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Did autodesk fold in on Eagle?

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I got this email from autodesk:

|As of January 7th, 2020, Autodesk EAGLE will now be included as a part

|of a Fusion 360 subscription. All users maintain access to your

|existing EAGLE software while gaining access to Fusion 360 at no

|additional charge.

 

I suspect autodesk is slowly giving up on this business, and that my

long wanted features never will see the day.

It is sad for the Eagle community and a huge threshold to climb for

those of us needing to move to a different software.

 

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  • I have been thinking it is about time I bit the bullet and got to grips with some modern (free) PCB design package. I have used Proteus a few years ago but that is not free. I have downloaded a version of Eagle a couple of years ago now when I first retired but could not get to grips with it then. Now I want to make accustom PCB for my walking robot herd project (stripboard just isn't effective enough plus I will want several).

     

    Having read through all these comments I now do not know whether to put that effort into Eagle or KiCAD. I'm not a professional user, or experienced, I just want something that will enable me to make relatively simple small PCBs without too much effort. Maybe I'll try out KiCAD before making a decision.

     

    Dubbie

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    Dubbie,

     

    Ditto on shabaz comments.  I have been using Eagle for 15+ years now (more that 150 boards and many updates/revisions).  I has it quirks and strangeness, but it has been a useful and trusty companion.  I am currently using 7.6 standard edition (160mm x 100mm, 4 layers, permanent license), which has served be well and I have absolutely no interest in updating or switching to another package.

     

    Gene

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  • in reply to dubbie

    Dubbie,

     

    Ditto on shabaz comments.  I have been using Eagle for 15+ years now (more that 150 boards and many updates/revisions).  I has it quirks and strangeness, but it has been a useful and trusty companion.  I am currently using 7.6 standard edition (160mm x 100mm, 4 layers, permanent license), which has served be well and I have absolutely no interest in updating or switching to another package.

     

    Gene

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    Am 02.02.2020 um 17:47 schrieb Gene Breniman:

    Dubbie,

     

    Ditto on shabaz comments.  I have been using Eagle for 15+ years now (more that 150 boards and many updates/revisions).  I has it quirks and strangeness, but it has been a useful and trusty companion.  I am currently using 7.6 standard edition (160mm x 100mm, 4 layers, permanent license), which has served be well and I have absolutely no interest in updating or switching to another package.

     

    Gene

     

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    Hi Dubbie,

    I'm in some other forums also and there are people looking to buy

    permanent licenses (even older ones). So far no one is going to  sell

    his permanent license.

    So if I were in your situation I would go to KICAD.

     

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    Joern Paschedag