Altium

The following instructions are intended to make it easier to get started with Altium, therefore helpful tips, tricks and useful tutorials are referred to. It is also shown how to create a new project in the style of the already existing ones or how to deal with the database for part management in the ELSYS institut. Within the individual chapters, the respective procedure is clarified by screenshots and explanations.

This documentation is not and is in no way intended to be a complete documentation for Altium. Therefore the Altium documentation is proposed.

• Practical Tips and Tricks
  • Short Cuts
  • Schematic short cuts
  • PCB short cuts
  • Schematic and PCB short cuts
  • Useful videos
  • Useful links
• Create a new Altium Project
• UltraZohm components library
  • Videos of the setup
  • Bitbucket access setup
  • Server access setup
  • Integration in Altium
  • Setup of the database client
  • Addition of a new component
  • Addition of a new table
• Symbols and Footprints
  • Extraction of footprints and symbols
  • Mapping of the mechanical layers
• Possible Structure of schematics
  • Sheet Hierarchie
  • Signals
  • Busses
  • Harness
• PCB Layer Stack Manager
  • To configure this information in Altium
  • Defining Via Types
• Design Rules
  • Differential signals
  • Tool Saturn
  • Altium Rules
  • Mark Schematic
  • Route
• Ordering at JLCPCB
  • Moving an existing Project to the UltraZohm Library
  • Adding the LCSC Part Number
  • Generating Outjob Files in Altium
  • Ordering Process with SMT Assembly