Altium Designer 18 - info - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BigBoss
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 01, 2017, 04:13:45 pm
content: Do you know when it will be available ? ( with a lot of bugs sure..)

author: nns
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 12:14:02 pm
content: It's nice to see that many of the features (multiboard, new interface, 64-bit) have made it into AD18 and not just ATINA. It appears the collaboration stuff is just ATINA, which isn't a big loss for smaller design firms. I hope that they've made some improvements to the 3D tools for measuring, moving around boards and aligning parts within an assembly.

author: mairomaster
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 03:40:08 pm
content: Leave the fancy features aside - tell us how is the performance compared to AD17, please.

author: Hensingler
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 11:37:34 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on July 10, 2017, 08:56:35 amIf you call 4 executables and 170 DLLs containing the text"Embarcadero Delphi for Win32 compiler version 30.0 (23.0.21418.4207)"'only a few' (AD17 without FPGA or embedded installed).

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 10:07:45 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on July 10, 2017, 08:56:35 amI expect numerous bugs. Altium are notorius at bugs, and i've been caught out by them before. So i told the sales rep, id put my subscription on hold and wait till the jury is out, and they are actually delivering somethign worthwhile. Ie, the proof will be in teh pudding. Meantime, AD17, does most of what i nede.

author: Gibson486
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 12:31:50 pm
content: Quote from: mrpackethead on July 11, 2017, 10:07:45 pmWont you get penalties if you let your subscription expire?

author: Warhawk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 03:18:08 pm
content: I would say that majority of AD bugs come from Delphi SDK. That thing is ancient.

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 07:21:18 pm
content: Maybe but if they wanna our business they will play ball. They always have and always will. Just pick end of quarter to talk to them

author: SVFeingold
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 25, 2017, 05:08:45 am
content: Now if we could just get some good 2D drawing tools and a 3D model export that doesn't crash Solidworks with 8000 different surface bodies and 16,000 broken faces, that'd be swell.Then again after using EAGLE for a project Altium's 2D drawing tools are downright futuristic.

author: catalyst
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2017, 08:28:59 am
content: My friends,Where can i find AD18 for downloading?

author: catalyst
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2017, 08:41:39 am
content: Thank you for your answer. Do you know street date?

author: ddavidebor
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2017, 12:58:18 am
content: This is great news !It seems to me they resigned the horrible component/pad/trace properties window, is that right?Maybe the new 3d engine will handle high resolution 3d bodies...Multiboard is a welcome feature, will cut errors.Please tell me the git integration is real !

author: mingming
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2017, 11:40:01 am
content: http://www.altium.com/resources/investor-announcement/investor_full_year_presentation_august_2017.pdf

author: koko79
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2017, 02:02:23 pm
content: The balls of Altium to put Raspberry Pi on one of their slides when they actually use Cadence OrCAD and Allegro.

author: Pack34
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 05:59:45 pm
content: Watching the webinar for this now. This update is going to be amazing.1. Darkened UI. Visual studio has done this and it's much better for eye strain2. Net and component list in the workspace folder tree. This is the only thing I liked that PADs had.3. Search features look great. It's common to forget a shortcut, being able to search for this in the software will be fantastic4. Multi-threading is going to be huge. AD17 can take a while for me to open.5. New 3D rendering engine looks so much faster.6. Multiboard design is going to be huge for me. 80% of my designs are part of some form of board stack7. Rendering engine in the CAM editor is much better

author: logictom
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2017, 03:31:48 am
content: Quote from: Pack34 on September 20, 2017, 05:59:45 pmSigned up for this but got my timezone conversion wrong and I wasn't prepared to get up at 03:00 for an Altium presentation.Did they give any details on a release date?

author: Pack34
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2017, 02:46:47 pm
content: Quote from: logictom on September 21, 2017, 03:31:48 amIf I recall, late October.Notes from the presentation:https://handouts-live.s3.amazonaws.com/f7d7b9333af84916a2ffa41921eeafba?sessionId=7710001319366042903&participantId=100027

author: xjordanx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2017, 06:43:44 pm
content: Quote from: koko79 on September 07, 2017, 02:02:23 pmHmmm where'd you see that?We don't use RPi for anything - it's not OSHW.The main reference design for this build is a Mini ITX form factor PC with DDR4 SODIMMs and mPCIe WiFi card, in a multiboard project.

author: Pack34
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2017, 08:32:14 pm
content: Recording of the sneak peak presentationhttp://go.altium.com/0920-2017-altium-designer-18-sneak-peek-webinar-recording.html?utm_source=altiumdatabase&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURCa056SmhOVEZqTTJSbSIsInQiOiJ2TmxJbitSYlF5K00wZTVxOEZSUVlWZmRwMnFCZml0bmsxUmp0YloxTDcwNGI1Z3BsQWFWbmd5NXBNTHphZFwvdExSSVJkUmhnbjFPaVJvYTAxVDlWZEFzVVRRNHZsNFNXN0dHUDMwS2drRlVFQThTSmlVdFEzbDJlRG5WRDRiSzUifQ%3D%3D

author: DutchGert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 12:51:45 pm
content: Looks very cool but for instance with DDRx Activeroute I would like to see how the designrules (need to) look in order to do a 'one-click saves you 1 month of routing'..I simply cannot believe that something that took me a few weeks of manual routing (32bit DDR3 in fly-by on a 10L board) back in 2015 in AD16 would now take ActiveRoute a few minutes (or even hours but still)....

author: Warhawk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 06:07:14 pm
content: Quote from: Pack34 on September 22, 2017, 08:32:14 pmI might have understood wrong but from the presentation it seems than only new modules and a couple old ones are (re)written in C#.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 07:03:20 pm
content: So I was under the impression that this was supposed to be released in October, but now it's a good way into November and I finally see an email with a download link . . . for an open beta?So it seems to be a bit farther off than we were lead to believe.

author: logictom
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 09:56:58 pm
content: I did a couple of their online workshops the week before last, they mentioned December as the release date.Is the link a generic one rather than specific to your account? If so would you mind sharing. I emailed the beta team but never got any response but wouldn't mind sticking this on a different machine to get familiar with the interface before it's released.

author: mars01
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 12:14:51 am
content: Altium Designer (Open Beta)Build: 18.0.7.293Online installer:https://s3.amazonaws.com/altium-release-manager/Altium_Designer_18/AltiumDesignerSetup_18_0_7.exeLicenses: Use your Altium Designer licenseAltium NEXUS (Open Beta)Build: 1.0.7.36Online installer:https://s3.amazonaws.com/altium-release-manager/Altium_Nexus_1/AltiumNexusSetup_1_0_7.exeLicenses: Please note that Altium NEXUS will (temporarily) use Altium Designer licenses until January 1st, 2018AD18 seems to have some issues with loading the DB libraries (it reports unknown format) and there are some issues with forms that are unicolor (don't show anything) until you move them around a bit (like pressing L key to get to the Layers view conf).It requires a powerful GPU so you can see the benefits.Otherwise AD18, compared with versions <=AD17, is wayyyy more faster.

author: Warhawk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 05:25:44 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 08, 2017, 05:36:12 amthat's what I was afraid before.

author: Fire Doger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2017, 07:58:34 pm
content: Ohhh cmon... in multyboard 3D view they don't use the orange arrows on shift and instead of "0","9","8" navigation shortcuts you have to hit the faces on a tiny UCS square... why???

author: Pack34
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2017, 03:08:04 pm
content: A lot smoother in 3D view, but the software is buggy. I can't open layout files. I can open components in libraries but not the actual PcbDocs

author: JamesH-AltiumOfficial
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 02:05:55 am
content: Hi Pack34,Are you able to open the example files? If not, then you may need to uninstall and reinstall the software. Please send me a PM if you'd like to discuss offline.If the example files open but your own PcbDoc doesn't open, I would like to take a look at your file if possible. Let me know and I'll provide my email address.Best regards,James HarrimanAltium

author: JamesH-AltiumOfficial
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 03:12:18 am
content: P.S.I definitely recommend posting this to the Open Forum - please see the announcement post:https://forum.live.altium.com/#posts/224790Best regards,James HarrimanAltium

author: DutchGert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 01:49:36 pm
content: Altium installer gives me an error that it cannot downloac Active route extention (you cant disable it also)...

author: logictom
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 10:33:11 am
content: Wasn't there supposed to be git integration in AD18? I can't find any setting relating to git and there's no mention in the documentation

author: Batang
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2017, 11:03:18 am
content: Anyone know how to edit 3D layer colors?Cheers

author: martin1454
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2017, 06:55:18 pm
content: Quote from: logictom on November 20, 2017, 10:33:11 amIt's a plugin you can download from the extensions page- Also, from what I saw, the release date is aimed for 15 december - Looking foward to it - love the beta so far

author: logictom
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 10:56:39 am
content: Quote from: martin1454 on November 21, 2017, 06:55:18 pmI didn't think to check there, however it was already installed. I tried removing and reinstalling, I only see SVN under Version Control and Design Repositories

author: logictom
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 24, 2017, 05:56:27 am
content: My bad, I was expecting it in the menus but it's icons on the files in the Projects panel. Not a whole lot of functionality there - being able to compare against head is useful but it really needs to be able to compare against any commit to be useful - or even if it was limited to tags.

author: Pack34
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2017, 02:31:19 pm
content: Quote from: JamesH-AltiumOfficial on November 10, 2017, 02:05:55 amJames,It looks like it was a licensing issue.