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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.

 

  • I moved off KiCAD to Eagle once it integrated with Autodesk Fusion 360.  It makes for an even quicker build.  I never have a PCB that doesn't need an enclosure.  So, their approach eliminates a lot of measuring and rework.  It very much streamlines the design workflow.

     

    As far as I can tell, its still free for students, hobbyists, and educators.

     

    -Sean

  • in reply to Sean_Miller

    EAGLE's great, unfortunately I'm beyond the free limit (for layers and size) and while I don't mind paying for software, for me I'd rather look elsewhere at that price. It works out to $1500 if I commit for three years (or $2500 pay-monthly) and PCB design isn't my career. For that cost, I can either use EAGLE, or put that money toward some vocational course to further my career down any path.

    Also at this cost it is the same ballpark to rent CAD software used by large enterprises, e.g. Mentor Graphics or OrCAD. The free tier is fantastic though for those able to use it though.

  • in reply to shabaz

    On 1/02/2020 11:17 pm, shabaz wrote:

    I have not seen that so far, but maybe I've missed it and it is there.

     

     

     

    I found this article which appears explain what I was referring to.

     

    Footprints and symbols can be linked.  Looks as if it has some focus in V5

     

     

    https://forum.kicad.info/t/how-can-i-assign-a-footprint-to-a-symbol/8901

     

     

     

    HTH

    Warren

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  • in reply to Sean_Miller

    Am 01.02.2020 um 19:26 schrieb Sean Miller:

    I moved off KiCAD to Eagle once it integrated with Autodesk Fusion 360.  It makes for an even quicker build.  I never have a PCB that doesn't need an enclosure.  So, there approach eliminates a lot of measuring and rework for me.  It very much streamlines the design workflow.

     

    As far as I can tell, its still free for students, hobbyists, and educators.

     

    -Sean

     

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    That doesn't work for me. I need a pro version that doesn't stick on

    internet. And I don't want a rental license.

     

    I run eagle on windows but if win runs out of support I shall not

    upgrade to win 10.

    I shall go with Linux then and my eagle-6.6 will still run on image

     

    I have tried KICAD but.... well read the former posts and import of

    eagle files is not so flawless as pointed out by some people.

     

    I read that Fusion360 is not running on Linux. What about Mac?

     

    I have a question to the fellas here: what eagle version are you running

    now?

     

     

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  • in reply to autodeskguest

    On 02/02/2020 07:57, Joern Paschedag wrote:

     

    I read that Fusion360 is not running on Linux. What about Mac?

     

    I believe it does run on Mac. Some people claim it works on Linux under

    Wine but I'm not going to go down that route.

     

     

    I have a question to the fellas here: what eagle version are you running

    now?

     

    I have V5.12, V7.7 and V9.5.2 (and a couple of others as legacy from the

    CAM processor fiasco at V8.6)

     

    V7 has a standard license, which allows V5 to be used in that mode, too.

     

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    Am 02.02.2020 um 09:41 schrieb Rob Pearce:

    On 02/02/2020 07:57, Joern Paschedag wrote:

     

    I read that Fusion360 is not running on Linux. What about Mac?

     

    I believe it does run on Mac. Some people claim it works on Linux under

    Wine but I'm not going to go down that route.

     

     

    I have a question to the fellas here: what eagle version are you

    running now?

     

    I have V5.12, V7.7 and V9.5.2 (and a couple of others as legacy from the

    CAM processor fiasco at V8.6)

     

    V7 has a standard license, which allows V5 to be used in that mode, too.

     

    I have 5.12 too and for some verrry old Friends I can run 4.16R2 all

    versions are pro.

    I did not go to 7.7 because I saw not a good relation between money and

    value, but what upset me was the EULA.

     

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    Joern Paschedag

     

  • 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

  • in reply to dubbie

    Hi Dubbie,

     

    For a hobbyist if you think you won't exceed the EAGLE limits (80cm2, and 2-layer) then EAGLE is great. However, even if you only want to exceed that size occasionally, then you're stuck with paying £54 for the month you exceed that limit, with the current EAGLE version. I wrote 4 blogs on element14 last year that had PCBs that exceeded that size limit, so I would have had to spend £216 last year ($285) if I worked on each project in a different month. I get by with an older EAGLE release which is permanently licensed, but I do wish to have some more recent features now.

  • 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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    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

     

    Joern Paschedag