It’s been a long time coming, and I like it.” This rigid-flex design is a very cool feature. “Altium has continued to deliver breakthrough technology and features into their products to meet the demands of their customers.
“I’ve been using Altium software for almost 30 years, and rigid-flex is one of the coolest new features that has come up, from my personal wish list, of the last three years,” stated Narinder Kumar, PCB Design Engineer for Pelco (a division of Schneider Electric). The enhanced platform allows for smaller packaging of electronic designs, which in turn leads to lower cost of materials and production, and increased durability. With its unique native 3D visual support of this technology, Altium Designer 14 opens the door for new innovations in electronic design by allowing for increased processing and communication within a smaller, more fluid space. Altium Designer now features support for flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3D PCB layout, analysis and programmable design – all in a single, unified solution. The new Altium Designer 14 extends the company’s leadership position in native 3D PCB Design systems by delivering a new customer centric platform with heavy emphasis on core PCB design technologies. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.Altium Ltd., a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design ( Altium Designer) and embedded software development ( TASKING), announces the new version of its flagship product, Altium Designer 14. Based on feedback from our ‘Ideas’ forum, we have implemented many features and enhancements requested to provide engineers and designers with the most advanced, efficient electronics design solution available.” “Altium Designer 14 is a significant step forward compared to previous Altium Designer products delivering the functionality and features our customers need to fuel electronics innovation and performance,” said Frank Hoschar, Chief Marketing Officer at Altium. The importer/exporter interfaces have been upgraded to support the latest versions of AutoCAD and a wider range of object types. The capabilities of the PCB Editor’s via-stitching have been enhanced to include the ability to constrain the via-stitching pattern to a user defined area.Īltium has also introduced an importer for CadSoft Eagle so customers can use design files in other formats. Simplification of high speed design rules, including automated and guided adjustment of differential pair width-gap settings ensuring pair impedance is maintained. Support for embedded PCB components allows for more design miniaturization opportunities by placing standard components on an inner layer of the circuit board during fabrication. The new release includes the ability to handle the challenges of flex and rigid-flex designs, including advanced layer stack management. The new release is focused on core PCB design technologies, and features support for flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3D PCB layout, analysis and programmable design.Īccording to the company, the platform allows for smaller packaging of electronic designs, which in turn leads to lower cost of materials and production, and increased durability. Altium announced the new version of its flagship product, Altium Designer 14.