First Public Information about EAGLE V7

I'm still on EAGLE 5.  I've been working towards an upgrade to version 6, but now I'm thinking I should skip 6 and just wait for 7.  Will the upgrade price from 5 to 7 be less than the price to go from 5 to 6 and then 6 to 7?

Very interesting, let the speculation begin.

I was thinking in the last few days that Cadsoft will integrate FreeRouter

so the announcement of a new autorouter makes me smile. That's my

speculation, we will see.

Warren

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Doug Wellington wrote on Mon, 03 March 2014 18:32

I'm still on EAGLE 5.  I've been working towards an upgrade to

version

6, but now I'm thinking I should skip 6 and just wait for 7.  Will

the

upgrade price from 5 to 7 be less than the price to go from 5 to 6 and

then 6 to 7?

Hi Doug, I don't have any inside information.  Historically the upgrade

would cost more from older versions.  For V6 there was a good discount for

V5 -> V6, an OK discount for V4 -> V6 but none for V3.5 -> V6.  So if they

keep the same logic there would be some sort of discount from V5 -> V7 but

not from V4.

But we won't know for sure until that information is public.  Even if I

knew (and I don't) I couldn't tell you--or I'd have to kill you   It's

all very hush-hush you know.

Cheers,

James.

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James Morrison <james@eaglecentral.ca> wrote:

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Hello Everyone,

I just came across this video of Thomas Liratsch (Managing Directory of

CadSoft) at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.  This is the

first public information I've heard about the v7 release.  Not many details

yet but he mentioned 3 main points:

- expected release of mid-2014

- new auto-router module, completely redone

- hierarchical design  -- that's a big one for many

If they nail these and clean up a bunch of the little things that need

polishing this could be a solid release.  See video below...

In Embedded world 2014 I was also told about "improved license management"

lingering for V7...

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Uwe Bonnes wrote on Tue, 04 March 2014 10:16

James Morrison <james@eaglecentral.ca> wrote:

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Hello Everyone,

I just came across this video of Thomas Liratsch (Managing

Directory of

CadSoft) at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.  This is

the

first public information I've heard about the v7 release.  Not many

details

yet but he mentioned 3 main points:

- expected release of mid-2014

- new auto-router module, completely redone

- hierarchical design  -- that's a big one for many

If they nail these and clean up a bunch of the little things that

need

polishing this could be a solid release.  See video below...

 

In Embedded world 2014 I was also told about "improved license

management"

lingering for V7...

That's ominous.  I think EAGLE has, hands-down, the best licensing

management of ANY CAD tool.  It's hard to improve the current system for

users.

James.

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• Online Sales to North America

• Electronic Design Services

• EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

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James Morrison wrote:

Uwe Bonnes wrote on Tue, 04 March 2014 10:16

James Morrison <james@eaglecentral.ca> wrote:

In Embedded world 2014 I was also told about "improved license

management"

lingering for V7...

 

That's ominous.  I think EAGLE has, hands-down, the best licensing

management of ANY CAD tool.  It's hard to improve the current system for

users.

that would most likely be improved form cadsofts point of view 8-(

I most sincerely hope that won't be the case.

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Truth is believed that it is possible exists improvement in the eagle7 in 8 in the 9

Has reached version 6.5, having serious deficiencies,(auto-plase,inport picture e.t.c)

Functions that are basic to other cad

I leave the lacks in library editor because they will need enough pages

It looks like Eagle 7 is now in public beta and downloadable here: CadSoft EAGLE PCB Design - Betatest Version for Users