Tutorial 1 for Altium Beginners: How to draw schematic and create schematic symbols

[@RobertFeranec]

NEW: I updated this tutorial and made a shorter version ( in case you need it ). Here it is: Altium Designer 22 Tutorial - Quick & Easy | Step by Step kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqKppYamdr11b7M

[@優さん-n7m]

At what point do you describe what the grid size should be ?

[@優さん-n7m]

I imported the part like you said at 12:00 but do not get a picture of it in the SCH library panel

[@優さん-n7m]

when you copy-pasted the arrow at 44:20, why is the pasted arrow symbol so far from the mouse pointer?

[@優さん-n7m]

Isn't it usually possible to just obtain correct schematic and symbols for components we intend to use? Is there a standard way to define schematic symbol and PCB foot prints?

[@yoker3471]

For anyone stuck around 33:56 you get to your library in (panel)===>Components===>select your schlib and it should have your components listed from the created library. If not save all the files and it will update and then go back and check.

[@CARMATE1XXX]

Also, with version 19.0.5 of Altium, I also had this little problem where you have to restart your Altium every time to update your component panel libraries.

[@iffatalamkhan7614]

Hello I did everything same as shown in the video but I can see my components in the library but I am not able to place them in the sheet or it is not visible either

[@RobertFeranec]

SUBTITLES: I enabled community subtitle contribution on this tutorial. If anyone is interested, please help with subtitles - a lot of people have asked me especially for English and Spanish subtitles. Your subtitles can help many people. Thank you very much.

[@melanyhayward7910]

Hi! I made my liiiiiiittle contribution. Later I will try to add more subtitles. Thank you for YOUR contribution to the comunity, your job is awesome and really usefull! Greetings from Argentina!

[@RobertFeranec]

@@melanyhayward7910 Thank you very much

[@hitaolu2384]

@@RobertFeranec Do you speak Chinese?

[@RobertFeranec]

@@hitaolu2384 no, I do not speak Chinese

[@hitaolu2384]

@@RobertFeranec Oh ! I do not speak english

[@mustafakarakas8437]

Im following Robert since 2014 he is highly motivated to teach somethings to people , I'm really appreciating. Thanks Robert.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Mustafa

[@petah2521]

that's how all tutorials should be made... amazing

[@ekenedilichukwuekeh4647]

I like how I Google to no avail for 30 minutes then com to Mr. Feranec and find the answers in 30 seconds. Seriously, the video is bookmarked!👍🏾

[@ThePcbdznr]

I love this guy. He has greatly helped my career after I have been using other design tools. I needed Altium and he is so generous with his time and knowledge.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Bob for nice words. I am very happy you found the videos useful.

[@優さん-n7m]

He deserves some reward, better take his paid courses.

[@tranez2205]

Sir, thank you so much for such an amazingly detailed tutorial! This is extremely helpful. I'll recommend your channel to all of my friends who are interested in PCB and hardware design.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Ton.

[@NicholasGreenwood]

In Altium Designer 20, it appears the "Part Search" panel is now called "Manufacturer Part Search".

[@anmolkrishnan]

Thanks i was searching for this only

[@chibuzormokolo3856]

@@anmolkrishnan I'm using 6.9 🥲

[@electronicsunlocked1]

I'm using 23.1.1

[@arien7371]

Thank you so much Robert for sharing such a clear tutorial! You explained the reason behind each step and this is where I like it the most.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you RY Wang

[@theoschafer6858]

To find the LIBRARIES if using Altium 20.1.14, go to panels > components> go up and click on the pointing down arrow on top of the search bar Took me a while to find it hahah Anyway thanks a lot Robert, it's a very good tutorial !

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Theo PS: Yeah, Altium keeps changing stuff ... renaming ... changing defaults ... I am not sure if it is always necessary

[@deskpro256]

Hi Robert! Thank you very much for the detailed and professional tutorial. I previously used a different software and in my new job I have to use Altium Designer. This really helped transfer the skills and get up and running in the new projects! Your tips have also helped a lot in designing phase as well as thinking about the finished product and the end user or repair man! Might have to invest in the academy in the future! Again, thanks for the knowledge!

[@mikenap2858]

Thank you so much for making these videos. They use Altium at my new job.....these videos have been a huge help. Thanks again

[@blakewells5429]

Wow, best tutorial I've seen yet. I'm new to Altium and this tutorial made it very easy to navigate some intricacies. I enjoy how you explain every detail instead of assuming people know where or how things work. It may have been a bit irritating but announcing every click really helped me follow along. Keep up the good work.

[@優さん-n7m]

how far have you come in 6 months since you saw this tutorial then?

[@kevinsekeres2589]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial series, it's the step by step instructions I've been looking for. Will gladly buy a shirt to support your Altium educational videos.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Kevin :)

[@curiousseal2678]

Thanks for this step by step tutorial!

[@Fabianefuga]

Exatamente assim que me senti, ao ouvir os primeiros minutos deste tutorial. Eu utilizei Altium ver 2013, e depois trabalhei em outras ferramentas. Hoje há uma necessidade de trabalhar no Altium e me deparei com muitos comandos escondidos e que mudaram de lugar!!! Muito bom esta sequencia dos 5 videos. Trouxe de uma forma tão simples e tão completa os comandos básicos e dicas muito boas para utilização da ferramenta!!!

[@51anirudh]

Hey Robert ! Thank you very very much for posting this tutorial. It really gave a kick start for using Altium software. I loved your way of explanating each and every step. Please keep on making the videos.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Anirudh

[@xmengao0922]

Super detailed! Thanks Robert!

[@yaghiyahbrenner8902]

Robert hi would like to deeply thank you I bought your course and followed all your tips and tricks I sent my first 4 layer board when I assembled it worked first time! the extra effort double checking parts re checking and meticulous labeling of nets allowed me to pick up errors, I hope to buy your high speed course some day.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Yaghiyah for nice words. You were a good student :)

[@LaszloJuhasz_US]

Great tutorial. Thank you very much for all the effort and time you're investing to make this tool more easy to understand and use.

[@sarockpashotan3938]

Your subtitel method is great. And help me to undrestand your videoes very well.thanks a lot.

[@ozzie1st]

Hi Robert, Thanks for creating this channel, your videos got me grounded with Altium. Keep up the good work bro!

[@alocin110]

Thank you Robert. This was a very informative video. You covered everything to this level very well and your tips and commentary was great. Thank you again.

[@優さん-n7m]

Note: Active Bar is the bar in the top middle with icons, this is supposed to help speed up the process so we don't have to goto the drop down menu again and again. The active bar can be customized. The procedure is covered starting from time 40:00.

[@IntuitiveInfo]

Rare and Quality Content! Keep up the great work Robert!

[@selimcandemirtas7231]

Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial. You're the best.

[@hrvojepaukovic6129]

Great tutorial, very detailed and with useful explanations and elaborations! Thanks

[@ahmadkadahsalim5048]

Thank you very much for this informative professional tutorial, I'm just a Beginner and use Altium 22 :-)

[@emrekazoglu4461]

you are the best teacher also your basic and clear english impressed me

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Emre.

[@OmarKhanMOK]

Great tutorial! On a side note, at about x2 speed, you sound a bit like Gru from the Despicable Me franchise.

[@sarockpashotan3938]

Your explations with subtitels is very perfetct for learning detsils and for one common action can be done at 3 ways.

[@JamesSivaaa]

Hi Robert, This is very useful tutorial for everyone. I am have watched so many videos. Especially this Altium tutorial is really useful. Recently I am started using Altium 18.0.7. I felt little difficulty when I started. After watching your video its very useful for creation the schematic and the Digikey link Thank you for this tutorial. Thank you Mr.PCB Design Rock star Robert :)

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank yhou SIVAPRAKASH. I am very happy that you found it useful. One more part is coming next week.

[@JamesSivaaa]

@@RobertFeranec wow..... It's a great news. I am waiting

[@kamranmoradi7932]

Now you are my lord, man. the great ROBERT FERANEC. thank you veryyyyyyy much. i try so hard to be like you. however i am not in a level to wish working with you, but i wish to see you a day.teachers are really respectful for me and you are one of the bests. respectfully

[@gawayne1374]

Hi Robert! Thanks for a great tutorial. I wanted to comment on something that may affect the experience of other users, and that is how we search for parts. I suggest you add an edit that lets people know that stock may vary, so they may not find the part you use if they follow your steps exactly. This happened to me, which is why I mention it. Disabling stock as a filter will give you more consistent results. Of course, this doesn't apply to irl design, where having stock is important, but it serves the purpose of the tutorial learning experience.

[@lesmcqueen697]

Hi Robert, THANK YOU for creating an excellent tutorial series.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Les McQueen for leaving feedback

[@3DavyJones]

Amazing tutorial I hope the rest are of similar quality. Gonna watch them now

[@Dan-ro6nj]

Díky za výborně zpracovaný tutoriál.

[@RobertFeranec]

Dakujem

[@seriahc]

Eres una leyenda Robert, te he seguido desde hace unos 5 años aproximadamente, saludos desde nexico

[@georgeclooney8541]

Great video Robert. Altium design is a great PCB software

[@titoffuser]

Awesome Robert this is very helpfull!!

[@ezokaram]

Robert DU bist Hammer mit deiner Erklärung bin sehr weiter gekommen. 1000 Daumen hoch und weiter so

[@mdmust4u]

I completed two videos, they are awsome, thank you. I needed this for my new job!

[@RobertFeranec]

Awesome! Thank you for leaving your feedback.

[@mdmust4u]

@@RobertFeranec lol my dad was using my account XD

[@RobertFeranec]

@@mdmust4u :)

[@velikucukcankurtaran1154]

ı like this video series , useful for me ı started learn altium, thank you for videos and detailed expression.

[@denzylfernandes3280]

Thank you Sir for this information and knowledge.

[@Juanchogamer5000]

Great Tutorial and very well explained, many thanks your are the best!

[@lavanyamaddukuri8626]

Thank you so much Sir, Very nice Explanation, very very useful for designers

[@bobogao6328]

very clear step by step video. You made it very easy, thank you!

[@alialian7533]

Very useful. Thanks a lot. Good Luck

[@優さん-n7m]

Note: The procedure to add the actual ports for power supply and ground starts at 37:10

[@shipuavanigadda9796]

Really very good information and the explanation is very clean....Thank you soo much sir...it's very understandable to everyone...🙂

[@danpraset]

Very easy to understand. Good job Sir.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Nicstron

[@denzylfernandes3280]

Thanks!

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Denzyl

[@winha4555]

A meticulous and useful video. Thank you very much!!!!! Love from Việt Nam

[@navdeepsingh7533]

Thank you Robert for your hardwork. You have always been a great help.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Navdeep for nice words :)

[@navdeepsingh7533]

a quick question Robert, in my altium 18.0, the properties option is missing and also, its not there in the Panel option. I think the 18.0.10 was a beta version. Is that can be the problem? Also, I'm not able to open the properties of components by double click on them, which we were able to do with older versions.

[@RobertFeranec]

I do not have Altium right now here, but I believe you should be able to see the Properties panel in AD18.0. If it is not open and if it is not in Panel option, I think, double click could also open it. But I would have to try it. AD18.0 had some bugs (e.g I remember, that if Properties panel width was too small, some values in the panel were not shown properly)

[@navdeepsingh7533]

Robert Feranec ohk will try out. Thanx robert

[@PoopSockles]

Thank you Robert, I am a young student learning Electrical Engineering and I have not yet fully utilized programs like this in my classes. This for me right now is more or less just a home teaching as I've always wanted to use Altium for the many benefits it offers. Your Altium interface was a bit different than mine but I was able to figure it out and follow along. If anything, it made me more familiar with my Altium and how to navigate it since it was different. Thank you for the tutorial and I will continue to follow along with the series.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Matthew

[@NestorEduardoGonzalez]

gracias por el tutorial !! es el mejor tutorial que vi en mi vida, no tengo mucho nivel de ingles y me fue perfectamente clara toda la explicacion!!!. por supuesto que ya me he subscrito!!!! gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cannguyen4619]

Thank you so much sir!! I learned a lot of things that are useful for my projects from your tutorial video Once again thanks sir :)

[@RobertFeranec]

thank you can

[@Avrora707]

Thak you for your excellent work. It is very helpfull for the beginners. And best regards from Levice)

[@RobertFeranec]

Vdaka :)

[@souljoker718]

Thanks bro, this is extremely helpfull and that's why i started to follw your channel.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Selamu

[@user-ov3qs1hn8k]

Very nice tutorial. Thank you!

[@saulgoodman1975]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. You re very clear and I think I'm learning fast with you

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Paul

[@chandrasekerankannansukuma9209]

Thanks for the video, this is very helpful!

[@pavelserenok6515]

Hi Robert, Thank you for your masterpiece! )) Could you please explain the difference between 3 your courses: 1 - This course 2 - Altium Tutorials for Beginners 3 - Learn Altium Essentials - Doing PCB Layout Thank you

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Pavel :) Do you mean my other youtube videos? - This video is based on the new Altium. This tutorial has much more info and is much more complex than the Altium tutorials what I shared on my youtube some time ago. You will see in the next parts. - Learn Altium Essentials - Doing layout is from our course, so on youtube is just a small part of much bigger video. The whole course goes into much more details and it is not just about Altium, but it is about hardware design. The course is about designing switching power supplies and includes comments about how to design switching power supply, what is important, how to do it and why we are doing it that way.

[@pavelserenok6515]

@@RobertFeranec Now it's clear. :-) Thank you Robert!

[@aggibson74]

This is great! Thanks for making these videos!

[@patrickyip2005]

Thanks very much. Robert!!!

[@emre_trzgl]

hi, i did all of this step by step but in 33:40 i cant see libraries on my panels. Please help

[@RedHaloManiac95]

I like making my schematic symbols with the outline color the color of part manufacturer, white inside so I can paste the package pinout from the data sheet, I then give it a dark grey shadows and set grid to 10 mil and offset it 30 mile down and 30 mils to the right. They look gorgeous and make it more fun. The yellow boxes are simple but boring but traditional.

[@Replacementkiller17]

Hi, it sounds interesting could we/I have a picture of your design. Thanks in advance

[@haideralikhan5947]

Shouldn't it be a library which contains all the drawings for parts? Doing it for every component seems very time consuming

[@RedHaloManiac95]

@@haideralikhan5947 it takes maybe 30 seconds longer than making a regular part. Really not time consuming and it just enhances my enjoyment doing schematics

[@ahmadal-tarabeen9253]

Dude I just love you!

[@shaggygangst]

Thanks sir, and welcome back

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Shaggy

[@XxfieryfirexX]

Thank you very much sir. Your tutorials are very helpful

[@LuyangM]

This tutorial is very useful, thanks so much!

[@arnulfoherrerahernandez3459]

Hello master Robert i like you videos and great videos. I have a question that you said in the minute 33:02 the number 1 pin is cathod in the led but in the datasheet said the number 2 is the cathod??? possible you wrong??? . I hope you respond thanks.

[@RobertFeranec]

Usually 1 is cathod. I do not know why this specific manufacturer used number 2 in the datasheet. However, in this case, it is fine - in this case you do not need to follow datasheet, just be consistent between your symbol and footprint numbering.

[@arnulfoherrerahernandez3459]

@@RobertFeranec thanks for respond!!!! your courses of Altium are Great!!

[@TheTrini1980]

Very good introductory video! Altium can be very confusing with its many menus and the documentation is not very good. I am looking forward to learning more in the next videos.

[@eschink1]

Thanks for the great tutorial Robert

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Eric

[@Petrutech]

Thank you so much Robert. I am new to this version. I wish to know how to add an obsolete component, which already doesn't appear.

[@lowellturner7012]

I am happy for your contribution. I prefer kicad, but enjoyed the video working for a company paying for the license. Then they went bankrupt...

[@brandonc3612]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@gubby740]

Saving this to watch later 😅

[@marcelloalmeida8054]

Great tutorial, very well detailed.

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Marcello

[@tiagocosta9113]

very nice tutorial......you are the best! :-)

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Tiago.

[@keivansadeghinezhad8332]

Thank you very much Mr.Feranec

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Keivan.

[@Stuck24]

First of all... great video, my friend. Very helpful to a "hack" like me at pcb design, and introduction into Altium. Second, you're able to filter "minimum quantity" through DigiKey... if that helps to reduce other steps through "part finder"

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you Jim

[@ryanmcnicholas5063]

Hello at 33:40 I am unable to locate libraries tab under panels. It is also missing under the View/Panels pathway. Please advise

[@RobertFeranec]

They call it differently in different Altium versions. Try components panel, library panel, etc ...

[@apratimkumarpandey424]

Hello sir, I m not getting any option of "part import" in "supplier search" in Altium 14.3.9. is there any other way to import the part number in the schematic?

[@Shemafied]

Perhaps open the schematic library first. Worked for me anyway on 18.1.9.

[@harishsvlogs-happythoughts6107]

Where can I download 18. 1 plz help me

[@victorhugoalarconpaba4987]

Thank you for your video. Do you have anything on design notes and how to add them or where to add them?

[@creativeideaseee]

i am not getting the Library in panel.........33:41

[@faridgerami2777]

You are a legend!

[@diegovillegas1674]

very good video, i learned alot coming from eagle

[@terrygould3230]

Just started using Altium and for me, component and library management seems overly complicated and not intuitive at all. Hopefully, your tutorials will help out a lot!

[@abdalahbesho1916]

i don't have part search in 8:58 can you explain why

[@syedmuhammadali2083]

I don't have any panel option available in my Alltium Designer(16.0) version? I tried a lot but didn't find so. It means i can't use the way like explained in this video to get the Digikey component.???

[@RobertFeranec]

Please, watch my older tutorials. I have made a lot of them, for example here: www.fedevel.com/welldoneblog/2012/04/6altium-tutorials-for-newbies/

[@ominguti6345]

Great tutorial. It would be great however if you could explain in more detail basic concepts that may be considered unusual. For example, why do we need to be creating those pin layouts in the sch library when adding components that have been loaded from digikey's DB? I find it very tedious that this needs to be done for every component and I don't quite understand why. Doesn't the software already have connection details and symbols defined?

[@優さん-n7m]

did you find the answer to this at the end?

[@fotiosemery9021]

How do you figure out the dimensions of each object? How do you know if your pin must be 200 mil long vs 100 mil long (as an example) and how do the lengths affect performance or operation? For example, if I used different lengths for the resistor or diode symbol, how will that affect my PCB? If there are some standard, well accepted design principles on drawing these symbols (ex: it is recommended for pins to be 200 mil long) where can I find these?

[@mohammedajsal350]

Hello.. Excellent presentation I've one doubt I can't find the libraries panel in the bottom right corner please help me.

[@human3444]

Hello dear Robert. Thanks for the good explanation and step by step. I am following your video with Altium 21, but the type of menu is different. Tell me which version of Altium you used in this video. So that I can use the same version. Thank you very much.

[@prabhashkumar4296]

Good video to learn basic .. please make video on polar grid placement of led

[@absa9288]

I like the way this instructor pronounce "SchLib"

[@ashaedsrgawf]

33:41: on altium 21.0.8 i couldn't find a "Libraries" panel, but "Components" seems to work.

[@RobertFeranec]

yes, they changed the name

[@HuescaYGOTCG]

I like to watch your videos, you have helped me a lot for my career. Thank you very much, Robert. You are the best! Regards!

[@RobertFeranec]

Thank you very much Jose for leaving your nice feedback