdown list will populate with entries of the form: LibraryName.
The types of libraries shown in the dropdown list will change, depending on the panel browse mode selected. The mode itself is determined using the options accessed by clicking the button, at the far right of the dropdown field:. Configure which types of libraries should be displayed in the panel. Any combination of browse modes may be enabled at any given time. The drop-down list will update accordingly. When Altium Designer is first installed, the Libraries panel will display the Component Name , Description and Library fields for each component.
These columns can be changed, in both which column is displayed and the order they are displayed in. To change which columns are displayed, right-click on one of the column headers and choose Select Columns from the menu that appears, as shown in the image below. Right-click to configure which columns are displayed. The Select Parameter Columns dialog will appear, select the required column and use the Add or Remove buttons to move the selected parameter between the Known Parameters and Selected Parameters lists.
You can also double-click on an entry to move it from one list to the other. Toggle navigation. Altium Library Loader Have a question or query? Download Altium Library Loader from here 2. Using Altium Library Loader 1.
Click to expand an area for greater control over sub-functionality available. Platform Extensions offer extended functionality to the core platform. Each platform extension is a dedicated package of core platform functionality that has been 'brought out' of the platform and delivered in the guise of an extension.
By delivering this functionality as an extension, Altium can deliver updates to that core functionality without having to release an update to the entire platform itself. Click to enable functionality at the parent level to quickly enable all of its child functionality too. Within Altium Designer, the F1 shortcut is definitely worth getting acquainted with. Hover the mouse over anything inside Altium Designer — a button, command, dialog, panel, or design object — and press F1 to access documentation for it.
F1 also works for specific pages in the Preferences dialog , and specific rule constraint pages in the PCB Rules and Constraints Editor dialog. Also if you're running a command, e. Preferences can be imported from any individually installed version instance of Altium Designer installed builds of AD10 or later , or any of the following pre-AD10 major releases of the software: Summer 09, Winter 09, Summer 08, and Altium Designer 6.
The benefit of importing at initial startup is getting the working environment looking exactly the way it was set up in the previous installation. Importing preferences at a later stage will only 'restore' a subset of this environment.
Participation in this program is strictly voluntary and anonymous, and you are free to stop participating in the program at any time. For the rules that govern the program, see the Altium Designer Improvement Program page on the Altium website.
Why Should I Participate? What Type of Data is Collected? Some examples of statistical information we collect include but are not limited to: Number of outjob files in projects Number of pins in a typical board Types of installed libraries Most frequently used commands Duration of full project compilation Load times for files.
A few examples of hardware information we collect includes, but is not limited to: Number of CPUs and monitors Screen resolution OS platform and version. How is Information Collected? The data collection process will not affect your computer or designs in any way. A highly optimized approach to data collection is employed, which has no detrimental effect on your computer's performance. How will the Information be Used? The following are just some of the ways in which information obtained and assessed through user participation in the program will be used: Identify the most popular features so that focus can be given to their improvement.
Optimize UI for more commonly used hardware. Locate performance obstacles in the software. Ensure productivity features are being used. Retire unused features. Printer-friendly version. Found an issue with this document? Contact Us Contact our corporate or local offices directly.
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