Altium Reference: A General Page for Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

The more you learn Altium, the more you realize how much there is to memorize to be truly fluent in the software. This page will include useful tips, references, and shortcuts that we find worth highlighting whether you are new to Altium or just need a refresher on useful shortcuts. Use this page, alongside all the other https://nerdocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NER/pages/3932597/Altium+Designer#Use-Altium pages when working on a project with NER, regardless of experience level!

CONTENTS

RETURN TO HOME PAGE: Altium Designer

Altium Workflows

{link to component, project, layout, etc on other pages}

Helpful Websites

EDA (Footprint Sources)

• SnapEDA - https://www.snapeda.com/

• Ultra Librarian - https://www.ultralibrarian.com/ (Digikey partner)

• SamacSys (a.k.a. Component Search Engine) - https://componentsearchengine.com/ (Mouser partner)

• Celestial Library - https://altiumlibrary.com/ (open source community library)

• Manufacturer sites (some companies provide official footprints!)

Calculators

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Tips & Tricks

Schematics

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Layout

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View Configuration

{talk about hiding rooms, configuring opacity, configuring what to show, maybe also link to where we talk about Shift + S for single view, maybe talk about perspective vs flat 3D views}

Shortcuts

Altium Designer includes a shortcut for almost every single possible action in the software, which can be super helpful but also overwhelming. The following table includes some of the teams most popular shortcuts.

Troubleshooting

License Popup

You have no license. Just click “License Management” and figure it out. Likely just need to activate one, or log in.