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

Deliniate minimum requirements for a new product or service.

Consolidate all requirements information and progress to a central location.

Track each requirement over its lifetime, including creation, progress, and modifications.

Allows key stakeholders to relay requirements to product or service development teams and other interested parties.

Foster intra-company collaboration between teams working on product or service development.

Create, adjust, and test requirements automatically.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

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.

Evaluates the breadth and depth of integration with common software development and project management ecosystems.

Assesses whether the product supports configurable, structured attributes for each requirement beyond free-text descriptions.

Assesses the product's ability to organize requirements into multi-level structures for large and complex projects.

Assesses support for safety-critical and regulated engineering industries through templates, workflows, or compliance accelerators.

Assesses the completeness and integrity of the change history for audit and regulatory compliance purposes.

Evaluates the product's ability to automatically flag traceability links that may be invalidated by upstream requirement changes.

Assesses whether the product enables structured stakeholder review and sign-off processes with configurable workflow steps.

Assesses the granularity of permission management across teams and stakeholder roles.

Assesses whether the product can link requirements to downstream artifacts in both forward and backward directions.

Assesses whether the product can predict and communicate the scope of change impact across linked artifacts.

Assesses whether the product can automatically generate visual matrices showing which requirements are covered by tests, risks, or designs.

Assesses whether stable requirement states can be locked for comparison and compliance purposes.

Automated or logic-based workflows that assist in the creation of electronic documents

Track what was updated, who made the changes, compare two revisions, and revert or perform another revision

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Graphical representation of data

Create, save, and store files

Manage all supplier data and operations

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Synchronizing data between two or more devices/systems and automatically updating changes to maintain consistency

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Manage and support multiple languages

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Track parts inventory levels and manage re-stocking

Create and manage digital catalog of products/services with their details, specifications, and price

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Manage and edit content taken from multiple CAD sources and create an integrated single design

Intended to be used by manufacturers

Manage and store data in a database

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Import and export data to and from software applications

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Manage and track all stages of a product lifecycle, from its conception, design, development, and deployment

Assign categories, labels, tags, or attributes to documents for organization, search and storage

Manage inventory, communication, marketing, orders & more across warehouses, stores and online channels

Collect and maintain structured information that describes data or content

Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project

Enables creation, management, and tracking of product requirements & features during product production/development

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Edit, touch up, and convert images for publishing

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Ability to insert animations/transitions

Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Highlight content and/or make notations about parts of content

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Synchronizing data between two or more devices/systems and automatically updating changes to maintain consistency

Designed for 3D printing purposes

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Using physical, mathematical, or logical models as a basis for simulations to generate data for managerial or technical decision-making

Intended to be used by manufacturers

Includes a variety of messaging formats including industry-specific (EDIFACT, HL7, X12)

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Create, draw, and annotate graphical content directly within the software application

Ability to handle several projects simultaneously

Intended to be used by architects

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Automates and streamlines business processes by creating a sequence of predefined rules and actions that govern the flow of work

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Graphical representation of data

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Import, collect, and capture data from multiple sources

Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Custom forms to streamline repetitious aspects of a document

Database of components and materials used in design templates

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Create, save, and store files

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Graphical representation of data

Create, save, and store files

Define the exact requirements needed by all stakeholders in the requirements process

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Manage the end-to-end lifecycle, from initial setup/development to deployment and maintenance

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Track, manage and store the applications of potential future members, customers or candidates

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Receive data and information in real time

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Track the status and progress of tasks

Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Monitor and track bugs and issues in the system.

Create, manage, or update project workflows.

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

Monitor the progress of projects from start to finish

A digital list of items that need to be completed

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more

Alter the layout and content of reports

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Create budgets based on historical data and future projections

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

An @mention is a way to tag or notify a specific person about a message/post

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation

Organize and schedule projects

Ability to handle several projects simultaneously

Import and export data to and from software applications