Licensing Options
Altium Designer products are supplied subject to acceptance of
Altium’s End User License Agreement supplied within the
delivered packaging.
“Nodelocked” licenses are generally used for single stand-alone installation and are assumed to be the default licensing
mechanism if not specified. The license agreement does allow for the same user to make a second installation of a nodelocked
license on a home computer.
“Networked” licenses are for installation on a Local Area Network allowing shared access to the license(s) controlled from a
central server.
Upgrade pricing for older versions of the software require the customer to provide a valid serial number for the older version.
Having upgraded, the older version will be registered as “devalued” and may not be used, transferred or upgraded further.
Time-based Licensing provides a lower cost entry into the Altium Designer world. As the name suggests, the software will operate for a
12-month period from the installation date. After that period, the software will cease to operate and the customer may choose to purchase
additional licenses as desired. Time-based Licensing automatically includes the security of a 12-month Software Assurance contract.
System Requirements
Details of the minimum and recommended system for running Altium Designer may be found on
Altium's website.
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Feature Set Summary
The following tables show the major feature highlights for each of the license options available for Altium Designer 6. These options may be combined as follows:-
| Foundation License |
Foundation | | |
| Foundation + Board Implementation
License |
Foundation |
Board Implementation | |
| Foundation + Embedded Intelligence Implementation
License |
Foundation | |
Embedded Intelligence
Implementation |
| Altium Designer - Unified Electronic Product Development system |
Foundation |
Board Implementation |
Embedded Intelligence
Implementation |
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Foundation License |
| DXP Platform ________________ |
Software integration platform, provides the GUI for the various editors and viewers, design compiler, file management, version
control interface, scripting engine |
| Schematic – Viewer |
Open, view and print schematic documents |
| Schematic – Editing |
All schematic document and object editing capabilities, netlist generation |
| Simulation – Mixed Signal |
Spice and XSPICE mixed signal circuit simulation (with
PSpice compatibility) |
| Simulation – VHDL |
VHDL Simulation |
| Signal Integrity – Schematic Level |
Pre-layout signal integrity analysis – includes full analysis engine, uses defaults for PCB parameters. |
| PCB – Viewer |
Open, view and print PCB documents |
| PCB – Board Definition & Rules |
Place/edit objects on mechanical layers, define design rules and layer stack, transfer design from
schematic, position components |
| CAM File – Viewer |
Open and import CAM and mechanical files |
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Board Implementation License |
| PCB – Layout ______________ |
Place/edit objects on electrical layers, create footprints, place from library, interactive routing, interactive/auto placement,
modify netlist, FPGA pin swapping |
| Situs Autorouting |
Autoroute PCB files |
| Signal Integrity – Layout Level |
Post-layout signal integrity analysis, full analysis engine with support for PCB routing analysis |
| CAM File – Editor (Gerber, ODB++) |
Import CAM and mechanical files, panelize, NC rout definition, DRC, export CAM and mechanical files |
| PCB – Manufacturing File Outputs |
Generate Gerber, NC drill, ODB++ files |
| Hard Device JTAG Support |
Interactive monitoring of pin status for any JTAG device |
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Embedded Intelligence Implementation Licence |
| FPGA Synthesis |
Support for mixed C (via C to Hardware technology), Openbus, Schematic, VHDL and Verilog design synthesis |
| Soft Device JTAG Support |
Live connection to soft devices such as virtual instruments and processors running inside an FPGA |
| Hard Device JTAG Support |
Interactive monitoring of pin status for any JTAG device |
| FPGA Based Instruments |
Pre-synthesized FPGA-ready frequency generator, logic
analyzers, terminal emulator and input/output modules |
| FPGA Processor Cores |
Pre-synthesized FPGA-ready TSK165, TSK51, TSK52, TSK80 and TSK3000 processor cores and library symbols plus wrappers for
Xilinx MicroBlaze and PowerPC 405 implemented through the Virtex II Pro
and Virtex-4 FX, Altera Nois II and Actel CoreMP7 |
| Processor Core Embedded Tools
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FPGA-compliant TSK165, TSK51, TSK52, TSK80, TSK3000, Xilinx MicroBlaze, ARM7 and PowerPC 405 compilers, linkers, simulators and debuggers |
Please note this information is provided as a guide to the options available for Altium Designer 6 and is subject to change without
notification. Please contact us with any specific queries regarding the product configuration and/or licensing options.
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