What do you like best about the product?

Very simple and intuitive interface for parts placement and PCB layout. Very comprehensive Schematic verification/simulation tools

What do you dislike about the product?

Pricing model. Would prefer simpler licensing procedures

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Routine circuit and PCB design for our battery product and testing support

What do you like best about the product?

Good support & useful online guide updated after each version.

What do you dislike about the product?

Some intuitive features are lacking or not easy to figure out, for ex. moving around parallel wires that are connected on both side to component in SCH whitout having them collide and merge together. The auto-routing of tracks in layouts can also be very inefficient. Having the possibility to enlarge pictures of parts in the manufacturer part search panel would be helpful.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Altium is my only tool to design PCB.

What do you like best about the product?

Straightfoward design flow is easy to pick up. You can learn the details as you go along.

What do you dislike about the product?

In program help is poor, but there is plenty of online help out there.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fast and easy way to design PCBs.

What do you like best about the product?

I like the following things best about Altium Designer:

Unified design environment: Altium Designer is a unified design environment, which means that all aspects of the PCB design process can be done within the same software. This makes it easy to keep track of your design and to make changes as needed.
Powerful routing tools: Altium Designer has powerful routing tools that make it easy to create high-quality PCB layouts. These tools include push-and-shove routing, auto-routing, and interactive routing.
3D design capabilities: Altium Designer has 3D design capabilities that allow you to visualize your PCB design in 3D. This can be helpful for checking clearances and for troubleshooting problems.
Design reuse: Altium Designer has powerful design reuse features that allow you to save and reuse components, schematics, and layouts. This can save you time and effort when designing new PCBs.
Collaboration tools: Altium Designer has collaboration tools that allow you to share your designs with others. This can be helpful for getting feedback on your designs or for working with other engineers on a project.
Overall, I think Altium Designer is a powerful and versatile PCB design software. It has a wide range of features that can be used to create high-quality PCB layouts. I would recommend Altium Designer to any PCB designer who is looking for a powerful and easy-to-use software solution.

Here are some other features of Altium Designer that I like:

Schematic capture: Altium Designer has a powerful schematic capture tool that makes it easy to create and edit schematics.
Simulation: Altium Designer has a built-in simulation tool that can be used to verify the functionality of your design before you start routing.
Documentation: Altium Designer has a built-in documentation tool that can be used to create manufacturing documentation for your design.
Manufacturing: Altium Designer has built-in tools for generating manufacturing files for your design.
I think Altium Designer is a great choice for PCB designers of all levels of experience. It is a powerful and versatile software that can be used to create high-quality PCB layouts.

What do you dislike about the product?

The learning curve is steep: Altium Designer is a complex software with a lot of features. This can make it difficult to learn, especially for beginners.
The software can be slow: Altium Designer can be slow, especially on older computers. This can be a problem when working on large or complex designs.
The documentation is not always clear: The documentation for Altium Designer can be difficult to understand. This can make it difficult to learn how to use the software.
The price is high: Altium Designer is a very expensive software. This can be a barrier for some users.
The subscription model can be restrictive: Altium Designer is subscription-based software. This means that you have to pay a monthly or annual fee to use the software. This can be restrictive for users who only need to use the software occasionally.
Overall, I think Altium Designer is a powerful and versatile PCB design software. However, it is not without its flaws. The learning curve is steep, the software can be slow, and the documentation is not always clear. The price is also high, and the subscription model can be restrictive.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Streamlined PCB Design Process: Altium Designer provides a comprehensive suite of tools for schematic capture, component placement, routing, and verification. This streamlines the entire PCB design process, making it more efficient and less error-prone.

Unified Design Environment: One of Altium Designer's key benefits is its unified design environment, where both schematic and PCB layout design can occur seamlessly. This integration reduces the chances of design inconsistencies and errors.

High-Quality PCB Layouts: Altium Designer helps engineers and designers create high-quality PCB layouts. It offers features like interactive routing, differential pair routing, and intelligent design rule checks to ensure signal integrity and manufacturability.

Component Management: Altium Designer provides extensive component management capabilities, including access to a vast component library and tools for creating and managing custom components. This simplifies component selection and helps ensure the availability of the required components for your designs.

Simulation and Analysis: The software allows for SPICE simulation, signal integrity analysis, and thermal analysis. These tools help in identifying and addressing potential issues in the design before production, reducing costly design iterations.

Collaboration and Documentation: Altium Designer facilitates collaboration among team members and with external partners. It also generates comprehensive design documentation, such as BOMs (Bill of Materials) and assembly drawings, which are essential for manufacturing.

Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Altium Designer assists in designing for manufacturing by providing DFM checks that help identify and resolve manufacturability issues early in the design process, saving time and reducing production costs.

Multi-Board and FPGA Design: For complex projects, Altium Designer supports multi-board design and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) development, allowing engineers to manage interconnected systems and integrate programmable logic into their designs.

Version Control and Design Reuse: Altium Designer includes version control features, which are crucial for tracking design revisions and enabling design reuse. This helps in maintaining a consistent design methodology and improving efficiency.

ECAD-MCAD Integration: Altium Designer offers integration with mechanical CAD (MCAD) software, enabling collaboration between electronic and mechanical design teams. This ensures that PCBs fit correctly within their enclosures.

What do you like best about the product?

The things that one can do in Altium. If one is able to think it one can do it.
Integration with manufacturers and suppliers to have that ease developed in terms of schematics symbols and footprint integration is worh accolade!

What do you dislike about the product?

At times it becomes really complex for a new comer. Extensive tutorial for begineers and intermdiataries and experts and professional ... should really help give a boost start or help cope with latest tech and trends in the domain.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

As mentioned the integration that it has with suppliers like Digikey et. al makes it really easy to get things done in the Altium nowadays. Similar such features would help.

What do you like best about the product?

Integration All in one tool, Mechanical CAD integration
Single Software
Library management and approval workflow integrated
Server based shared approach
Smart tool set to easy many repetitive tasks
Great ease of use and low learning curve
Great amount of help and tutorials available online free

What do you dislike about the product?

Some items need extra steps which can be optimized for the smoother flow for component creation
Sometimes the tool becomes too slow which can be optimized
A general mapping settings and modifcation template can be set to allow quick dynamic changes while importing Symbols and Footprints for smoother import process
Checklists for Footprints can be added to run a report for the errors.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

All great tool for PCB design, MCAD integration, BOM Management
Benefits - All in one place including review with good amount of collaboration is possible
Also helping to view clearly the properties and manage BOM, Component lifecycle and cost with availability

What do you like best about the product?

Very usefull for Design Layout. Perfect functions such as; Routing, Component searching of lots of manufacturers, good DRC and Verification of layout and circuit

What do you dislike about the product?

CIM database doesn't support for Altium, it needs to be linked with other databases.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Update the Database softwares to linked in altium Designer.

What do you like best about the product?

Continuity between parts, projects, layout, and schematic capture. Seemless integration, Selection of new parts is made simple. Extremely satisfied.

Ive used ORcad, KiCad, EWB, Eagle, NI Design Suite, but Altium 365 is my favorite.

What do you dislike about the product?

A little uneasy with everything being on the cloud, however, logic tells me its safer than our internal servers.

Not always intuitive enough. Getting a little too complicated as features are added.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing projects. Storing past projects, etc.

Easy to store one location. Easy to find old projects.

I am more productive, and performance has increased.

What do you like best about the product?

I used to use version control using github for my altium projects. It worked but not very well, and making any changes required manual pushes and viewing any actual changes to schematics or the pcb required opening the altium app. With 365 I like the ability to view everything in browser and see the 3D views. I also like the seamless integration into the altium app itself, allowing changes to be pushed just by pressing one button. Finally, I like the ability to share design files with teammates without them having to install altium, especially useful for those who have macbooks.

What do you dislike about the product?

I do not have many complaints except that some of the features seem overwhelming to learn. For example, opening the component tab overwhelms me and I just chose to avoid using it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Altium 365 allows me to have seamless cloud storage and backups without having to manually think about backing up files everytime I make some changes. The ability to share design files with team members who have macs (cannot run altium) or those who do not want to install an entire app is very useful. We also occasionally use altium 365 to share design files with suppliers.

What do you like best about the product?

With MCAD Co-designer, working with my mechanical engineering coleagues has never been easier.

When designing schematics, Altium 365 compoenent library with its 1+ million components is making the design process flow smoothly and helping me stay focused on what matters most, instead of having to stop everythgin and create the component myself.

What do you dislike about the product?

The show/hide annimations of the side menus are slow and distracting. I wish there was an option to turn them off, so the appearance of the side menu is snappy.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sharing and collaborating has never been easier. I can outsource certain parts of the projects, like layour for example, and it doesn't feel like I am working with an outside company:
- I can track progress without asking or exchaning project files over email.
- I can identify issues or request changes to the layout early.
- I don't need to be the middle man between our mechanical team and the layout engineer.