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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => Altium Designer => Topic started by: ahbushnell on August 23, 2020, 04:51:21 pm

Title: Using Multiboard with non pcb components
Post by: ahbushnell on August 23, 2020, 04:51:21 pm

Hi,
I started working with the multiboard tool in Altium.  It looks handy.  I would like to be able to connect external components that are not PCB's.  Is there a way to do that?  For instance a commercial power supply. 

Thanks
Andy

Title: Re: Using Multiboard with non pcb components
Post by: ahbushnell on August 27, 2020, 03:32:24 am

I'll answer my own question.  It looks like you can only connect boards together.  To bad.  Maybe that will be in release 21.  :)   :-//

Title: Re: Using Multiboard with non pcb components
Post by: Berni on August 27, 2020, 05:17:26 am

If you want to use the multiboard workflow to put a power supply into your design then just make a tiny board that is hidden inside a 3D step model of the power supply, then import that.

Title: Re: Using Multiboard with non pcb components
Post by: vikebo on October 02, 2020, 07:58:11 am

Not sure if it has been added later, but I'm using 20.1.14 and have "Insert STEP Part..." available when assembling the boards in .MbaDoc.