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Great Way of collaborating and working with teams on projects
What do you like best about the product?
Altium 365 gave us the ability to work in colabration with teams. It helped us to share projects at a single space, review schematics, mark changes and comments directly in the schematic space which gets updated at designer end in Altium Desktop. It also helped to keep files organised and manage project backups and releases.
What do you dislike about the product?
When using altium 365, we sometimes get a error message saying connecting at Altium Desktop app, and when that is happening the whole UI hangs and I am unable to do anything on desktop app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solved our problem for storage of project files and allowing us to view them from anywhere without the need of Altium Destop App.
Altium Designer, THE GOOD ECAD
What do you like best about the product?
Altium Designer is hands down one of the best tools out there for PCB design. The way it keeps adding new features and tools just makes life so much easier. The whole design experience is smooth, and the ERC (Electrical Rule Check) is like having a buddy who catches your mistakes before they turn into big problems. I really love using harnesses—they make connecting everything so much cleaner and more straightforward.
One of my favorite things is how you can create libraries straight from existing schematics. It saves so much time and hassle, cutting out a lot of repetitive work. The multilayer interface is also super easy to work with, letting you manage complex designs without losing your mind. Altium Designer just gives you that feeling of control, making it easier to get your projects right the first time.
One of my favorite things is how you can create libraries straight from existing schematics. It saves so much time and hassle, cutting out a lot of repetitive work. The multilayer interface is also super easy to work with, letting you manage complex designs without losing your mind. Altium Designer just gives you that feeling of control, making it easier to get your projects right the first time.
What do you dislike about the product?
As much as I love Altium Designer, it's not all sunshine and roses. The learning curve can be pretty brutal, especially when you're just starting out. The massive UI, while packed with tools, can feel overwhelming at first. I think having more informative tooltips as a default would be a huge help for new users. It would make navigating the software a lot easier and save people from constantly hunting for what they need.
Another thing that could be improved is the design check process. It’s powerful, but it’s not the most user-friendly. For someone new to ECAD, it can be tough to figure out all the tools at your disposal, and that can lead to wasted time and a lot of frustration. Making this process more intuitive would go a long way in keeping users sane as they get up to speed.
Another thing that could be improved is the design check process. It’s powerful, but it’s not the most user-friendly. For someone new to ECAD, it can be tough to figure out all the tools at your disposal, and that can lead to wasted time and a lot of frustration. Making this process more intuitive would go a long way in keeping users sane as they get up to speed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Altium Designer is solving the problem of complexity in PCB design. Whenever I think of something that could make my design process easier, Altium already seems to have a tool or feature ready to go. It's like they’ve anticipated every potential roadblock. When I start researching how to tackle a specific issue, Altium often has a solution that transforms what could have been a chaotic mess into a neat, organized circuit diagram.
This benefit is huge for me because it takes the stress out of designing. Instead of getting lost in the weeds of endless options and potential mistakes, I can rely on Altium to simplify the process. It turns what could have been a disaster into something straightforward and manageable, saving me time and a lot of headaches.
This benefit is huge for me because it takes the stress out of designing. Instead of getting lost in the weeds of endless options and potential mistakes, I can rely on Altium to simplify the process. It turns what could have been a disaster into something straightforward and manageable, saving me time and a lot of headaches.
Hands down the best collaborative ECAD system
What do you like best about the product?
With a team of 20-30 engineers, being able to work together simultaneously, give feedback, share common components and schematics and easily export for manufacturing, altium 365 offers the most well rounded solution to all of our ECAD problems
What do you dislike about the product?
There are very few downsides, however we have occasionally experienced outages of our 365 workspace, and generally support were quick to help but there are times it was down for a longer period without help
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prior to altium, we didn't use a proper system for managing version control, instead people would work locally and use a Git library of components. Now everything is integrated which ensures consistency across all projects
Speed up the time to market timeline providing a great user experience
What do you like best about the product?
Easiness to work after it is configured and reliability
What do you dislike about the product?
Configuration is convoluted, not intuitive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Makes it easier to manage a BOM and control versions
Having used other PCB CAD tools Altium stands out
What do you like best about the product?
As part of a team Altium 365 enables collaboration, especially when engaged with contactors that are distribued around the world
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes error messages can be hard to deciphyer.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working with ooter contractors around the globe
Very powerful program but steep learning curve
What do you like best about the product?
Many features integrated between schematic and PCB layout. Powerful tools for creating BOMS. Easy to learn for drawing and routing traces
What do you dislike about the product?
Project open should be under the project menu and not under file menu. Schematic drawing experience is different than other tools and takes some getting used to.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it has allowed me to create PCB's without long term training.
Altium 365 Has its ups and downs, but overall is a Great product
What do you like best about the product?
As an electronics engineer, Altium 365 is a great tool for me. Overall I like the program, I'd say it is the easiest ECAD tool I have used thus far. What I liked the most is that, it helps designers to collaborate in real time with other designers and mentors during the project phase, and also allows supervisors to give real time feedback for the designs being done.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I liked the least about Altium 365 is that it takes time to fully understand the features that Altium 365 provides. There aren't many online and free resources to learn the tool and we would like the opportunity to learn more about them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For us, we benifit from the large component database. It really saves us a lot of time from switching and finding alternatives. Altium was very useful during component shortages during covid, and allowed us to quickly and efficiently make design updates on the fly and we continue to use it still.
Altium the tool of almost every job.
What do you like best about the product?
Altium has the widest range of parts included in their library with the ability to easily add new ones. Easy to integrate into any workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
When first using Altium, all the settings and functions are a little overwhelming and hard to use. With a few quick Google searches and Altium's tutorials I was able to master the program quickly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Altium solves the problems of having to import every part you may come across into your project. Their giant library almost always has the part I'm looking at. Altium also allows for easy integration with 3D CAD software, making the design process for a full product that much easier.
Altium is great for our robotics team!
What do you like best about the product?
I really love how everything in Altium is integrated with Altium 365. It makes it super easy for source control, and working with other people. Aditionally, the design rule checks as well as the other things that Altium does automatically is super helpful when designing a board to make sure that it is going to work when you order it. Our robotics team operates on a very tight schedule, and we often don't have time for a board to not work correctly. I have designed numerous boards in Altium, and none of them have ever failed due to all of the features Altium provides.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike most about Altium is the cost. We are super lucky to have been sponsored by Altium in order to get a few licences for our team, as our annual budget is much less than a single seat! I understand that Altium is a very professional software, but even when working with the Altium support people we found it difficult to get more than one licence for our team. Much like how Dassault Systemes sponsors all FIRST Robotics Teams 40 Solidworks licences, it would be amazing if Altium would to the same so we can learn proffesional software before going into industry jobs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Electronics modules that can be bough off-the-shelf for robots of our scale can be incredibly expensive, and Altium helps us build the individual components into our designs. We use Altium to design PCBs for sensors and LEDs, at a much lower cost than if we were to buy as many modules as we do components. FIRST Robotics is also education based, so the fact that we get to learn how to use industry tools in high school is really amazing!
A Complex Yet Powerful Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Once you get the shortcuts down, moving through documents and working on designs is a breeze. There are countless ways for users to take advantage of what Altium has to offer under the surface.
What do you dislike about the product?
For new PCB designers, I would not recommend Altium due to the steep learning curve of the integrated tools. The software may feel clunky and slow for someone who doesn't know what they are looking for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working in an enterprise evnironment, I find the integrated cloud server features truly phenomenal and quite unique to Altium. It is easier than ever for my coworkers to collaborate on and review my work.
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