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Future of Eagle

Joop14

Hello all,

 

I saw the release notes of Beta version 7.6.2:

 

Quote:

- Added 'manufacturing.ulp' provided by Autodesk. It supports an

upload of EAGLE drawing files to 'circuits.io' in order to generate

manufacturing data which can then be downloaded. The Ulp is

accessible as an icon in the board editor.

- Added 'ecadio.ulp' provided by Autodesk. It supports an upload

of EAGLE boards to 'ecad.io' in order to generate a 3D PCB for

use in MCAD systems. The Ulp is accessible as an icon in the

board editor.

 

 

So, new "features" are not accessible anymore without internet

connection??

 

What happened with "we want standalone programs that can do the job"??

 

What if I don't want to upload my intellectual property to others?

 

What about IDF export without any dependency of a vendor?

 

I'm a bit worried about the direction of Eagle.

 

 

 

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  • Joop14 wrote:

     

    So, new "features" are not accessible anymore without internet

    connection??

    To be fair, the DesignLink stuff that's been in the last several versions of EAGLE uses internet resources I believe? Not that I have used it, it's not at all useful to me in my workflow.

    Joop14 wrote:

     

    What happened with "we want standalone programs that can do the job"??

    The export to ECAD.io to generate 3D models of boards for import into the likes of Fusion360 isn't new. It's been available for a while now, they've just added a menu item now Autodesk own EAGLE so that people know about it. It actually works well and my MCAD guy was really excited when he found out about that capability.

     

    I'm not too fussed about circuits.io, I think it's probably a lot more appealing to hobby/maker users rather than professional users. It's not something I see myself using. But it's there and works so I don't have any issues with them simply adding a link to it.

     

    You missed the new feature that doesn't require any external resources. The one where the net names appears in your traces in your PCB. This is a really simple but great feature. Credit where credit is due, this is only a minor point release and a beta at that so having a useful feature added is good. From the details they've given about new features they are targeting for a future release in the blog posts they've made since the acquisition, it doesn't look like they are moving everything to online based services. To me this release is just consolidating what's already there and making it more easily accessible.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Rachael

  • in reply to rachaelp

    On 08/16/2016 08:48 AM, rachaelp wrote:

     

    You missed the new feature that doesn't require any external resources. The one where the net names appears in your traces in your PCB.

     

    Okay... I missed this one.  How does one turn this on?  I'm using 7.6.0

    on linux.  I didn't find anything in Help, nor the manual, nor in

    Options->Set.

     

    Thanks,

        - Chuck

     

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  • in reply to rachaelp

    On 08/16/2016 08:48 AM, rachaelp wrote:

     

    You missed the new feature that doesn't require any external resources. The one where the net names appears in your traces in your PCB.

     

    Okay... I missed this one.  How does one turn this on?  I'm using 7.6.0

    on linux.  I didn't find anything in Help, nor the manual, nor in

    Options->Set.

     

    Thanks,

        - Chuck

     

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  • in reply to dukepro

    Chuck Huber wrote:

     

    On 08/16/2016 08:48 AM, rachaelp wrote:

     

    You missed the new feature that doesn't require any external resources. The one where the net names appears in your traces in your PCB.

     

    Okay... I missed this one. How does one turn this on? I'm using 7.6.0

    on linux. I didn't find anything in Help, nor the manual, nor in

    Options->Set.

     

    Thanks,

    - Chuck

     

    Hi Chuck,

     

    It's not available in 7.6.0, it's in the latest 7.6.2 beta. Then in Options -> Set -> Misc there is a new checkbox for 'Display signal names'.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Rachael