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Altium allows a fast and comprehensive electronic development
What do you like best about the product?
The user interface is very intuitive, it has powerful features that streamline the development process. Multi user collaboration is a very powerful feature available.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some plug-ins should be included with the package.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaboration across teams on a single design.
A complete tool - Electronics and PCBs in one place
What do you like best about the product?
Your connection with the resellers and the rapid collection of data and component footprints. They also allow the installation of add-ons that facilitate their use, in addition to having connections with other software directly, making the integration of multiple software easier.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not all of your basic tools are so intuitive, which is even more noticeable for your more complex tools. Some commands are also not intuitive and quite different from the usual in other software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Altium Designer allows me to create PCBs for my research projects quickly and efficiently. Its use also helps me better understand the functioning of the boards I fabricate there.
Draftsman and Variant features are more customizable
What do you like best about the product?
The new and improved Home Page is easier to navigate, and I find helpful tips that make my designs go faster. Also, the Draftsman document (PCBDwf) features such as Board Assembly View customization (component Display Properties), Board Realistic View of Current Camera Position, and Bill of Materials view settings options (Variant/Columns/Row Colors) to name a few. Lastly, the Project Variants has options to replace parts on the Schematic Sheet and then forward that design change to the PCBDoc (Place 3D Models), which can give me multiple design outputs if several components are unavailable do to supply chain issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only input for improvement I would give is that when using Callouts (arrow and bubble with item numbers matching to BOM) for components the Elbow Position options are only Left or Right. So, when I try to avoid drawing over components on the board, I must hand draw it in and disconnect it from the BOM optimization. I like the fact that it will auto update as I change the BOM Items.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I can save the Draftsman document as a template and pull it up in new projects which saves me immense amount for time since doing multiple pages of complex details needed for assembly is very tedious and it is easy loose consistency. Also, easy collaboration with my team and MCAD designer is a huge plus.
Essential addition for Altium
What do you like best about the product?
Library management is made easy. Very easy to maintain.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost is little steep. Locks you on to no choice.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time taken away from designing to maintain library.
It's the industry standard for a reason. Just make sure to have a strong computer!
What do you like best about the product?
The design rules are extensive and can keep you from making almost any mistakes.
The Active BOM gives you a great overview of market stock and works great with the output jobs, which is my third and favorite thing.
To be able to store an outputjob file in the server and standardize it to make all production material look the same is amazing; it has some annoying bugs but it's still powerful.
The Active BOM gives you a great overview of market stock and works great with the output jobs, which is my third and favorite thing.
To be able to store an outputjob file in the server and standardize it to make all production material look the same is amazing; it has some annoying bugs but it's still powerful.
What do you dislike about the product?
It requires a top of the line computer, or at least a really strong graphics card or slowdowns will be inevitable and dealbreaking.
Due to how many functions there are there are also more bugs than a lot of simpler software, and my impression is that development team isn't entirely keeping up.
There are also a lot of crashes, which is related to the previous point.
Also draftman tool is being pushed a lot, but since it can't be automated it's useless for us; meanwhile the outputjob file has some bugs that in some specific cases makes it unusable.
Due to how many functions there are there are also more bugs than a lot of simpler software, and my impression is that development team isn't entirely keeping up.
There are also a lot of crashes, which is related to the previous point.
Also draftman tool is being pushed a lot, but since it can't be automated it's useless for us; meanwhile the outputjob file has some bugs that in some specific cases makes it unusable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having a standardized library of components makes everyone being able to work more coherently, and those less skilled can easily have their components reviewed.
Also collaboration is more effective since it's easy to pull someones project from the server.
Also collaboration is more effective since it's easy to pull someones project from the server.
Altium 365 simplifies the creation of cross-company shared libraries and projects
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to share a project with people via Web View without the need to install Altium Designer. This makes it possible to easily and quickly share schematics or BOMs with different departments/colleagues
What do you dislike about the product?
When creating new components within a managed library, the upload time is quite long.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Share new developments with colleagues (even if they are of a non-electronics background).
Seamless experience with PCB designing
What do you like best about the product?
The user interface is easy to use. On top of this there are many communities and blogs that can be referred to for doing advanced actions. The PCB making process is very quick.
Definitely best option among all options out there.
Definitely best option among all options out there.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally selecting and dragging elements in PCB design is difficult as undesired parts get selected. Also, occasionally, the software crashes and we have to start over again from the last saved design.
The software can be overwhelming for a new user.
Pricing is high for Annual support/ maintenance (Upgrading service)
The software can be overwhelming for a new user.
Pricing is high for Annual support/ maintenance (Upgrading service)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Inspite of the user interace being user-friendly, designer has access to advanced functions that can be used to perform advanced PCB designs. The 3D view is especially helpful too.
The best software PCB designer can have
What do you like best about the product?
It is an amazing platform to collaborate with company peers as well as other departments.
I like the cetralized library and cloud space to save all design files.
I like the cetralized library and cloud space to save all design files.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like the button to access the Altium 365. It stays hidden up in the right corner.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am still a student of Altium through Palmonar college so I am yet to use the platform for the business. So far as our study goes, sharing our comments on design, design files itself on Altium 365 is very advantageous.
Easy to use, continuous software update and libraries.
What do you like best about the product?
I like the continuous libraries update, it also is easy to use and learn for beginners engineers.
What do you dislike about the product?
Probably its cost has increased during the last few years, but it's understandable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us to create small PCBs that we use on automated tester equipment.
The usefullness of the program
What do you like best about the product?
It's a really useful program for anybody who is interested in this area
What do you dislike about the product?
Maybe it could have more alternatives to be more professional
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Altium 365 helped me to solve many problems in my TFG
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