r/Altium

So I tried talking to a sales person in the chat bot. I haven't seen such bad interface design in a while.

You guys should try it just to understand how bad it is.

It starts as a bot asking for your company name etc. Then it asks for your first name then last. The issue is, each question is about 3 paragraphs; your talking to a robot. You read the entire thing to see it wants your first name etc. Then write it in and read 3 more paragraphs. to see it wants your last name. Not to mention the next prompt taking time to load... just so you can talk to a bot some more. And at the end of the tunnel it wants me to book a time to talk to a sales person. I cannot even talk to them immediately! Its midday on Thursday!

Anyway I got frustrated and wrote 'go **** yourself'. And the AI chat bot ended the chat for inappropriate behaviour. Apparently not insulting the AI bot is more important to the company then my business! The chat icon isn't showing up for me now. I assume I must delete my cookies to have it appear again as I have been blocked!

What an efficient way to loose customers!

Hi Altium!

I have the opportunity at my job to create a completely fresh library for a department migrating over from a different tool. Therefore I'm looking for some inspiration for symbol libraries!

I'm trying to stick to the European standards as much as possible, but for a lot of items there is no hard standard, such as connector headers etc. So with that said! What part of your symbol libraries are you particularly proud of?

Hi, I searched about USB OTG

I know what this is to switch between my PCB role "device" or "Host"

But I don't know how it actually works & How to add it to my design

I searched a lot, but I couldn't find a lot of resources

I found this page in a schematic about it so can u explain it ?

https://preview.redd.it/yaq3nxtef61h1.png?width=1769&format=png&auto=webp&s=4986ecb12eb40c9bf834be4bae63cd51cccbe4e9

I am working on a PCB layout in Altium designer and placing some main components at 45 degree. The issue I am facing is that after rotating the main component by 45 degree, I cannot place nearby capacitors and resistors close to it. Altium spacing it away from the main component. Any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi everyone,

I am trying to export files from (https://lceda.cn/editor#id=92da76f46d1d42328a1e6f8e5f0832d3|ff6c27e42c374c32be75401d3f3f79c5)

website but that needs login, that needs Chinese i don't have a Chinese numbers

I need this file, please help me this

I'm trying to connect the chip antenna (MPN WLA.04). What is the best way to approach this? Maybe I need to change the component footprint somehow?

https://preview.redd.it/mxbyetgy7v0h1.png?width=1392&format=png&auto=webp&s=c09e2833d66f44ea9af9ba2dfe60d66f2b5fa87c

As the title says, I'd like to create a cut out on the top two layer of a PCB and not have the cutout through the whole 4 layer design. A picture of a PCB that is similar to what I want to do is show here:

https://preview.redd.it/sp3ttteiqr0h1.jpg?width=805&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89e08fa4ded56958f7cf1a584c7472d7c81e8cb1

Any suggestions you have would be great!

Hi,

I’m currently studying Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, and I recently completed all the courses available on the Altium website and obtained the related certificates.

I’ve realized that PCB design is the career path I truly want to pursue, so I would like to ask you a few questions:

• How is it to work with companies in Silicon Valley as a European engineer?
• Are salaries in the PCB design field generally good?
• After obtaining the Altium certificates, would you recommend pursuing other certifications? If yes, which ones? Or would it be better to focus mainly on gaining more practical experience and building projects?
• what are the most important adds on to know in Altium?

Thank you very much for your time.