4.5 out of 5 stars
(1488 Ratings)
Altium Develop is a collaborative electronics product development platform that connects requirements management, PCB design, engineering collaboration, supply chain visibility, and manufacturing workflows in a single environment.
Built on Altium Designer®, Altium 365®, and Requirements Portal, Altium Develop helps electronics teams manage the entire hardware development lifecycle—from requirements definition and design reviews to BOM management, sourcing, and production readiness.
Designed for organizations developing complex electronic products, Altium Develop enables engineering, systems, manufacturing, and product teams to collaborate in real time while maintaining end-to-end visibility and traceability across projects.
Key Capabilities:
• Real-time collaboration for PCB and hardware development teams
• ECAD-MCAD collaboration and design review workflows
• Component, BOM, and supply chain management
• Change management and project coordination
• Centralized design data and product lifecycle visibility
• Cloud-based collaboration for distributed engineering teams
• Requirements management and traceability through Requirements Portal
Ideal for:
• Electronics manufacturers
• PCB design teams
• Systems engineering organizations
• Product development teams
• Enterprise hardware development programs
Organizations evaluating alternatives to Autodesk Fusion Electronics, KiCad, Cadence OrCAD, Xpedition, Allegro X, and SOLIDWORKS PCB use Altium Develop to improve collaboration, reduce rework, accelerate product development, and strengthen requirements-driven hardware development processes.
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4.4 out of 5 stars
(571 Ratings)
SmartDraw makes professional drawings and diagrams accessible to everyone. Non-technical users can quickly create floor plans, while professionals get the precision and scale they require. With industry-leading floor planning tools and an intuitive interface for traditional diagramming like flowcharts and organizational charts, SmartDraw delivers enterprise-ready power without unnecessary complexity.
Key features:
- Large collection of symbols and templates
- Ability to create custom shapes
- Import PDFs, images, Google Maps, Visio files, Visio stencils
- Draw to any scale
- Enrich drawings with data
- Generate manifest and bills of materials
- Generate diagrams from data automatically like org charts, AWS, Azure, PI Boards, and more
- Use natural language text prompts to generate diagrams with AI
- Save files directly to OneDrive, SharePoint, or Google Drive, or other preferred provider
- Integrations with the Microsoft and Google enterprise stack plus Confluence and Jira
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AutoCAD Electrical
Efficiently create, modify, and document electrical controls systems with an industry-specific toolset for electrical design. Generate and update customized reports. Easily share DWG™ drawings with stakeholders. Use folders to organize drawings and reorder files for electrical drafting projects. Publish schematics to multipage PDFs. Reduce errors with automatic numbers for wires and tags for components. Use Circuit Builder for simple electrical design. Select from a rich library of electrical symbols. Catch problems before the build phase begins. Keep track of parent/child contacts in real-time. Define a project's I/O assignments. Enhanced preview and direct component insertion. Integrated mechatronics solution with Inventor. Coil and contact cross-referencing, PLC I/O drawings from spreadsheets, catalog browser for parts, real-time error checking, electrical schematic symbol libraries, circuit design and reuse, wire numbering, component tagging, and more.
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