Did autodesk fold in on Eagle?

Hi Warren,

Thanks for the link.

I explored KiCAD a bit today, and noticed some symbols in the library are already associated with footprints, so that's great that the mechanism exists.

Also, I explored the file formats a little bit, and they are fairly understandable (I didn't think they wouldn't be, but I wanted to get familiar with what they look like).

if I get any further I'll start a different thread (maybe called "EAGLE to KiCAD Experiments" or something) so that the information is more easy to find than on this thread we've hijacked : )

On 3/02/2020 10:09 am, shabaz wrote:

Hi Warren,

 

Thanks for the link.

I explored KiCAD a bit today, and noticed some symbols in the library are already associated with footprints, so that's great that the mechanism exists.

Also, I explored the file formats a little bit, and they are fairly understandable (I didn't think they wouldn't be, but I wanted to get familiar with what they look like).

if I get any further I'll start a different thread (maybe called "EAGLE to KiCAD Experiments" or something) so that the information is more easy to find than on this thread we've hijacked : )

 

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It's a good idea to start a new thread but I'll add a little more here

to clarify/correct what I wrote earlier.

Here is a new link to a document titled "KiCad Library Convention"

https://kicad-pcb.org/libraries/klc/

Within it there is a section "Fully specified symbols"/

That term "Atomic part" is the term I did not get correct earlier.

Then it says "The official library requires fully specified symbols

except for a small number of libraries that contain only generic symbols."

So Kicad has transitioned to a library model similar to Eagle

I suspect a ULP should be able to convert our personal Eagle libraries

to atomic parts.

HTH

Warren

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On 2/2/2020 22:09, shabaz wrote:

Hi Warren,

 

Thanks for the link.

I explored KiCAD a bit today, and noticed some symbols in the library are already associated with footprints, so that's great that the mechanism exists.

Also, I explored the file formats a little bit, and they are fairly understandable (I didn't think they wouldn't be, but I wanted to get familiar with what they look like).

if I get any further I'll start a different thread (maybe called "EAGLE to KiCAD Experiments" or something) so that the information is more easy to find than on this thread we've hijacked : )

 

I am starting to think this forum may not survive for long. Maybe there

should be an official ex-eagle users forum available to old timers?

Maybe there exist a kicad thread?

On 2/2/2020 8:57, Joern Paschedag wrote:

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

now?

I'm running 7.7 (got 3 full licenses).

The stuff I do on 7.7 is probably off the edge of what Eagle can do, but

thanks to some self made scripting, it really does the job pretty well

for the price. Not to mention all the offloaded running cost worries..

Because of the stuff I do is not easy to port to KiCad (afaict),

switching is not an issue, atleast not until Kicad can do proper layer

stack config and width/spacing adjustments for high speed impedance

matched diff routing.

My latest Eagle project does both large DDR4 banks and quite a lot of

5.4G displayport routing pretty well.

Morten,

This is helpful. I will never be doing anything this complex but it is good to know that it can be done with Eagle, as I think that would imply it is a good product. I guess mostly it is what you are used to.

Dubbie

Am 03.02.2020 um 10:21 schrieb Morten Leikvoll:

 

I am starting to think this forum may not survive for long. Maybe there

should be an official ex-eagle users forum available to old timers?

Maybe there exist a kicad thread?

Hi Morten,

I fear too about the survival.

I recently checked out my earlier contacts, but most of them working at

institutes. Eagle central is off (imho). The only site active I found is

bob starr. Question is if he would do it and if it suits the other old

timers?

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On 2/3/2020 13:29, Joern Paschedag wrote:

Am 03.02.2020 um 10:21 schrieb Morten Leikvoll:

Hi Morten,

I fear too about the survival.

 

I recently checked out my earlier contacts, but most of them working at

institutes. Eagle central is off (imho). The only site active I found is

bob starr. Question is if he would do it and if it suits the other old

timers?

Ok, I took the liberty to start a new slack team called eagle_oldtimers

just to test the interest. If no interest is shown, I can just delete

the team later.

For nonprofit use, wich I think an independant chat is, this is a free

service, but unfortunately limited file and log storage. I use it for

other stuff and find it easy to use and easy to access over web

(eagle_oldtimers.slack.com) or apps for most platforms.

Also, this is an invite only chat service so you'd have to be invited

via your email, so if you want to join in, drop your email in this

thread, or email me with the subject "eagle_oldtimers" (remove the

"spam" part of the email adr)

official eagle representatives are welcome too, altho we should try to

keep the non profit terms of use.

Am 04.02.2020 um 11:01 schrieb Morten Leikvoll:

On 2/3/2020 13:29, Joern Paschedag wrote:

Am 03.02.2020 um 10:21 schrieb Morten Leikvoll:

Hi Morten,

I fear too about the survival.

 

I recently checked out my earlier contacts, but most of them working

at institutes. Eagle central is off (imho). The only site active I

found is bob starr. Question is if he would do it and if it suits the

other old timers?

 

Ok, I took the liberty to start a new slack team called eagle_oldtimers

just to test the interest. If no interest is shown, I can just delete

the team later.

 

For nonprofit use, wich I think an independant chat is, this is a free

service, but unfortunately limited file and log storage. I use it for

other stuff and find it easy to use and easy to access over web

(eagle_oldtimers.slack.com) or apps for most platforms.

 

Also, this is an invite only chat service so you'd have to be invited

via your email, so if you want to join in, drop your email in this

thread, or email me with the subject "eagle_oldtimers" (remove the

"spam" part of the email adr)

 

official eagle representatives are welcome too, altho we should try to

keep the non profit terms of use.

 

Hi Morten,

nice to give it a try.

My email: jpaschedag@t-online.de

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On 2/4/2020 13:20, Joern Paschedag wrote:

Hi Morten,

nice to give it a try.

 

My email: jpaschedag@t-online.de

 

Invitation sent.

Slack teams doesnt allow underscore in URL, so the correct one is

eagleoldtimers.slack.com

Good morning, Morten,

I'll give it a shot.  Do they have an NNTP server?  Or strictly web based?

Thanks,

    - Chuck

On 2/4/20 05:01, Morten Leikvoll wrote:

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Ok, I took the liberty to start a new slack team called

eagle_oldtimers just to test the interest. If no interest is shown, I

can just delete the team later.