Altium Develop Features

Access to basic tools for drawing, such as line, cirlce and polygon.

Create realistic 3D models of your design

Design your structure in 3D.

Produce 3D visualizations without any integrating hardware.

Ability to modify PCB layouts and PCB circuitry

Ability to capture electrical properties and other attributes of components, wires, nets and pins.

Import and export files in a number of different formats.

Ability to push or pull the surface of your model in order to get the desired shape.

View your model from any angle while you design and edit.

Tools that enable users to reshape, move or manipulate geometry.

Annotate your designs with various notes and tags.

Generate 2D drawings of your 3D models.

Extract information from objects, such as attributes and properties.

Maintain a single repository for all product data and manage access rights

Tracks versions and changes, including options to check-in and check-out

Ability to modify 3D primitives (parametric editing tools, free-form editing tools, symmetrical editing process, etc.)

Ability to place circuit components within the PCB design

Ability to find and download high quality PCB footprints

Ability to customize the user interface and recall customizations. Can define the workspace a custom panel should appear in.

Ample board space available for PCB design

Ample amount of layers to edit PCB designs

Offers the ability to modify 3D primitives, including parametric editing tools, free-form editing tools, and symmetrical editing processes

Offers ease of use when accessing rendering tools such as lighting tools, texture mapping, and custom material creation

Provides ease of use when accessing basic drawing tools such as lines, circles, polygons, and other fundamental geometric shapes.

Offers ease of use when accessing basic editing tools like erase, trim, extend, undo, and more.

Provides ease of use when accessing basic text creation and modification tools such as font style, multi-line text, wrap-around text, justification, spell checker, etc.

Supports exporting designs to a variety of file formats, facilitating compatibility with other software and workflows.

Supports a variety of file formats for import, enabling users to incorporate external data into their designs.

Maintains compatibility with a variety of advanced design and imaging applications, ensuring integration and interoperability across different software platforms.

Maintains compatibility between current and previous versions of their file formats, allowing users to open and work with files created in older versions without issues.

Supports a range of file sizes, ensuring smooth performance even when working with large or complex designs.

Ability to create custom scripts to automate tasks, such as add standard layers or styles to a drawing, update the title block, or automate plotting tasks.

Ability to create custom menus, sub-menus, and contextual menus. Can create new toolbars and arrange menus in workspace.

Offers the ability to customize the user interface and tailor the workspace according to the users' specific needs and preferences.

Supports hardware developers by default or through the use of custom drivers, ensuring compatibility with various hardware configurations commonly used by designers and engineers.

Offers tailored interfaces for common tasks by default or through user customization, accommodating individuals' workflow needs and preferences.

Supports multiple user interface customizations, allowing users to store and recall interfaces as needed without closing the application or requiring scripting knowledge.

Basic commands have clear names and on-cursor documentation, like tooltips and pop-up descriptions, offers clarification of icons and other user interface elements.