one of the best tutorials i ever seen in Engineering in general; you walk the way for a beginner and combine big number of details carefully without overwhelming the viewer; But more importantly, the expert tips you always give in each step which answers questions always comes in that early steps; this video saves days of learning; and i really surprised it's not sponsored by Altium I wish you all the best !
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I only want to mention that with Designer 365, if you want to resize the board size, you will not only need to select "Board Planning" under View, but then also need to go to Design, and select Edit Board Shape in order to have the resizing tabs shown.
I've just started using Altium 22 having previous used several other schematic capture and layout packages. I must say that this video has been invaluable to me in getting to grips with the basics of Altium. Excellent work Robert :)
This was a fantastic and comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Altium, Robert. You are a very gifted instructor. I have only worked with Altium from the perspective of editing already-existing designs. It is great to be able to see the entire process of creating a design.
Sometimes when I watch videos its too slow and I watch on 1,25x, but you are so efficient and no time is lost so I watch on 0,75x so I have time to do it at the same time without always pausing :p.
Thanks, Robert! This tutorial is fantastic for beginners-it thoroughly covers all the essentials of Altium. It's also compatible with Altium Designer 24, which is a huge plus!
Thank you Robert. Very helpfull tutorial. I have one comment for possible improvement: I find I quite often have to pause the video to be able to follow along, but pausing causes to video controls to appear at the bottom of the screen so that I have difficulty to see what you do when you navigate near the bottom of the screen. I think it would help if you would record with the Altium not at full screen but just a bit reduced from full screen to make a small gap at the bottom of the screen. That way, pausing the video would not block what is done at the bottom of the Altium screen. Hope that was understandable.
use firefox and pop the video out using the picture in picture mode. You can then scale the video to be about the same size as it was within the window. and move it right above the time slider. Note: it helps to have a dedicated monitor for the tutorial and another dedicated monitor for Altium.
Thank you, although I have never used Altium Designer before but after seeing this tutorial I can use it smoothly. In my opinion, this is the most complete and easiest Altium Designer tutorial for beginners that I have ever seen. You must be a teacher because your explanations are very clear and easy to understand.
Thank you for this video. It's motivational for me, and we are going to follow yout steps! This is a success. We are from Buenos Aires, Argentina, we focus on develop technology for hydroponics farms. Now we are redesinging ours leds pcbs, so this video it's what we need. THANK YOU!!!!
Thank You. I hope many like me will find it and appreciate it. Its really helpful for me and the course was well structured. Once I get a job im purchasing your courses.
Excellent and Professional Presentation. Everything explained nicely like someone is making a REAL JOB PCB. Everything taken care in video... Use of Datasheet, Track-Size, Trace Placement , Vai Placement, Update Footprint , Update PCB with Additional Components .Design Rule Check... I would like to see more video like this. May be on SMPS or Microcontroller Based.
Thank you. I do have MIcrocontroller based course ( academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-want-to-design-your-own-arduino-board ) and Switching Power Supply based course ( academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-switching-power-supply-design-course ) but they are not free as it is a lot of work to prepare these kind of materials and also I use the income from that paid courses to be able to create free tutorials.
thank you so much robert i learn a lot from you about altium designer because what i learn in university is not enough thanks i love your channel :) :) ^_^
I had a problem where there was no "Rules" option under "Design" at 54:18. solution: make a new project and UNCHECK CONSTRAINTS MANAGEMENT. Then copy all of your files from the project folder in explorer into the new project folder and should be good to go
Thank you for such a great tutorial video! Everything clear and well explained. Imho it would be a bit easier to watch the cursor actions if the clicks ware animated.
If fabrication notes are able there will be advantages because I am usually not familiar with that and it will help on fabs. But this video is also really helpful thanks!
Than you your explications are very clear actually i am using altium 17 an i have a project with components to place in top and bittom layer but unfortunatly when i do run check i have 45 errors your explications helps me but i dont knox if you using altium 17 thank you
#awesome. Thank you very much sir for helping us and posting such nice content which was really helpful for me as a beginner. I strongly recommend this tutorial to all those who want to learn Altium Designer for the very first time. Again, huge respect and appreciation 4u sir!
Hi Robert! I am facing a problem defining the board shape in the board planning mode. I don't get the option to resize the board on selecting the board region in the board planning mode. Is there any particular setting I need to do to get the option of resizing the board?
Having the exact same problem. Found the solution yet? Edit* found the solution. After entering board planning mode, go to the 'Design' menu in the top left corner and select 'Editboard shape'.
Previously very thanks for this very helpful videos but I have a problem at manufacturer part search, when Im trying to download the component, for instance resistance, place button in download button is disabled, How can I fix this problem?
thank you so much for your tutorial, I would ask you ... but if one of the components of your "Component List" is not a component of Digikey, and I want to enter the price manually, can I do it only in the excel sheet or can I also enter the price in the schematic ?
I think in the crack versions of Alitum the BOM does not generate correctly and it gives error in most of the excel file columns, am I right? Because I am getting errors in the excel file in all the suppliers columns.
Hi Robert, I've a question about the "BOM". In the old Altium (18) when you create the BOM with the excel template, in the file that you create the manufactor cell have the hyperlink to web page of Supplier's product. From version 20 of Altium this connection not to be seen! Do you know how I can do this type of connection? thank you
Hello Robert, I am learning altium having used KiCad for a long time before. Is there a reason why you are drawing the symbols by hand? I have Altium version 20 and I can just use the Place Part option, but I dont know what difference it makes. Thanks for the tutorial!
Hi Robert! I have the following questions: 1. When creating a schematic element how do we choose the location, font and size of the Designator and Comment? 2. When I place a schema element the Designator and Comment are displayed with 14p size and unknown font. What caused this? Altium Designer 22
I have a question regarding the Altium Designer 3D view. I normally build 2 layer boards and when i switch the 3D view I see top and bottom layers but the middle part is transparent and I see all the via's. I don't know how to fix it. Can you guide me?
Yes. You use this field to tell Altium that this type of component should have a Designator that starts with "R". When used in a design they will be annotated with the proper Reference Designator numbers. Other component types have different designators (for example, "C" for capacitor)
@@jackolson8015 Yes, but I am referring to the item ID designator, not the "Designator" would be the box above, is it possible to rename it or not? Thank you. 14:08
Sir how did you create step led file in your computer. I am following same method and pasting my code on notepad and then on folder still I'm not getting my file as step file document just like you received at 33.19 minutes. All I'm getting is text file and it's not working in 3D model for my design
I am buying a new laptop. For Altium should I go with dedicated GPU?? or intel integrated iris Xe of i7 13th generation is enough for PCB design and 3D aspects??
Sir, In this tutorial, we are creating footprint for 3 components . Also we are adding "assembly layer" to these footprints after placing 3D Model. MY Question about a STEP ( View Configuration -> Right Click Mechanical 1 -> Add Component Layer Pair ) In POP window Select "Layer Type" = "assembly". This STEP will be done ONLY for FIRST component ? NO need to REPEAT this STEP for 2nd component, 3rd component, and so on ? Please help to understand.
hi robert and hi guys. I have a huge problem about ımporting schematic to pcb phase. firstly ı cant opened project options because it's greyed out. second problem is ı didn't have a update pcb document options in design segment. ı am do everythink same with robert but ı have a problems like this and because of them ı cant reach the pcb phase. thanks for help for everyone
Would you please tell me if Altuim designer lacks of libraries? or what is the point of starting the tutorial by creating libraries? and foot prints ..etc? For a beginner to see this, tell us that Altium designer push developer to create all libraries ... which is not fun or easy. Please answer thanks
What a gem of a tutorial! I've been struggling trying to sort out Altium 22 from documentation. This is PURE GOLD! THANK YOU ROBERT!!!!!
52:48 if double clicking doesn't work for you try Design->Edit Board Shape. Or try using the shortcut of double pressing d after selecting board.
thanks !!
u're my hero, dude!
Thank for your valuable comment ❤
Hello... What to do if in design option instead of rules I have rule wizard..... Hello me
@@hiriharanvm5568 sorry I'm not getting what your trouble is. can you explain it in a better way!?
one of the best tutorials i ever seen in Engineering in general; you walk the way for a beginner and combine big number of details carefully without overwhelming the viewer; But more importantly, the expert tips you always give in each step which answers questions always comes in that early steps; this video saves days of learning; and i really surprised it's not sponsored by Altium
I wish you all the best !
Thank you very much
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I only want to mention that with Designer 365, if you want to resize the board size, you will not only need to select "Board Planning" under View, but then also need to go to Design, and select Edit Board Shape in order to have the resizing tabs shown.
This is THE Altium tutorial. Great job creating an updated version of the older vids.
Great tutorial, thank you! PS--- to stop/pause (i.e. 5:55, etc.), press TAB.
I've just started using Altium 22 having previous used several other schematic capture and layout packages. I must say that this video has been invaluable to me in getting to grips with the basics of Altium. Excellent work Robert :)
You can not even imagine how much this video helped me. Even my bestfriend did not helped me this much thank you!!
This is all in one package, a well-prepared video. Thank you for this gift.
This was a fantastic and comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Altium, Robert. You are a very gifted instructor. I have only worked with Altium from the perspective of editing already-existing designs. It is great to be able to see the entire process of creating a design.
Sometimes when I watch videos its too slow and I watch on 1,25x, but you are so efficient and no time is lost so I watch on 0,75x so I have time to do it at the same time without always pausing :p.
Thanks, Robert! This tutorial is fantastic for beginners-it thoroughly covers all the essentials of Altium. It's also compatible with Altium Designer 24, which is a huge plus!
Thank you for taking the time to post your lessons. They are a huge help. To many, apparently. Great job!
You saved my life at 48:30 minute. Thanks a lot.
Thank you Robert. Very helpfull tutorial. I have one comment for possible improvement: I find I quite often have to pause the video to be able to follow along, but pausing causes to video controls to appear at the bottom of the screen so that I have difficulty to see what you do when you navigate near the bottom of the screen. I think it would help if you would record with the Altium not at full screen but just a bit reduced from full screen to make a small gap at the bottom of the screen. That way, pausing the video would not block what is done at the bottom of the Altium screen. Hope that was understandable.
Use mpv with yt-dlp to watch the video. The controls only appear when you move your mouse or hover over them at the bottom when they're shown.
use firefox and pop the video out using the picture in picture mode. You can then scale the video to be about the same size as it was within the window. and move it right above the time slider. Note: it helps to have a dedicated monitor for the tutorial and another dedicated monitor for Altium.
Ok, got it? Now go rout a 200 pin BGA and a gbps memory rail ;D
It's good to see Altium has implemented some of the fantastic features found in Kicad...cheers !
Thank you, although I have never used Altium Designer before but after seeing this tutorial I can use it smoothly.
In my opinion, this is the most complete and easiest Altium Designer tutorial for beginners that I have ever seen. You must be a teacher because your explanations are very clear and easy to understand.
Thank you very much Wawan
Thank you for this great content, was able to design and order my custom PCB thanks to your excellent tutorial
Thank you for this video. It's motivational for me, and we are going to follow yout steps! This is a success. We are from Buenos Aires, Argentina, we focus on develop technology for hydroponics farms. Now we are redesinging ours leds pcbs, so this video it's what we need. THANK YOU!!!!
Excellent tutorial. This should almost be a curriculum for new hires in PCB design and other EE engineers.
Stupendous. Did from scratch alongside the video and everything is done without any issues. That is a first for me.
Top notch video!
On average takes about 3-4 hours to properly understand the tutorial contents.
Robert, this is an outstanding tutorial! Only three parts, but it covers everything from the ground up.
Really appreciated the way you explain things. Would love to see more videos on Altium. Robert you make my life easy. Thank you
Thank You. I hope many like me will find it and appreciate it. Its really helpful for me and the course was well structured. Once I get a job im purchasing your courses.
Thank you very much Sudharsan
It's very useful for me! Thank you so much for a wonderful video! Have a great job, Robert!!!
You always explain micro details..
Thank you Robert...
Excellent and Professional Presentation. Everything explained nicely like someone is making a REAL JOB PCB.
Everything taken care in video... Use of Datasheet, Track-Size, Trace Placement , Vai Placement, Update Footprint , Update PCB with Additional Components .Design Rule Check...
I would like to see more video like this. May be on SMPS or Microcontroller Based.
Thank you. I do have MIcrocontroller based course ( academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-want-to-design-your-own-arduino-board ) and Switching Power Supply based course ( academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-switching-power-supply-design-course ) but they are not free as it is a lot of work to prepare these kind of materials and also I use the income from that paid courses to be able to create free tutorials.
thank you so much robert i learn a lot from you about altium designer because what i learn in university is not enough thanks i love your channel :) :) ^_^
Thank you very much for the interview Robert. I appreciate all the knowledge you provide as well as the way you do it.
This is amazing, thank you so much!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much.
Can't thank you enough, great tutorial! 👏👏👏
I had a problem where there was no "Rules" option under "Design" at 54:18.
solution: make a new project and UNCHECK CONSTRAINTS MANAGEMENT. Then copy all of your files from the project folder in explorer into the new project folder and should be good to go
Thank you so much for your great instruction!
Thanks! This was a great tutorial
Thank you Vanessa
Thank you very much Robert, this video answer my questions about problem in output file that i have in the new version of altium designer 🙏🏻
Great tutorial, thank you very much.
Thank you for sharing. Love it !
thank u for this learn video (in IRAN people) u are perfect bro
thank you so much for this video, it's a life saver
Thanks for your easy to follow explanations
so wonderful and useful video. Thank you, sir
i really apreciate your help with dowloanding this software
Thank you for such a great tutorial video! Everything clear and well explained. Imho it would be a bit easier to watch the cursor actions if the clicks ware animated.
55:41 not able to see the thin white routing connection between the components. What did i miss?
If fabrication notes are able there will be advantages because I am usually not familiar with that and it will help on fabs. But this video is also really helpful thanks!
I love it. Thank you.
1:14:21 Nothing is showing up even after left click, the page is still empty, pls guide.
Than you your explications are very clear actually i am using altium 17 an i have a project with components to place in top and bittom layer but unfortunatly when i do run check i have 45 errors your explications helps me but i dont knox if you using altium 17 thank you
1:00:54 how does it auto increase number of designator, ex if R1 exist, R? -> R2, ... thanks
#awesome. Thank you very much sir for helping us and posting such nice content which was really helpful for me as a beginner. I strongly recommend this tutorial to all those who want to learn Altium Designer for the very first time. Again, huge respect and appreciation 4u sir!
52:58 not able to move the edges. whats the other alternative
Hello sir I am your big fan
Guys it really works, I checked
Hi Robert! I am facing a problem defining the board shape in the board planning mode. I don't get the option to resize the board on selecting the board region in the board planning mode. Is there any particular setting I need to do to get the option of resizing the board?
Having the exact same problem. Found the solution yet?
Edit* found the solution. After entering board planning mode, go to the 'Design' menu in the top left corner and select 'Editboard shape'.
@Jude Ananaba He used Total Commander
Dear Robert,
Could you please explain what is the use of adding the assembly layer?
Thanks
Greate video, Very thanks
CAN you please help me, iam not able to place resistor ,because iam not getting download option as you are getting!
Wow this is so good
sir, shall i do polygon pour (net GND) on the bottom layer and net +5V on the top layer?
Like it. Nice driver
Great content.
Hi Robert,
Could you please tell me about how to keep exact dimensions for the PCB board(ex:115.5x105.5mm) in Altium.
Hello there! Thank you so much for the amazing video. I had one quick question.... Where can I find the part # for the PCB that I designed?
Like it, thanks for the info :)
Eres genial me encanta tus videos, muchas gracias.
Previously very thanks for this very helpful videos but I have a problem at manufacturer part search, when Im trying to download the component, for instance resistance, place button in download button is disabled, How can I fix this problem?
Thank you for sharing.
I found this lect. from you to be very useful but i need to view several times as i am new to this design software. plz suggest. Thanks
thank you so much for your tutorial, I would ask you ... but if one of the components of your "Component List" is not a component of Digikey, and I want to enter the price manually, can I do it only in the excel sheet or can I also enter the price in the schematic ?
I think in the crack versions of Alitum the BOM does not generate correctly and it gives error in most of the excel file columns, am I right? Because I am getting errors in the excel file in all the suppliers columns.
Very useful
hi robert can youplease upload avideo how to make panel for semicircle pcb
hello Robert, what do you press when you say "press Start"
Hi Robert, I've a question about the "BOM". In the old Altium (18) when you create the BOM with the excel template, in the file that you create the manufactor cell have the hyperlink to web page of Supplier's product. From version 20 of Altium this connection not to be seen! Do you know how I can do this type of connection? thank you
Hello Robert, I am learning altium having used KiCad for a long time before. Is there a reason why you are drawing the symbols by hand? I have Altium version 20 and I can just use the Place Part option, but I dont know what difference it makes. Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you sooooo much
I cant change size of PCB like you at 52:59 . I dont get the white points. I tried with edit board shape, but no succeed.
same here
Design => Redefine board shape or Edit board shape
Hi Robert, is there any tutorials for PDN analyzer from altium?
Hi Robert!
I have the following questions:
1. When creating a schematic element how do we choose the location, font and size of the Designator and Comment?
2. When I place a schema element the Designator and Comment are displayed with 14p size and unknown font.
What caused this? Altium Designer 22
Hi, Is there any free version of Altium to install and use? Since I am not a student, I couldn't use the student version.
I have a question regarding the Altium Designer 3D view.
I normally build 2 layer boards and when i switch the 3D view I see top and bottom layers but the middle part is transparent and I see all the via's. I don't know how to fix it. Can you guide me?
Hello, ask at minute 14:09 the designator ID can change its name or it is not possible, thanks from Argentina. 🙂
Yes. You use this field to tell Altium that this type of component should have a Designator that starts with "R". When used in a design they will be annotated with the proper Reference Designator numbers. Other component types have different designators (for example, "C" for capacitor)
@@jackolson8015 Yes, but I am referring to the item ID designator, not the "Designator" would be the box above, is it possible to rename it or not? Thank you. 14:08
Sir how did you create step led file in your computer. I am following same method and pasting my code on notepad and then on folder still I'm not getting my file as step file document just like you received at 33.19 minutes. All I'm getting is text file and it's not working in 3D model for my design
I am buying a new laptop. For Altium should I go with dedicated GPU?? or intel integrated iris Xe of i7 13th generation is enough for PCB design and 3D aspects??
How do I change the nasty gray color around the pcb outline?
I have downloaded Altium but as you described sch.lib and pcb.lib file it is not appearing, only PCB and SCHEMATIC is present. what to do?
Thanks alot 😊
thank you so much
Sir, In this tutorial, we are creating footprint for 3 components . Also we are adding "assembly layer" to these footprints after placing 3D Model.
MY Question about a STEP ( View Configuration -> Right Click Mechanical 1 -> Add Component Layer Pair )
In POP window Select "Layer Type" = "assembly".
This STEP will be done ONLY for FIRST component ?
NO need to REPEAT this STEP for 2nd component, 3rd component, and so on ?
Please help to understand.
Sir, did you understood my question ?
in design key.... there is no rules option sir... only rule wizard is there... help me😢
Great video Robert. How did you "pause" when creating components...?
TAB
Indeed, it is!
The Schematic symbol/library I have created is not showing up in components. Can anyone help me?
hi robert and hi guys. I have a huge problem about ımporting schematic to pcb phase. firstly ı cant opened project options because it's greyed out. second problem is ı didn't have a update pcb document options in design segment. ı am do everythink same with robert but ı have a problems like this and because of them ı cant reach the pcb phase. thanks for help for everyone
Would you please tell me if Altuim designer lacks of libraries? or what is the point of starting the tutorial by creating libraries? and foot prints ..etc?
For a beginner to see this, tell us that Altium designer push developer to create all libraries ... which is not fun or easy. Please answer thanks
it's to learn how to create them, of course, you can download them, you don't have to create them
magnificent
thank you :D