Altium Designer 21 Sneak Peeks - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 26, 2020, 10:35:34 pm
content: Did you see something interested or must have in upcoming version 21?I believe they keep adding and moving slowly to a pure cloud A365, so not easy to find something useful in each and every version.Something like,orperhaps?a bit late for me, already did similars using DBLibs and internal standard libraries...

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2020, 02:57:13 am
content: Woah! That 'easy prototypes with generics' isn't the way to design things, apparently. Maybe someone should tell them

author: Batang
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2020, 10:05:02 am
content: Generics90% of the work in 10% of the time.Then 90% of the time doing the last 10% of the work

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2020, 03:35:43 pm
content: Sawtooth and trombone matching? You mean the feature which existed in Orcad Pro since time immemorial?But, seriously, it's good that I will no longer have to do trombones manually, because it is a recommended method to match traces lengths for DDR3/DDR4 interfaces.Does anyone know ETA when it's expected to be released?

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2020, 12:30:30 pm
content: Quote from: asmi on October 27, 2020, 03:35:43 pmWell.. but you have started to use AD instead of OrCAD, why?!Quote from: asmi on October 27, 2020, 03:35:43 pmAs usual, before my renew someday in Q1 2021Actually, latest couple versions released in December

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2020, 01:34:53 pm
content: Quote from: olkipukki on October 28, 2020, 12:30:30 pmBecause I like some other aspects of AD more than OrCAD. I still have to use OrCAD PCB and SigXplorer for simulations even for AD projects, because AD's SI simulation tools are pathetic useless garbageThis is a typical "designed by managers" feature, when people who designed it had no idea how it would actually be used in the wild

author: E-Design
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2020, 12:13:58 am
content: YAWN...

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2020, 03:31:17 pm
content: if we judge a mess in the documentation that started to mention version 21 since 4th of December, there is one step left to release an open beta

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2020, 04:29:16 pm
content: Just got a call from my AM who told me AD 21 is coming out next week. They also have a promo for 35% off for additional seats.

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2020, 04:42:02 pm
content: Yup, it's already "available" in 'Platform Updates'

author: owiecc
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 07:12:09 pm
content: Finally the ability to insert an image without scripting. That took some time.

author: owiecc
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 07:15:13 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 27, 2020, 02:57:13 amAt university, most of our boards are one-offs. Generics are a god-sent.