NI Circuite Design Suite includes NI Multisim and NI Ultiboard. The Education edition is for use by institutions, and the Student edition is for non-commercial use by individuals. This document compares features of the Education and Student editions. For information on commercial licenses and more, see: Try Multisim
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
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| Advanced Component Search | ||
| Autosave | ||
| Autowire parts when brought together | ||
| Autowire when part pin placed on a wire | ||
| Bill of Materials | ||
| Breadboard | ||
| Bus Vector Connect | ||
| Buses | ||
| Circuit Restrictions | ||
| Placing Comments on Schematic | ||
| Component Detail Report | ||
| Component Editing | ||
| Component Wizard | ||
| Connectors - Hierarchical | ||
| Connectors – Off-page | ||
| Constraint Driven Capture (max/mins in Spreadsheet Nets tab) | ||
| Corporate Database | ||
| Cross Probing | ||
| Cross Reference Report | ||
| Customizable Interface | ||
| Custom RLC footprints in Master database | ||
| Customizable/Advanced Bill of Materials | ||
| Description box Submit | ||
| Edit Symbol command | ||
| Electrical Rules Checking | ||
| Embedded Forms/Questions - Create and edit | ||
| Embedded Forms/Questions - View and respond | ||
| ERC Scope Setting | ||
| Export to Mentor PADS Layout | ||
| Export to Third Party Layout | ||
| Export/Import Database Components | ||
| Export/Import Database User Fields | ||
| Export/Print Spreadsheet | ||
| Fast auto-connect passives | ||
| Forward/Backward Annotation | ||
| Global Restrictions | ||
| Graphic Annotation | ||
| Graphically mark no-connect pins (Toggle NC Marker) | ||
| Hierarchical Blocks | ||
| Improved ERC - no-connect pins (ERC Rules tab) | ||
| Improved Find | ||
| Improved variant management/viewing (Spreadsheet tab) | ||
| Legacy File Open | ||
| Merge/Convert Database | ||
| Multi-sheet Flat Designs | ||
| Multiple Designs Open | ||
| Multisim Touch import (*.msmx) | ||
| Netlist Report | ||
| OrCAD Capture Import | ||
| Open EDA component library import (*.oecl) | ||
| PCB Settings (Net Properties, Sheet Properties, PCB tab) | ||
| Pin/Gate swap | ||
| PLD/VHDL output | ||
| PLD Hierarchical Blocks | ||
| Project Manager (Project Support) | ||
| Project Packing | ||
| Rubberbanding on Part Move | ||
| Save components from workspace to database | ||
| Schematic Statistics Report | ||
| Screen Capture Utility | ||
| Simplified Version | ||
| Snippets - Creating and Opening | ||
| Spreadsheet View | ||
| Spreadsheet - PCB related fields | ||
| Standard Component Search | ||
| Start a wire in mid-air | ||
| Subcircuits | ||
| Symbol Editor | ||
| Templates - Creation (Export template…) | ||
| Templates - Opening (*.mst) | ||
| Title Block | ||
| Title Block Editor | ||
| User Database | ||
| User Defined Fields | ||
| User Defined Fields in Bill of Materials | ||
| Variant Support | ||
| Virtual ELVIS I & II schematics | ||
| Virtual ELVIS II toolbar (depends on ELVISmx install) | ||
| Virtual myDAQ schematic | ||
| Virtual Toolbar | ||
| Virtual Wiring (by node names) |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
|---|
| Advanced Inductor Component | ||
| Blow up parts | ||
| Loading Code Model from DLL | ||
| Component Tolerances in Interactive Simulation | ||
| Convergence Assistant | ||
| Description box synchronized with simulation | ||
| Expressions in Analyses | ||
| Grapher | ||
| Grapher - Digital Display | ||
| Insert faults into components during netlist generation | ||
| LabVIEW instruments | ||
| LabVIEW-Multisim Cosimulation | ||
| LVM and TDM data files as source | ||
| LVM and TDM file export (from instruments & analyses) | ||
| MCU Module | ||
| MCU Module - Machine Code Limitation | None | None |
| Model Makers | ||
| Multiple Instances of Instruments | ||
| Multiple overlapped traces in grapher | ||
| Postprocessor | ||
| Precision coordinates in grapher | ||
| Real-world I/O parts - microphone and speaker | ||
| RF Design Module | ||
| Save/Load Simulation Profiles | ||
| SPICE matrix export | ||
| VHDL Simulation (with MultiVHDL installed) | ||
| Virtual, Interactive, Animated Parts | ||
| Wizard - 555 Timer | ||
| Wizard - CE BJT amplifier | ||
| Wizard - Filter | ||
| Wizard - Opamp | ||
| XSpice command-line interface |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
|---|---|---|
| Multisim API | ||
| Place Components Limit | None | 50 |
| Print Circuit | ||
| Print Circuit Setup - Active Sheet and Subsheets Option | ||
| Save Circuit |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
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| AC | ||
| AC Single Frequency | ||
| Batched | ||
| DC Operating Point | ||
| DC Sweep | ||
| Distortion | ||
| Fourier | ||
| Interactive | ||
| Monte Carlo | ||
| Nested Sweep | ||
| Noise | ||
| Noise Figure | ||
| Parameter Sweep | ||
| Pole Zero | ||
| Sensitivity | ||
| Temperature Sweep | ||
| Trace Width | ||
| Transfer Function | ||
| Transient | ||
| User Defined | ||
| Worst Case |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
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| 2 Channel Scope | ||
| 4 Channel Scope | ||
| Agilent Function Generator | ||
| Agilent Multimeter | ||
| Agilent Scope | ||
| Ammeter | ||
| Bode Plotter | ||
| Current Clamp | ||
| Distortion Analyzer | ||
| Frequency Counter | ||
| Function Generator | ||
| IV Analyzer | ||
| Logic Analyzer | ||
| Logic Converter | ||
| Probes | ||
| Measurement Probe | ||
| Multimeter | ||
| Network Analyzer | ||
| Spectrum Analyzer | ||
| Tektronix Scope | ||
| Voltmeter | ||
| Wattmeter | ||
| Word Generator |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
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| 3D preview in component 3D properties | ||
| 3D preview in main screen | ||
| 3D printing | ||
| 3D Viewer (height, color, shape) | ||
| 3D visualization of the inside of the PCB | ||
| Ability to "turn off" ratsnest for selected nets | ||
| Additional net options like Max/Min Width, Max/Min length | ||
| Auto jumper placement – inserts jumper into a net | ||
| Auto-alignment | ||
| Automatic tear-dropping | ||
| Change trace width "on-the-fly" | ||
| Comments on layout | ||
| Component place sequencer | ||
| Copper Amount Report | ||
| Corporate Database | ||
| Cross probing between Ultiboard and Multisim | ||
| Customizable layers viewing for glue, paste, solder | ||
| Customization of report generator | ||
| Differential Impedance Calculator | ||
| Differential Pairs | ||
| Dimensioning | ||
| Dimming inactive information to the background | ||
| Enter Coordinate dialog from Spreadsheet | ||
| Equi-space traces support | ||
| Export - Gerber files | ||
| Export - IPC-D-356A Netlist | ||
| Export - SVG files | ||
| Export 3D IGES | ||
| Export 3D information in DXF format | ||
| Fan-out option for components | ||
| Filter errors/warning in the Spreadsheet output windows | ||
| Forward/Backward annotation | ||
| Full screen mode | ||
| Connection machine | ||
| Follow-me routing | ||
| High speed | ||
| Import - DXF files | ||
| Import - Orcad PCB files | ||
| Import - Protel PCB files | ||
| In-place footprint editor | ||
| Jump to error | ||
| Keep-in and keep-out | ||
| Layer limit | 64 | 64 |
| Mechanical CAD | ||
| Microvias | ||
| Multiple Clearance options | ||
| Multiple open documents | ||
| Net bridges | ||
| Net shielding | ||
| Object information with a tool-tip label | ||
| Paste Special | ||
| PCB design savable as a reusable component | ||
| PCB Transmission Line Calculator | ||
| Grouping (group/ungroup selection) | ||
| Pin and Gate Swap | ||
| Pin necked trace support | ||
| Place objects within a predefined array | ||
| Polar grids | ||
| Push and shove component placement | ||
| Push and shove trace placement | ||
| Replica place | ||
| Ruler bar alignments | ||
| Ruler bar measurements | ||
| Save design | ||
| Selection filters | ||
| Show drill size in pads | ||
| Split power planes | ||
| Spreadsheet view - full | ||
| Spreadsheet view - limited | ||
| Standard Clearance Options | ||
| Technology Files (Load and Save) | ||
| Test point insertion | ||
| Test Points Report | ||
| Topology choices: Shortest, Daisy chain, Star | ||
| Unplace components | ||
| User Database | ||
| Variant support | ||
| Via stack inside a SMD pad |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
|---|
| Automatic test-point placement | ||
| Autoplacement | ||
| Autoroute (Start/Resume button) | ||
| BGA fanout | ||
| Bus routing | ||
| Differential pair routing | ||
| Group autoplace | ||
| Group autoroute | ||
| High speed | ||
| Layer limit | 8 | 2 |
| Net shielding | ||
| Optimizer | ||
| Prioritize routing order (by net) | ||
| Route a single net | ||
| Router support for pin and gate swap | ||
| Topology choices: Shortest, Daisy chain, Star | ||
| Trace rubberbanding |
| Circuit Design Suite | Education | Student |
|---|---|---|
| Pin number limit | None | 550 |