It’s not just a 3D PCB viewer – Altium had that years ago. Unlike basic ‘dumb’ viewers in PADs and Eagle, Altium actually has a 3D PCB editing environment. You can navigate and manipulate the board design in 3D in real time. You can also bring 3D models and assemblies (like a case design) into the 3D editor, then fit it to the PCB assembly where a built in collision detection system will highlighting any space violations. It’s all in the Altium website and Wiki.
I wish the Altium team could make the 3D images as good as Eagle3D images - they looks stunning, very real!! OR at least make an option to export to POVRAY. Good effort anyway...
This is nice for those who need to design PCB's for very tight packages such as hand-held devices. However, looks overkill for most applications.
Also, how many parts manufacturers have libraries out there for your software package? The benefits of having a 3D model in your software are outweighed if I have to enter the parts into your library. I could otherwise make a crude but functional representation in Soldiworks - which is where I eventually want the model.
Maybe overkill in some instances and not for everyone, but I do several designs a year where I use the 3D features of Altium for everything. As you suggest, it is great for space constrained applications. It has saved us from many mechanical headaches in this regard. I love this feature. Altium is a general purpose ECAD tool and many people will get great use out of this feature. Also, people love getting near photo-realistic renderings of the PCB assembly. I hear that a lot fro clients.
It’s not just a 3D PCB viewer – Altium had that years ago. Unlike basic ‘dumb’ viewers in PADs and Eagle, Altium actually has a 3D PCB editing environment. You can navigate and manipulate the board design in 3D in real time. You can also bring 3D models and assemblies (like a case design) into the 3D editor, then fit it to the PCB assembly where a built in collision detection system will highlighting any space violations. It’s all in the Altium website and Wiki.
BoardSpanner 1 year ago
I wish the Altium team could make the 3D images as good as Eagle3D images - they looks stunning, very real!! OR at least make an option to export to POVRAY. Good effort anyway...
samsman007 1 year ago
This nothing special PADS has this same exact useless feature. Altium sucks.
Tab54o 2 years ago
It's cool unless you know that Linux open source PCB software has already been doing this for years. Nice job of copying the open source code.
lasersafe 2 years ago
@lasersafe what is this software ?
maciejwrotek 1 year ago
@maciejwrotek About $10,000
racecream 1 year ago
@racecream
Cost reduced....4999 USD.....Recession :-)
indidesidude 11 months ago
The Awesomeness of this video is only surpassed by its higher quality / less compressed / HD version...
dingodanyoung 2 years ago
Altium maybe be a bit overkill, but if you want it, its there. :)
omglolfart 2 years ago
This is nice for those who need to design PCB's for very tight packages such as hand-held devices. However, looks overkill for most applications.
Also, how many parts manufacturers have libraries out there for your software package? The benefits of having a 3D model in your software are outweighed if I have to enter the parts into your library. I could otherwise make a crude but functional representation in Soldiworks - which is where I eventually want the model.
maximillian111 2 years ago
Maybe overkill in some instances and not for everyone, but I do several designs a year where I use the 3D features of Altium for everything. As you suggest, it is great for space constrained applications. It has saved us from many mechanical headaches in this regard. I love this feature. Altium is a general purpose ECAD tool and many people will get great use out of this feature. Also, people love getting near photo-realistic renderings of the PCB assembly. I hear that a lot fro clients.
beaker808 2 years ago
cool...
munish4u911ex 2 years ago