Easy PCB Assembly Drawing with Draftsman in Altium Designer

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If you want your PCB Fabricator and Assembler to properly understand your next design, you need to give them clear assembly drawings. Luckily, Altium Designer comes with Draftsman, a simple tool to create fabrication and assembly drawings. Tech Consultant Zach Peterson shows you how to use it in this video.

0:00 Intro
0:47 What is Draftsman
1:22 Getting Started with Draftsman in Altium Designer
4:52 Drill Table and Layer Stack Table
5:27 Stackup Table and Layer Stack Legend
6:32 The Callout Tool
7:25 The Assembly View
8:25 What Goes in Assembly Notes?

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👉 PCB Fabrication Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1stNnddvkrW2yOkt0HK1qVfaUExy_lSQpiz0hj9OM-cg/edit

👉 PCB Assembly Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B_eMD4OI_bdiLI47wHZrFgxqRSHj4I9w_97w2TqAkG0/edit

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