Version upgrade enhances the user experience with key updates and productivity-focused enhancements

Altium has continued to focus on developing cutting-edge design tools that meet the needs of today’s engineer and has released the Altium Designer 18. With feedback from the user community and significant research and development, the company has delivered key updates and performance enhancements, along with improved features that increase design productivity. "The landscape of electronic design and technology is shifting, prompting the need for smarter, faster, more efficient engineering solutions that are flexible and easy to learn,” said Ted Pawela, chief marketing officer at Altium. “Altium Designer 18 was developed specifically with the user in mind, leveraging their feedback to create a PCB design tool that helps address the challenges they face every day.” “Altium Designer 18 is the most powerful and intuitive mainstream PCB design solution we’ve ever launched,” said Sergey Kostinsky, vice president of engineering at Altium. “What makes this release unique is we’ve substantially improved the underlying technology infrastructure and at the same time delivered a host of new features and enhancements, giving users the tools they need to increase design productivity.”