Altium Designer - the basic information of the program

Altium Designer is a software program developed by Altium. There are 62 file extensions supported by Altium Designer in our database. In the further part of this page, you will find detail information about all the Altium Designer with their brief description and a list of file extensions supported by Altium Designer. It answers questions such as:
  • The basic features of Altium Designer: A PCB and FPGA design software.
  • What kind of file extensions supported by Altium Designer?
  • What kind of file format conversions supported by Altium Designer?
  • How and where to download Altium Designer?


File extensions supported by Altium Designer

These are file extensions supported by Altium Designer. You can use Altium Designer to create, open or edit the file with these extensions:

  • CKT - CircuitMaker File
  • CPA - CADSTAR PCB Archive File
  • DSN - OrCAD Design File
  • DRL - Gerber Drill Rack File
  • EQN - GAL Equation File
  • GML - Gerber Mill Layer File
  • GPI - Gerber Photoplotter Information File
  • GTP - Gerber Top Solder Paste Data File
  • GBR - Gerber File
  • GTS - Gerber Top Solder Mask Data File
  • GBP - Gerber Bottom Solder Paste Data File
  • GBS - Gerber Bottom Solder Mask Data File
  • GTL - Gerber Top Layer Data File
  • GBL - Gerber Bottom Layer Data File
  • GBO - Gerber Bottom Overlay Data File
  • GTO - Gerber Top Overlay Data File
  • LIA - P-CAD ASCII Library file
  • PCB - Printed Circuit Board Design File
  • PHO - Gerber Photoplot File
  • ROU - Gerber Route File
  • DBLINK - Altium Designer Database Link
  • DRR - Altium Designer Drill Report
  • G1 - Gerber Inner Routing Layer 1
  • G12 - CAMtastic Mid Layer 12 Gerber Data
  • G15 - CAMtastic Mid Layer 15 Gerber Data
  • G2 - Gerber Inner Routing Layer 2
  • G5 - CAMtastic Mid Layer Gerber Data
  • GDD - Gerber Drill Drawing Data
  • GKO - Gerber Keep Out Layer
  • GP2 - Gerber Inner Plane 2 (negative)
  • GPT - Gerber Top Pad Master
  • PCBDOC - Printed Circuit Board Description
  • PRJPCB - Altium Designer Project
  • SCHDOC - Altium Designer Schematic Capture Binary
  • DBLIB - Altium Designer Database Library File
  • ELK - Altium Designer Linker Error Message
  • G13 - CAMtastic Mid Layer 13 Gerber Data File
  • G14 - CAMtastic Mid Layer 14 Gerber Data
  • OUTJOB - Altium Designer File
  • PCBLIB - Protel PCB Library
  • PIK - Protel 99 PIK Data
  • SCHLIB - Altium Designer Schematic Library
  • SVNDBLIB - Altium Designer Subversion Database Library
  • SIMMODEL - Altium Designer Simulation Model
  • SIMODEL - Altium Designer Signal Integrity Model
  • PCB3DLIB - Altium Designer PCB 3D Model
  • OPENBUS - Altium Designer OpenBus System Document
  • LIBPKG - Altium Designer Integrated Library Package
  • INTLIB - Altium Designer Integrated Library
  • CMPLIB - Altium Designer Component Library
  • APR_LIB - Altium Designer Aperture Library Data
  • PCBDWF - Altium Designer Draftsman Drawing
  • DWFDOT - Altium Designer Draftsman Document Template
  • DWSDOT - Altium Designer Draftsman Sheet Template
  • PRJCOR - Altium Designer Core Project
  • PRJEMB - Altium Designer Embedded Software Design Project
  • PRJFPG - Altium Designer FPGA Design Project
  • PRJSCR - Altium Designer Script Project
  • PCBPRJ - Altium PCB Project
  • DDB - Protel 99SE Design Database
  • ALF - Altium Designer License
  • GM1 - Gerber Mechanical 1 (board Outline) Data


File conversions supported by Altium Designer

These are file conversions supported by Altium Designer. You can use Altium Designer for these file format conversions:

GBP to PCB PCBDOC to PCB PHO to GBP PRJPCB to PCB


How and where to download Altium Designer program?

By clicking on the link below you should be directed to the official website of the Altium Designer developer where you can download the application.

Altium Designer developer website