In addition to projects, schematics and PCB layouts, PLM Collaboration Services for Altium Designer also manages components, symbols and footprints. When saving a PCB assembly to 3DEXPERIENCE, the product structure of design is created. In order to build the product structure, PLM Collaboration Services for Altium Designer requires the Electronic Physical Components (EPCs) used in the design. PLM Collaboration Services for Altium Designer supports the creation and management of the EPCs and all required data in 3DEXPERIENCE.

You can manage the following Altium Designer library objects in 3DEXPERIENCE:

• Components/symbols (as EPCs)
• Footprints (as footprint objects)
• Intrinsic or embedded STEP models (as CGR 3D Model representations)
• Optionally, other models like simulation models together with, and as part of, Altium components

Using PLM Collaboration Services for Altium Designer you can:

• Create new Altium Designer components/footprints and save them to 3DEXPERIENCE.
• Open existing EPCs/footprints from 3DEXPERIENCE in Altium Designer.
• Create new Altium Designer components/footprints by duplicating existing EPCs/footprints from 3DEXPERIENCE in Altium Designer.
• Update working library with latest information from 3DEXPERIENCE.
• Place EPCs (symbols) directly from the 3DEXPERIENCE SCH/PCB Library panel within Altium Designer into a schematic.

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