Altium Designer 15.1 includes features to improve design efficiency with expansions to productivity, documentation, and high-speed design. High-speed design configurations for length matching rules can now be configured in an easy-to-use wizard that automatically accounts for T-branches, components, signal pairs, and groups, greatly reducing the time spent on setup for high-speed designs. Exports PCB designs as 3D PDFs, allowing viewing and rotating with a compatible PDF viewer. Navigates boards with individual component selection, providing greater accuracy and design intent to fabricators. Surface layers for rigid-flex designs can now be added with “bikini” coverlays that are fully visible in 3D and can be configured with specific material needs. Coverlay edge clearance and expansion rules have also been added to the design rule options, providing users with precise control over coverlay applications. Pad and vias can be easily be managed in a pad and via library, allowing users to define custom templates for pad shape and size. Templates can then be applied to specific groups of pads on a PCB for easy application, saving countless hours defining pad options individually. New Unions panel helps to better organize design data and align Union data with other PCB objects in a design. The Union panel will show a hierarchical view of Union types, Unions, and Union primitives for easy reference.

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