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I'm not sure if this is the exact place for this question, but I saw that other Altium questions had been posted here.

My team is using Altium to work on this project, but not all of us are familiar with Altium. In fact, really only one team member has the skills to do the bulk of the work.

Setting aside the issues of cross-training, etc., the rest of us want to do our best to further the work. To that end, can Altium accept CSV files? Like, if we had a CSV of the BoM for a PCB, could we import that so that we don't have to manually input all of the desired information into Altium?

Additionally, are there other areas where we could use CSVs? Like, could we import a schematic that was generated by another piece of software?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

John Doe
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I suspect you cannot use CSV files without scripting. However, there are quite a many components available. Unfortunately, they are not consistent, and some modifications are needed before saving them to your own library.

You can import schematics (and layouts) from some other sw vendors. File>Import Wizard. Some of them require external license, and format can be fixed. Check Extensions and Updates to make sure you have needed plugins available.

juha
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