Altium Redefines PCB Design Sharing & Visualization with the Power of the Cloud
February 18 2020 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Upload electronic designs in popular CAD
formats to view and share in your browser
EMBEDDED WORLD — Today Altium, a global leader in PCB
design software, announced the launch of a new cloud-based
application that redefines the way that printed circuit board
designs are shared between designers, part suppliers, and
manufacturers.
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Visually stunning, interactive CAD
centric renditions of user PCBs, including Schematic, PCB, 3D and
BOM, all easily available through a browser on any web-enabled
device. (Graphic: Business Wire)
The A365 Viewer, powered by the Altium 365 cloud platform, is a
brand new, and innovative way to view and share electronic designs
through a browser on any web-enabled desktop, phone or tablet.
Schematics, PCB layout, and 3D visualization provide an interactive
eCAD experience with no downloads or installations required. The
A365 Viewer is part of Altium’s cloud strategy and newly launched
Altium 365 cloud platform.
Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
Until now, designers have been forced to share their PCB designs
through PDFs or static images. With the new A365 Viewer, an
interactive experience is created that retains all of the key
relevant information that's typically lost when sharing static
files. For example, the A365 Viewer allows users to search for,
select, cross-probe and inspect components and nets while moving
seamlessly between schematic, PCB and 3D views of their board.
Using the A365 Viewer requires no CAD tools or experience. The
A365 Viewer is designed to work with multiple eCAD formats,
currently supporting Autodesk® Eagle™ and Altium Designer™. Other
popular PCB design software formats will be supported in the near
future.
Easily Embedded on Your Website
Anyone can easily embed the viewer on their website, free of
charge, by visiting https://www.altium.com/viewer/ . As an example,
a well-known developer of electronics hardware and software kits,
Arduino, is helping engineers and makers to easily and quickly
visualize the PCB designs and assemblies available in their product
kits, by embedding the A365 Viewer on the Arduino website.
"Adding the Altium 365 Viewer has significantly enhanced the
user experience when navigating the product documentation in our
website. Now Arduino users can freely browse schematics, PCB layout
and even 3D models of the Arduino boards and modules online,
without the need to download or install anything additional. The
capability of being CAD-agnostic will shorty allow Arduino to add
the online design viewer to every product page, including the ones
designed in Autodesk Eagle." - Fabio Violante, CEO, Arduino
Built-in Design IP Protection
The A365 Viewer protects the IP rights of design owners while
retaining the CAD design details via a new process called Published
Design Impression (PDI). The Viewer processes the design source
files to create a Published Design Impression, or PDI. The PDI is a
CAD-aware, perishable snapshot of the design that captures limited
information such as components, net connectivity and basic
geometrics, excluding design primitive data that would be required
to fully comprehend and author changes to the design.
The design sources are discarded immediately after being used
solely for the purpose of creating a PDI. The design is available
for the duration of the user’s browser session and is automatically
removed when the browser tab is closed.
Altium is demonstrating its A365 Viewer at the Embedded World
2020 trade show, Hall 4 stand 371, taking place at the Nuremberg
Exhibition Center on February 25-27. To learn more visit:
https://www.altium.com/viewer/
ABOUT ALTIUM
Altium LLC (ASX:ALU), a global software company headquartered in
San Diego, Calif., is accelerating the pace of innovation through
electronics. From individual inventors to multinational
corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium
software to design and realize electronics-based products.
The growing demand for smart and connected products is driving
advancements in electronics technology. Design trends are
demonstrating the need for minimizing power, reducing package size
and energy consumption, and prioritizing high-speed design. For
over 30 years, Altium has been delivering software that maximizes
the productivity of PCB designers and electrical engineers, from
idea to board. Users are at the center of Altium’s R&D and
business operations. With its unique Business-to-User approach,
Altium is focused on developing software that is easy to use and
implement, with solutions that enable innovation and deliver
industry-leading user productivity.
Products include Altium Designer®, Altium Concord Pro™, Altium
365®, Altium NEXUS®, CircuitMaker®, CircuitStudio®, Octopart®, and
TASKING®. To learn more about Altium, visit www.altium.com.
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Masha Petrova pr@altium.com
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