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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m also in the position of needing to move away from the schematic capture/PCB solution I use, as it’s rapidly approaching 20 years old…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve tried a few times to get into Design Spark, haven’t quite found the time to get there yet, but it’s a full-featured package that rivals Eagle in functionality, and the price is right. i.e. free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Might be worth a try for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Colin f<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>john slee<br><b>Sent:</b> 25 April 2017 08:37<br><b>To:</b> synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] Switch from Eagle to Altium Circuit Studio<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>After a good while using hobbyist Eagle, I had another look at the (IMO) brain-damaged dumpster fire that is the Kicad user interface... and then plonked for a low-end Eagle 8 subscription. In v8 they've addressed a few things that were annoying with hobbyist Eagle v7, (the schematic page limit being the most annoying for me) and also it finally has the ability to reuse bits of schematic+layout combo. Pretty happy so far. The improvements for me greatly outweigh and outnumber the new annoyances.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not bothered by the cloudy aspect at all, but I can understand why other folks might be concerned.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 19 April 2017 at 21:16, Tristan <<a href="mailto:tu@alphalink.com.au" target="_blank">tu@alphalink.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I recall Protel being somewhat easier to work with than Eagle but have not tried Altium yet so the verdict is still out for me.<span style='color:#888888'><br><br><span class=hoenzb>/Tristan</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br>Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 1:24:23 AM, you wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=2 style='width:1.5pt;background:blue;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I switched from Eagle 6 (pro license for schematic & board) to Altium (full) last year due to being moved from a software team to hardware (I was using Eagle at home, but work uses Altium).<br>Fairly different in their methodologies, and it took me a month or so to stop swearing at Altium's "stupidity", but when I got used to it, I now prefer it. I now get a bit lost using Eagle if I have to refer to one of my earlier projects.<br>There are still some things that I think Eagle is better (net labels, mainly).<br><br>On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:10 Gordonjcp, <</span><a href="mailto:gordonjcp@gjcp.net" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>gordonjcp@gjcp.net</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=2 style='width:1.5pt;background:#3200FF;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 02:55:05PM +1000, Tristan wrote:<br>> Has anyone made the switch from Eagle to Altium CircuitStudio?<br><br>Why not give Kicad a go?<br><br>--<br>Gordonjcp MM0YEQ<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</span></a><br><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>