[sdiy] Switch from Eagle to Altium Circuit Studio

[Tristan]

I have the full license for Eagle 7.7 schematic and layout but to date
it has not cost me anything near the $500 per year that Autodesk is
now asking which is why I am considering the options. But I may yet
end up staying with Eagle. At least there are alternatives to
investigate!

/Tristan

Monday, April 17, 2017, 4:09:20 PM, you wrote:

rac> I purchased a full, unlimited license for Eagle 5 back in 2008,
rac> and stayed on the same version for eight years until I couldn't
rac> use my PowerPC computers any more.

rac> I finally upgraded to Eagle 7.6 almost a year ago when they held
rac> a 40% discount sale. I will probably continue to use this
rac> unlimited license as long as I can rather than learn new
rac> software, especially since I understand the User Language
rac> Programs, Libraries, and scripting of Eagle.

rac> I realize that it can be a pain to stay on an old release. I
rac> already had trouble upgrading to Eagle 7.7 because it seems like
rac> it won't accept my license. Now they're on Eagle 8 and I have no
rac> idea whether I would have to pay extra to run that version.

rac> Sometimes my clients need me to use their schematic capture (or
rac> layout) software, and so far that hasn't been too bad.
rac> Unfortunately, although there were some features missing from
rac> Eagle, I also discovered that Eagle has a few features I use
rac> quite frequently that don't seem to be available in other
rac> software - at least not the ones I've tried. That's enough for me
rac> to stick to Eagle. If a client ever inspires me to use different
rac> software that is a total superset of Eagle, then I'll start
rac> looking at the cost to move over. Last time was Cadence Allegro,
rac> which is quite nice, but still a tradeoff of plusses and minuses.

rac> Brian


rac> On Apr 16, 2017, at 9:55 PM, Tristan <tu at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
>> Has anyone made the switch from Eagle to Altium CircuitStudio?  
>> 
>> http://www.altium.com/eagle-switch/circuitstudio/
>> 
>> I have never been 100% happy with Eagle and with the new licensing model coming into effect it is time to consider the options. I used Protel in the past but ended up with Eagle as the full version of Altium priced itself out of contention. I would be interested to hear what other Eagle users are doing.
>> 



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