With the ActiveBOM feature, Altium Designer 13.2 elevates the Bill of Materials from a post-design output report to a living part of the design - edited and developed alongside schematics and PCB layout files. The PCB Design View object provides a configurable and detailed scaled view of elements in a PCB layout. New features of Altium Designer 13.2 include:ĭeveloped from customer requests, the Live Drill table is a highly customizable, real-time view of the drilling requirements of a PCB design. Not only does this release offer improved documentation features for PCB designs, it offers significant gains to cost conscious engineering process. “We’ve significantly improved and stabilized key aspects of Altium Designer through continuous engagement with our customer base and by remaining focused on developing our core toolset.”Īltium Designer 13.2 delivers features and enhancements designed to give users better control over their design data and a clearer view throughout the development process (Figure 1). “These new enhancements will have profound impact on how designers approach development for cost or time sensitive products,” said Matt Schwaiger, senior product manager, EDA for Altium.