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Available on the Altium 365 cloud platform and connected directly to MacroFab’s fully digital, elastic manufacturing platform, Altimade enables  customers to request an instant quote and place an order to produce  their PCB assembly without ever leaving their design environment. 
Altimade  modernizes and accelerates the prototype manufacturing process by  connecting design, manufacturing, and supply-chain data and  professionals on the Altium 365 cloud platform to provide an easy,  convenient user experience. We talk to Ted Pawela, Chief Ecosystem  Officer of Altium, about the solution.
With Altimade, Altium  customers have continuously updated component and manufacturing  information, and can place an order to produce their printed circuit  boards directly within the design environment. All data required for  manufacturing is shared via the secure, cloud-based Altium 365 platform.  Orders are fulfilled by MacroFab’s network of manufacturers. Altimade  creates, maintains, and displays a complete and continuous digital data  trail for every step in the design, procurement, and manufacturing  processes of a PCB. Any changes to the bill of materials or design  details automatically update the golden record.