Altium Designer 17 Features - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Poe
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2016, 05:29:36 pm
content: Just got this notice and I'm wondering if anyone has any info on the new features?"Altium Designer 17 will be the biggest product release Altium has ever had when it comes to the number and depth of features being delivered including the best interactive router ever. "How good is ActiveRoute and Draftsman?

author: Poe
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2016, 05:41:11 pm
content: GIF of ActiveRoute they sent.

author: D3f1ant
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2016, 06:20:56 am
content: Will have to see when update landsI do like Draftsman.

author: DerekG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2016, 11:26:00 pm
content: You need to correct the Thread Title.It says "Altium Designer 7 Features"

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 19, 2016, 12:10:25 am
content: Quote from: Poe on September 16, 2016, 05:41:11 pmSimple examples like that rarely match the reality of practical PCB layout.

author: DerekG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2016, 01:20:09 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 19, 2016, 12:10:25 amQuite right. A lot of time was previously spent on pin swaps from the gate arrays to get this to work.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2016, 04:00:44 am
content: Hmm, I doubt it, they're routing on about four layers by the looks of it.Tim

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2016, 08:58:29 am
content: "Altium Designer 17 will be the biggest product release Altium has ever had when it comes to the number"The largest version number we ever had...Anyway, I hope if it comes out I will be able to update to it from the 16. I'm not even sure that a major version update is in the license. Better ask the seller.

author: BMF
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2016, 05:35:41 pm
content: I heard clippy is coming back for Altium 18.

author: Ice-Tea
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2016, 10:13:12 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on September 19, 2016, 08:58:29 amIf you have a subscription, you should. If not, a lot of people (including me) are going to be royaly pissed. On the bright side: our distributor can hardly hide behind "hey, we're only the distributor" anymore

author: tec5c
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2016, 12:31:31 pm
content: Anyone have a release date for this?My apologies if it's posted somewhere and I have overlooked it.

author: b_force
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2016, 12:43:58 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 19, 2016, 12:10:25 amThat was exactly my thought as well.This works fine if you only have to layer these tracks and nothing else.In the practical world that's barely the case, and we need to join in the elegant PCB dance

author: DutchGert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2016, 04:36:38 pm
content: The 'whole' video:http://www.altium.com/altium-designer-17-activeroute/

author: gnasirator
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2016, 09:26:03 pm
content: Now that Dave's got a license - maybe he would be up for a review?I'm really interested in that feature. It looks like it could be the first easily usable auto router?

author: Kelbit
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2016, 10:57:24 pm
content: Quote from: gnasirator on December 10, 2016, 09:26:03 pmMentor has had this feature for a few years - they call it "Sketch Route:"

author: mrtn
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2016, 12:26:40 am
content: Altium is working toward implementing all of Mentor's features so they can charge as much as them.

author: PCB.Wiz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2016, 05:40:17 am
content: Quote from: b_force on September 24, 2016, 12:43:58 pmYes, with multi-layers there, someone carefully allocated pin-pairs to layers before the demo...Quote from: DutchGert on September 27, 2016, 04:36:38 pmHehe, a wry smile at the poor cleanups in the top right hand area of the starting screen in that video.Guess 'Active route' is a 'work in progress' ? - or do they leave some work for the operator, to make them feel useful

author: technotronix
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2017, 02:19:17 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 19, 2016, 12:10:25 amI agree.

author: Mattylad
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2017, 02:19:19 pm
content: CADSTAR has had this for several years too, known as trunk routing.Everybody that sees it likes how it looks, however the reality is that you would rarely have that many connections to route in 1 go, engineers prefer to be in control more.So it is little used, except however for diff pairs - it's great for them.