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Altium Designer Adds Two-level Viewing
Written by Andy Shaughnessy
Wednesday, 01 June 2005
SYDNEY – Altium Limited has added a two-level design viewing strategy to its Altium Designer layout suite, reportedly adding transparency and versatility to the design data management capabilities of the system.
The two-level strategy consists of an Altium Designer Smart PDF with a customized wizard feature that’s built into the Altium Designer system, and a separate Altium Designer Viewer Edition license option that provides viewing, navigation and querying of all Altium Designer designs and documentation.
Designed to be installed by those in a company who do not directly edit design files, the Viewer Edition can be used to view, print, cross-probe and explore design projects and documents that have been created with Altium Designer. Users can open and securely explore single documents, design projects or multiple projects that have been grouped together as part of a design workspace. This gives users the ability to freely interrogate all aspects of a design while preserving the integrity of the projects by preventing editing of the design documents. Users can also generate reports and printouts, and open and view Gerber, ODB++, NC Drill, and other manufacturing files.
With Altium Designer Smart PDF, added as part of Service Pack 3, users can generate navigable PDF documents that can be read on any PC platform that supports Adobe Reader. These documents contain a view of a design project’s schematic and PCB documents, including sorted tables of components and nets that can be used to navigate to the design objects.
“The launch today of a two-level design viewing strategy demonstrates Altium’s commitment to making design data more accessible to the entire design chain,” said Nick Martin, founder and CEO of Altium.
“Our customers face increasing pressure to speed products to market. It is crucial for them to be armed with tools that allows for secure and easy exchange of design data; not just within their own design team but externally – with non-designers who are crucial to the overall success of the design process.”
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