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COMPARISON REPORT ALTIUM DESIGNER 13 vs. ALTIUM DESIGNER 16 The world is changing, and electronics are leading the charge towards the future. At the core of our evolutionary pursuit for progress are engineers and companies like yours driving humanity forward. But do you have the design technology needed to deliver the connected, intelligent and autonomous devices of the future? Invest in your future with Altium Subscription. Invest in Invest in Invest in Your Skills Your Company’s Success Your Tools Maintain your competitive edge Deliver the best products to market first Equip yourself to design the with access to the newest design at the lowest possible cost and continue to technologies of the future with the latest methodologies and resources. drive your industry forward. EDA innovations in Altium Designer. VERSION FEATURE COMPARISON Altium Altium Feature Name What it Does How It Benefits You Designer 13 Designer 16 Enhance the readability of components Customize pin names, designator Customizable Schematic Pins placed on your design with customizable in positions, font properties, and colors. properties. Have complete control over your compo- Select alternative part choices for nent selection process and include pin Alternative Part Choice System - obsolete or unavailable components. compatible backup part choices directly in your BOM. Automatically detect and setup con- Design accurate high-speed board layouts Technology-Aware xSignals Wizard straints for common with automatic configuration for DDR3/4 - high-speed technologies. and USB 3.0 class and match length rules. Precisely measure your board layout in Measure all board objects while Precise 3D Measurements Native 3D PCB™ and clearly communicate - in 3D view. design intent to manufacturing. 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Create complete fabrication and Easily communicate design intent right the Draftsman® Documentation Platform assembly documentation in Altium first time with a complete documentation - Designer. workflow in Altium Designer. Ensure that your design documentation is Automatically updates drill drawing updated and error-free for manufacturing Live Drill Drawing Table table as pads and vias are placed/ before generating your output documen- removed on design. tation. www.altium.com R COMPARISON REPORT ALTIUM DESIGNER 13 vs. ALTIUM DESIGNER 16 VERSION FEATURE COMPARISON Altium Altium Feature Name What it Does How It Benefits You Designer 13 Designer 16 Efficiently manage costs and ensure the Adds real-time cost estimation and ActiveBOM components you select will be available for availability for components in BOM. manufacturing. Easily optimize your design team’s licensing Manage and track design team’s Real-Time Licensing Reporting usage with real-time - license usage. reporting and metrics. Precisely tune the lengths of your nets Visually see net lengths in real-time Interactive Net Length Calculations when interactively modifying an existing during routing process. route. Save time finding and using your trusted Locate design data based on Enhanced Altium Vault Search Filtering design data with powerful search and grouping and filtering search options. filtering options in the Altium Vault. Quickly reuse trusted schematic sheets, Place components and managed board layout templates, and components Drag-and-Drop Vault Design Data sheets directly from the Altium from the Altium Content Vault in your Content Vault onto your project. current design. Access over 350,000 components Avoid having to waste time recreating every- Altium Content Vault with included footprints and 3D day components from scratch with access to models. thousands of ready-to-use parts. Design the most organized and efficient Automatically align component foot- board layouts with components that push, Component Placement System - prints in the PCB editor. avoid, and snap-to alignment with other components. Remain in complete control of what network Specify internet connectivity prefer- data you share with the outside world with Offline Design System ences for Altium Designer - connectivity options for licensing, suppliers, applications. and more. Find components in libraries with Quickly find trusted components for your Advanced Component Search customizable query fields designs with advanced query options and - and favorites. search favorites. Accurately route your high-speed design Calculates pin lengths to include Advanced Pin Length Definitions layouts with included pin lengths without - internal bond wire. having to perform manual calculations. Adds support for touch controls Save time adding capacitive touch technolo- Microchip® Touch Device Support including a variety of Microchip® gies to your schematic designs with a variety mTouch® devices. of Microchip® mTouch® sensor devices. ABOUT ALTIUM Altium LLC (ASX:ALU) is a multinational software corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, that focuses on electronics design systems for 3D PCB design and embedded system development. Altium products are found everywhere from world leading electronic design teams to the grassroots electronic design community. With a unique range of technologies Altium helps organisations and design communities to innovate, collaborate and create connected products while remaining on-time and on-budget. 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