New free Altium version coming

On 9/15/2014 7:28 AM, Ian Johnston wrote:

Hi all,

 

Not sure if has been discussed here already (I did look) but Altium have

decided to join the FREE pcb design bandwagon in direct competition to

Eagle PCB.

 

There's a thread over at the EEVblog, goto page 8 and you'll see Dave

has posted a good amount of detail.

 

I actually think this is good news for Eagle PCB users as hopefully

CadSoft will respond and maybe push harder at bringing some long wanted

functionality to Eagle. Can we look forward to big changes to Eagle in

Version 8......?

 

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/free-altium-is-coming/

 

Page 8:-

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/free-altium-is-coming/105/

 

Ian.

 

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Hi Ian,

Thanks for posting this, we're always pushing as hard as we can. You

won't have to wait for V8, we're going to be making some improvements to

V7 now.

Let me know if there's anything I can do for you.

Jorge Garcia

Am 17.09.2014 00:34, schrieb Jorge Garcia:

On 9/15/2014 7:28 AM, Ian Johnston wrote:

Hi all,

 

Not sure if has been discussed here already (I did look) but Altium have

decided to join the FREE pcb design bandwagon in direct competition to

Eagle PCB.

 

There's a thread over at the EEVblog, goto page 8 and you'll see Dave

has posted a good amount of detail.

 

I actually think this is good news for Eagle PCB users as hopefully

CadSoft will respond and maybe push harder at bringing some long wanted

functionality to Eagle. Can we look forward to big changes to Eagle in

Version 8......?

 

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/free-altium-is-coming/

 

Page 8:-

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/free-altium-is-coming/105/

 

Ian.

 

 

Hi Ian,

 

Thanks for posting this, we're always pushing as hard as we can. You

won't have to wait for V8, we're going to be making some improvements to

V7 now.

 

Let me know if there's anything I can do for you.

 

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge,

Some lone awaiting functions like 3D as import and export.

it is hard to explain the desinger why i can't export step or an other

3D format and import his 3D -Model of the device.

Werner

Jorge,

Thanks for your reply.

I don't want to be too critical of CadSoft as I've worked in software development so I know how hard it can be...........but there are simply loads of areas within EAGLE PCB that
need improvement. We've seen V6 come to the table, and now V7 but in reality there's not been that many fundemental changes for the end user. It's 2014 so
lets see CadSoft make some real meaningful changes and upgrades rather than tweaks/bugfixes.

The free Altium version has the possibility of pulling a LOT of users away from EAGLE PCB and the open-source community jumping ship over time................It's all for CadSoft to lose.

I am still using V6.6 (pro) as I don't see the point in upgrading for all that V7 offers. I'd like to see a real WOW factor on the next release of EAGLE PCB which will make me spend my money and keep CadSoft ahead of Altium.

Ian.

I can't imagine why anyone using the low cost or free versions of Eagle would contemplate for one second switching to Altium.

Altium is a company with a long term track record of huge price fluctuations and bizarre company policies. It tries continuously to get all your data into its system to lock you in as much as possible.

Its full price PCB CAD system may still be OK (but there is competition from the likes of Cadence (Orcad) etc who's business policies are more comprehensible).

But all these things are in a different price class from Eagle.

Perhaps you could explain what Altium features you find attractive ?

MK

I can't imagine why anyone using the low cost or free versions of Eagle would contemplate for one second switching to Altium.

Altium is a company with a long term track record of huge price fluctuations and bizarre company policies. It tries continuously to get all your data into its system to lock you in as much as possible.

Its full price PCB CAD system may still be OK (but there is competition from the likes of Cadence (Orcad) etc who's business policies are more comprehensible).

But all these things are in a different price class from Eagle.

Perhaps you could explain what Altium features you find attractive ?

MK