A full listing of all the new features in 15.1 will be released in the coming weeks. This is but a small preview of all the powerful productivity, documentation, and high-speed design features being added in Altium Designer 15.1. Padstacks will allow a user to define templates for different sized pads and vias in specific groups being used on a board, saving designers time by no longer having to define pad and via sizes individually.

The introduction of 3D PDF output documentation in Altium Designer 15.1 makes it easy for anyone on the team, designer or not, to view a PCB design in 3D from any compatible PDF viewer.Īdditional design re-use tools are being added for increased productivity when managing pads and vias as reusable libraries in PCB designs. The addition of bikini coverlay support for rigid-flex designs allows users to easily add support layers to flexible designs that can be viewed in 3D and configured with user-specific materials. To enhance the productivity of the high-speed design process even further, a wizard for xSignals that helps save time on configuring length-matching rules has been added. The release of Altium Designer 15.0 provided a set of features to address the growing complexity of high-speed design. Expanding upon these two existing foundations, Altium Designer 15.1 is adding: In addition, Altium Designer 15.1 also enhances the core philosophy of the software, with a continued focus on improved design productivity and efficiency.

The new features in Altium Designer 15.1 are adding to an existing foundation set in place with the initial release of Altium Designer 15, which focused on improvements to the high-speed design process.

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