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Altium 365

Altium 365 is a cloud-based data management and collaboration platform for printed circuit board (PCB) design and electronics development. The platform primarily enables collaboration by multiple designers and across engineering disciplines by providing controlled access to PCB design projects stored on the platform.

The platform allows multidisciplinary engineering teams to store, manage, share, and track revisions to their electronics design projects, associated ECAD library data, and manufacturing data. The platform enables other tasks which are relevant to PCB designers and multidisciplinary teams, such as design reviews, version control, and supply chain management.

It is developed by American software company Altium Limited. Altium 365 was originally introduced under the name Altium Concord Pro, but the product was later spun out into two different offerings: Altium 365, which is hosted on Altium’s cloud infrastructure, and Altium On-Prem Enterprise Server, which is installed and managed on a company’s own IT infrastructure.

Altium 365 is the companion platform to Altium Designer and the two systems are directly integrated. Altium Designer users can access design data managed in Altium 365 inside Altium Designer. Currently, Altium 365 and Altium Designer are no longer offered as standalone products and are instead available as part of the Altium Develop and Altium Agile platform solutions.

History

Altium 365 was originally announced as a new cloud-based design data management environment in October 2018. The platform would later be made available to users in May 2020. In parallel, a cloud-based solution for ECAD data management known as Altium Concord Pro was launched in October 2019, but the product was later discontinued and the entire suite of cloud-based features were made available in Altium 365.

Altium 365 was first made available as a subscription service as an add-on to an Altium Designer license. As a data management platform, the original platform release only integrated with Altium Designer and provided a cloud-based solution for storing, viewing, and sharing Altium Designer projects. Support included the native Altium Designer ECAD file format (.pcbdoc, .schdoc, etc.) and Autodesk Eagle files (.brd, .sch file extensions). Later, starting in 2024, ECAD support was expanded to include OrCAD/Allegro file formats (.alg, .brd, .dsn file extensions) and KiCAD projects.

Throughout its development, Altium 365 has offered support for supply chain visibility through its integration with Octopart. Additional integrations and applications related to supply chain management have been added to the platform since its release.

Features

The features in Altium 365 encompass five functional areas:

• collaborative electronic product design;

• product data management;

• ECAD library management, including lifecycle visibility;

• version control and release management;

• supply chain management and procurement.

Major features in Altium 365 include the ability to view schematics and PCB layouts in supported CAD format, controlled sharing and access to projects, creation and management of ECAD library parts, and creating/editing bills of materials. The integrated version control system in Altium 365 provides a view of version history for each project, including the manufacturing files created for each design project.

Platform Integrations

Altium 365 provides multiple integrations with 3rd party data sources and external applications focused in two areas: multidisciplinary design and supply chain management.

Through its integration with Octopart and other supply chain data providers, Altium 365 gives designers up-to-date access to component availability, pricing, and technical specifications. This integration helps teams make informed decisions about component selection and identify potential supply chain risks early in the design process.

Collaborative electrical and mechanical engineering is enabled through integrations into commercial mechanical CAD (MCAD) software. Altium Designer users connected to an Altium 365 Workspace can share their project data with an MCAD user so that the PCB outline, placement, mounting, and other mechanical elements can be defined. The design can then be given back to the ECAD user for further electrical design.

Availability of these integrations depends on the selected solution subscription (e.g., Altium Develop or Altium Agile).

MCAD CoDesigner - Enables push-pull collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineering domains. As of 2025, the following MCAD applications are supported:

• SOLIDWORKS

• PTC Creo

• Autodesk Inventor

• Autodesk Fusion 360

• Siemens NX

SiliconExpert - The integration provides technical data and lifecycle data for components in projects and managed libraries.

Z2Data - Users can access component lifecycle information, environmental compliance data, part scores, datasheets, and alternate part suggestions.

Onshape PCB Studio Connector - Bidirectionally transfer design data between Altium MCAD CoDesigner and Onshape.

Jira - Users can create Jira tickets and attach them to objects in the PCB design data.

Reception and Industry Impact

Altium 365 represents a shift in the PCB design industry toward cloud-based collaboration and data management. The platform addresses challenges faced by distributed engineering teams and organizations seeking to standardize their design processes across multiple engineering disciplines. By integrating design tools with supply chain data and lifecycle management capabilities, the platform aims to reduce design iterations and accelerate time-to-market for electronic products.

The introduction of cloud-based collaboration in PCB design has been part of a broader industry trend toward digitalization and connected engineering workflows. Altium 365 competes with other cloud-enabled PCB design and data management solutions in the EDA software market.

See Also

• Altium Designer

• Electronic design automation

• Printed circuit board

• Product data management

• Supply chain management

• Computer-aided design