Easy, Powerful, Modern
The world’s most trusted
PCB design system.
Unified Design
One Interface, One
Data Model, Endless Possibilities.
Altium Designer® offers a unified design environment, empowering engineers with a single view of every aspect of the PCB design process from schematic, to PCB layout, to design documentation. By accessing all design tools in one place, engineers can complete their entire design process within the same intuitive environment and deliver high-quality products quickly.
Effortlessly create PCB designs with an intuitive interface that seamlessly connects you to every detail of the electronics design process from idea to manufacture.
Compile projects to create a single, cohesive model which can sit central to the design process. Easily Access and manipulate detailed data within the model (schematic, layout, simulation) from this central model rather than storing separate data for each design element.
Every design change stays in sync between Altium Designer and SOLIDWORKS®, PTC Creo® Parametric™, Autodesk Inventor® or Autodesk Fusion 360®. ECAD and MCAD designers work in their familiar environments with no cumbersome file exchanges or manual conversions required.
Connected Experience
Work from Anywhere,
Connect with Anyone
Altium 365 is the cloud-based electronics product design platform that unites PCB design, MCAD, data management, and teamwork.
Save time reviewing your electronic designs with stakeholder feedback delivered from any browser, on any device.
Never lose context and time when reviewing comments. Attach comments to an entire document or a specific object, visually highlight a problem area directly in the design, and tag people to quickly resolve issues, all without leaving your design environment or from any web browser.
Eliminate costly and time-consuming miscommunications with manufacturing with version-controlled release packages that can be shared in a single click. With all of your manufacturing files stored in one centralized location, you’ll have everything you need for a successful production run within easy reach.
Native 3D
Define Every Detail
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Interact and collaborate with mechanical designers like never before in a photo-realistic, 3D design environment.
Easily work together with your mechanical team, and forget about the days of swapping design files. Every design change stays in sync between Altium Designer and SOLIDWORKS, PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor or Autodesk Fusion 360.
Effortlessly design today’s flexible and connected products in full 3D. Confirm that 3D components, case assembly, and PCB clearances meet your mechanical requirements in real-time.
Understand how different systems in your product come together in Native 3D and easily confirm fit and connectivity. It’s easy to find and correct board-to-board problems before committing to a prototype.
Interactive Routing
Route Your Way
Push, Slide, Hug, Walkaround. Any angle, tune for delay. Route it your way, faster than ever.
Stay Connected
Welcome to the NEW
Altium Subscription plans
New technology. Better value. Designed to meet the needs
of every engineer designing electronic products.
Your complete connection to the world of electronics product design. Unite PCB design, MCAD, data management, and teamwork together like never before.
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Get access to the latest Altium Designer updates right when they’re released and continue to innovate with the best electronics design technology.
Constantly expand your team’s knowledge and skills with unlimited access to on-demand training.
Get the help you need, right when you need it with live chat and phone support, access to the AltiumLive community, and feature requests.
We’ll continue to support a previous version of your Altium tools with hotfixes and security patches that don’t change the way you work.
Trusted Technology
Everything’s Inside
Over 35 years of electronics design expertise,
built to meet today’s design challenges.
Quickly capture your design intent with a rich set of wiring tools, design verification, transparent netlist creation, and variation management.
Effortlessly design advanced electronics with intuitive navigation through all hierarchy levels, nets, and components.
Make the best part choices at design time with an intelligent platform that brings together schematic symbols and PCB footprints, lifecycle status, and supply chain planning in one centralized location.
Explore ideas before committing to manufacturing with fast and accurate simulation in an advanced SPICE engine.
Efficiently explore an optimal layout with intuitive board planning technology. Native 3D support, layer stack management, and high-end controls including etch factor and surface roughness models give you all the power you need in a single design space.
Rapidly verify connectivity and design flexible circuitry for multi-board setups with product-level wiring, mating, and Native 3D. A clear definition of flex zones and bending lines makes it easy to verify fit for Rigid-Flex designs.
Route your way with a high-performance engine that lets you push, slide, hug, walkaround, and tune for delay at any angle.
Expertly design high-speed electronics with a powerful tuning engine. Includes advanced pattern support, an EM solver for accurate propagation delay, impedance extraction, and Easy HDI structure integration.
Effortlessly collaborate with your mechanical designer with bi-directional data transfer between Altium Designer and your MCAD tool. Supports industry-leading MCAD suites including Solidworks, Inventor, and Creo.
Connect your team and design data together in one centralized location for easy access. A scalable platform meets the needs of growing companies, including design workspaces, project lifecycle and release management, and team collaboration.
Ensure that your design is ready for production with support for every file that your manufacturer might need. We’ve got you covered with ODB++, IPC-2581, and Gerber X2 with a built-in CAM editor.
Instantly create detailed fabrication views of your board and components with Draftsman. MCAD-like dimensioning and intelligent reports make it easy to communicate design intent.
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Term-Based License
Use Altium Designer for as long as you pay for it. Includes a Standard Subscription for the latest updates, Altium 365, and more.
Perpetual License
Buy an Altium Designer license once, and use it forever. Includes a Standard Subscription for the latest updates, Altium 365, and more.
FAQs
Altium Designer's On-Demand licensing offers a global floating license capability, within the geographic scope of your license and the conditions set out in the EULA, without the need to implement your own dedicated server. This system provides a flexible, streamlined approach to licensing, allowing you to obtain a license in seconds, when and where you want it. For other license types, please contact your sales representative or chat with us.
Yes! The Altium Designer import wizard allows you to import your legacy design data from other ECAD tools such as ORCAD, PADS, Expedition, Allegro, DxDesigner, Eagle, and Zuken CR-5000/CADSTAR.
Altium 365 is the electronics product design platform that unites PCB Design, MCAD, data management, and teamwork together like never before. Design, share, and manufacture, all in Altium Designer without changing a thing about how you already work.
You'll receive a perpetual or time-based license of Altium Designer plus a Standard Subscription plan, which includes access to Altium 365 and:
- The latest design technology updates
- 24/5 live chat support
- Access to the AltiumLive community
After your first year, in order to remain on subscription you will be charged an annual subscription fee.
No other add-ons are required. Altium does offer robust Component Management and a PDN Analyzer for Visual Power Analysis that requires additional licensing.
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