Manual Board Assembly

Display PCB BOM and 2D/3D assembly views for manual assembly.
Accelerate PCB prototyping and short-run manufacturing with
component-level board assembly lists.

Watch Overview

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Build Boards Efficiently with Intuitive Guidance

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Our assembly assistant helps PCB assemblers place components according to the final board design. It displays component location and orientation on a digital twin for quick and accurate assembly, eliminating errors and rework.

Reduce Prototype Assembly Costs for PCBs

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Assemble prototype PCBs more quickly, with less equipment required. By minimizing the cost of assembly, teams can deliver more designs and prototypes in a given time period. This means faster innovation than with traditional assembly methods.

Key Capabilities

Make Assembly Easy, Without the Ink and Paper Cuts

Altium’s assembly assistance declutters engineer workbenches. Instead of BOM and assembly paper printouts, assembly information is displayed digitally. PCB assemblers can build prototypes without shuffling paper documents.

See BOM & Assembly Views Together in 2D/3D

Components in the Bill of Materials (BOM) list connect to their representations on the 2D and 3D board views. Cross-probe between a component and its physical location, and group components in the list or on the board.

Track Assembly Step-by-Step & Part-by-Part

Track PCB assembly progress with a step-by-step record of each part placement. Mark each component as you mount it or skip it for later. This flexible approach lets the engineer follow their process, but with some repeatable structure.

Assemble All Boards with the Current, Correct Design

All assembly work takes place in a connected Altium workspace, so engineers know they have the current design. Updates to design files sync automatically–to the latest BOM and board layout–so the team stays in sync throughout assembly.

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Trusted by Organizations

Over ten thousand companies worldwide choose Altium to design electronics,
making it the modern standard for hardware development.

George Ujhegy
George Ujhegyi
Director of Operations at XVP Photonics

“With the help of the Assembly Assistant in Altium 365, we have managed to speed up assembly and eliminate paper from the manual assembly process. It is great as it saves us the ‘documentation’ labour and allows easy zooming into densely populated areas.”

Andreas Mather
Andreas Mather
R&D Engineer at Thora Tech GmbH

“Integrating Altium 365 Assembly Assistant directly into the Prototyping Workspace proved to be a good decision, not only for manual assembly but also for diagnostic inspection and repairs.”