Altium Designer 18官方教程中英文版

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A New Era for Documentation

Modified by Phil Loughhead on Feb 9, 2018

Welcome to the world of electronic product development in Altium's world-class electronic design

software. This tutorial will help you get started by taking you through the entire process of designing

a simple PCB - from idea to outputs files. If you are new to Altium software then it is worth reading the

Exploring Altium Designer page to learn more about the interface, information on how to use panels,

transistors configured as a self-running astable multivibrator.

Circuit for the multivibrator.

You're ready to begin capturing (drawing) the schematic. The first step is to create a PCB project.

Creating a New PCB Project

In Altium's electronic design software, a PCB project is the set of design documents (files) required to

specify and manufacture a printed circuit board. The project file, for example

Multivibrator.PrjPCB, is an ASCII file that lists the documents in the project, as well as other

project-level settings, such as the required electrical rule checks, project preferences, and project

outputs, such as print and CAM settings.

A new project is created by running the File » New Project » PCB Project command.

dialog to navigate to a suitable location, and enter the name Multivibrator in the File

Name field. The file extension does not need to be typed in, as it will be added automatically.

Adding a Schematic to the Project

The next step is to add a new schematic sheet to the project.

Add a schematic sheet to the project, name and save the schematic, and save the project.

When the blank schematic sheet opens you will notice that the workspace changes. The

main toolbar includes a range of new buttons, new toolbars are visible, the menu bar

includes new items, and the Sheet panel might be displayed - you are now in the Schematic

Editor.

The floating panel(s) can be closed using the icon at the top right of the panel, when

Adding a schematic

To save the new schematic sheet, select File » Save As. The Save As dialog will open, ready to2.

save the schematic in the same location as the project file. Type the name Multivibrator in

the File Name field and click Save. Note that files stored in the same folder as the project file

itself (or in a child/grandchild folder) are linked to the project using relative referencing,

whereas files stored in a different location are linked using absolute referencing.

Since you have added a schematic to the project, the project file has changed too. Right-click3.

on the project filename in the Projects panel, and select Save Project to save the project.

Setting the Document Options

Panel page: Schematic Document Options

Before you start drawing your circuit, is is worth setting up the appropriate document options,