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Autodesk EAGLE Announcement - Time to Move on?

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Effective June 7, 2026, Autodesk will no longer sell nor support EAGLE. New and active Fusion 360 and Fusion 360 with EAGLE Premium subscriptions will continue to give you access to Fusion 360 electronics as well as EAGLE Premium functionality until EAGLE is no longer supported in June 2026. 

Fusion 360 with EAGLE Standard subscriptions will no longer renew after June 7, 2024. It’s recommended to subscribe to Fusion 360 for access to the electronics workspace. 

A subscription to Fusion 360 includes fully integrated CAD, CAM, CAE, and PCB functionality and includes up to 999 schematics, 16 layers, and an unlimited board area. 

This document will cover the Frequently Asked Questions around the Autodesk EAGLE Announcement – Next Steps and FAQ. 

To navigate to a specific section, click any of the links below. Use ‘Return to Top’ in each section to navigate quickly back to the top of the web page. 

Source: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-EAGLE-Announcement-Next-steps-and-FAQ.html

Time to move on to another product, like KiCad!

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  • I am torn.  I had an Eagle Pro license before Autocad took over.  I am not a fan of the subscription model, but I grudgingly signed up.   I started using Fusion360 for the mechanical designs, and although I prefer Solidworks, Fusion360 was 'free' and it worked for me.   In the meantime, Eagle has been migrating away from some of the things that brought me to the tool in the first place.   At this point I am slowly migrating the electronic designs to KiCAD, but will probably keep my subscription to Fusion just to continue to support the mechanical cad designs.   In theory having an integrated mechanical/electronic CAD tool sounds great, but in practice, I have found it not to be very useful.

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  • I am torn.  I had an Eagle Pro license before Autocad took over.  I am not a fan of the subscription model, but I grudgingly signed up.   I started using Fusion360 for the mechanical designs, and although I prefer Solidworks, Fusion360 was 'free' and it worked for me.   In the meantime, Eagle has been migrating away from some of the things that brought me to the tool in the first place.   At this point I am slowly migrating the electronic designs to KiCAD, but will probably keep my subscription to Fusion just to continue to support the mechanical cad designs.   In theory having an integrated mechanical/electronic CAD tool sounds great, but in practice, I have found it not to be very useful.

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  • in reply to sauerwald

    FreeCAD for sure is not anywhere near as good, but it depends how sophisticated your needs are.

    I learned how to do this with just a week or two of practice: (it's a cap for a thermal camera (I lost the original piece). It fitted perfectly first-time.

    For sure this is not very sophisticated, and FreeCAD might not be usable at all for higher-end designs that Fusion is good at.

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    Another weird shape.. this too was one of the first pieces I managed to create with FreeCAD (I'm a total beginner at any 3D CAD).

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    FreeCAD also has some specialist stuff like sheet-metal design capabilities.