Altium Designer 2018 installation tutorial (with installation package)

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Software introduction

Altium designer is a professional circuit design software that can help designers improve work efficiency, reduce design pressure, and successfully deal with various complex electronic designs. It is very powerful and practical.

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The old rules, click on the resource platform at the bottom of the official account (Yuyu Internet), or click to read the original text at the bottom of the article, and search directly after entering: Designer

Installation steps

1Step 1 : Unzip the installation package

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• Unzip the downloaded software installation package as shown in Figure 1.

2 Step 2: Run Setup

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• Double-click to run the installer inside as shown in Figure 2.

3The third step: the next step

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• Click Next as shown in Figure 3.

4Step 4: Agree to the license

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• Choose Chinese as the language, check I agree, and then click Next as shown in Figure 4.

5Step 5: Select the installation function

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• Select the installation function, the default is OK, click Next as shown in Figure 5.

6Step Six: Change the installation path

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• Choose to change the installation path, you can put the two paths in a folder, and then click Next as shown in Figure 6.

7Step Seven: Prepare to install

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• Ready to install, click Next as shown in Figure 7.

8Step 8: Installation is complete

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• After the installation is complete, click Finish, the software will start automatically at this time, and click OK if there is a pop-up window, as shown in Figure 8.

9Step 9: Click the gear icon

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• After opening it, it is found that the page is in English. Select the gear icon in the upper right corner as shown in Figure 9.

10Step 10 : Check "use localized resources" below

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• Check the "use localized resources" below, click OK in the pop-up window, and then click OK at the bottom to restart the software. You can find the shortcut in the start menu as shown in Figure 10.

11Step 11 : Restart the software

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• After restarting, part of the menu bar is in Chinese, and the rest cannot be changed as shown in Figure 11.

12 Step Twelve: Prepare to crack

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• At this time, the software is not cracked, we need to crack (turn off the antivirus software), copy the "shfolder" file and the "Licenses" folder in the "carck" folder in the installation package to the software installation directory, there will be no changes The default path is "C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18" as shown in Figure 12.

13Step 13: Restart and select "License Management"

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• Restart the software, click the avatar at the top right of the software interface, and select "License Management" as shown in Figure 13.

14Step 14 : Click "Add standalone license file"

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• Then click "Add standalone license file" in the middle of the interface as shown in Figure 14.

15 Step 15 : Open any file in the "license" folder

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• Select the "license" folder you just copied into, select any file in it, and click to open (you can change it if you don't succeed) as shown in Figure 15.

16Step 16 : Activation is successful

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• At this time, the software has been activated successfully and can be used permanently as shown in Figure 16.