Eagle 7.7 Download

On 1/19/2017 12:49 PM, Reece R. Pollack wrote:

I have a licensed copy of Eagle V7, but the latest revision I have

downloaded is 7.5. I believe my license authorizes me to obtain the

latest revision of V7. I have no interest in subscribing to V8.

 

How do I obtain the download for the last V7 revision?

Hi Reece,

Please visit ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/program to download V7.7. I do

encourage you to at least play with the V8 freeware so you can see the

new features.

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

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Unfortunately that link no longer works.

I have to say that I am really disappointed by this new change. I paid the price for the full unrestricted version of Eagle, and have always considered it a good investment. However, I categorically will not pay for subscription-based software. Like buying things on credit without a clear plan of how to pay them off, it's a long slow bleed. There's also no assurance that the price won't skyrocket or that the product will be simply cancelled, leaving you with nothing and no way to access your existing designs.

CADsoft has always been good about fixing bugs in the product, and at providing reasonably priced upgrades for existing customers. The new subscription pricing is far more expensive than the cost per year of the V5->V6->V7 upgrades ever were.

Paul Ste. Marie wrote on Sun, 12 February 2017 21:27

Unfortunately that link no longer works.

I just checked and the URL for downloading the latest v7 does still work:

ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/program/7.7/

Best Regards,

Rachael

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Paul Ste. Marie wrote on Sun, 12 February 2017 21:27

Unfortunately that link no longer works.

I just checked and the URL for downloading the latest v7 does still work:

ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/program/7.7/

Best Regards,

Rachael

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Ah, that one does work.

The link fails now from the US.  I'm in the same position as the thread-starter except I have 7.6.0 and would like the "Last, Lonely Eagle" (v7.7).

GP

On 4/28/2017 5:49 PM, glennp17321 wrote:

The link fails now from the US.  I'm in the same position as the thread-starter except I have 7.6.0 and would like the "Last, Lonely Eagle" (v7.7).

 

GP

 

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Hi Glenn,

Try these:

http://web.cadsoft.de/ftp/eagle/program/7.7/eagle-win64-7.7.0.exe

http://web.cadsoft.de/ftp/eagle/program/7.7/eagle-win32-7.7.0.exe

http://web.cadsoft.de/ftp/eagle/program/7.7/eagle-mac64-7.7.0.zip

http://web.cadsoft.de/ftp/eagle/program/7.7/eagle-lin64-7.7.0.run

http://web.cadsoft.de/ftp/eagle/program/7.7/eagle-lin32-7.7.0.run

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

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Autodesk Support

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Jorge:

The win64 one worked fine.

Thanks much,

GlennP

Here here! Unfortunately Autodesk has now taken over Eagle, so if their other products are anything to go by it means a compulsory, new unstable version every year, subscription only, local overpriced pushy sales reps, and completely incompetent customer support!

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autodeskguest  wrote:

 

Here here! Unfortunately Autodesk has now taken over Eagle, so if their other products are anything to go by it means a compulsory, new unstable version every year, subscription only, local overpriced pushy sales reps, and completely incompetent customer support!

The only part of this statement which is correct is that EAGLE is now subscription only.

Updates to newer versions are not compulsory nor are they forced upon you in any way. In fact you can have multiple versions installed alongside each other just as you have always been able to so you can test a new version and fall back to an existing version you are comfortable with if you need to.

Updates aren't every year. They are much more frequent than that, there is a new release with major new features every couple of months and then they have minor bug fix releases in between to resolve any issues which are found. In case you haven't noticed, since Autodesk took over EAGLE, the pace of development has increased significantly. There is now integration with Fusion 360, SPICE simulation built natively into EAGLE. Live DRC, Push and Shove routing, a new CAM processor, and much more.

There are no pushy overpriced sales reps, at least none that I have seen.

The customer support team for EAGLE are still the same guys who've been supporting EAGLE for many years going back to the CADSoft days and they could never be described as incompetent. The difference being now they are backed by a much larger team of developers which helps with getting issues resolved more quickly.

Best Regards,

Rachael

autodeskguest  wrote:

 

Here here! Unfortunately Autodesk has now taken over Eagle, so if their other products are anything to go by it means a compulsory, new unstable version every year, subscription only, local overpriced pushy sales reps, and completely incompetent customer support!

The only part of this statement which is correct is that EAGLE is now subscription only.

Updates to newer versions are not compulsory nor are they forced upon you in any way. In fact you can have multiple versions installed alongside each other just as you have always been able to so you can test a new version and fall back to an existing version you are comfortable with if you need to.

Updates aren't every year. They are much more frequent than that, there is a new release with major new features every couple of months and then they have minor bug fix releases in between to resolve any issues which are found. In case you haven't noticed, since Autodesk took over EAGLE, the pace of development has increased significantly. There is now integration with Fusion 360, SPICE simulation built natively into EAGLE. Live DRC, Push and Shove routing, a new CAM processor, and much more.

There are no pushy overpriced sales reps, at least none that I have seen.

The customer support team for EAGLE are still the same guys who've been supporting EAGLE for many years going back to the CADSoft days and they could never be described as incompetent. The difference being now they are backed by a much larger team of developers which helps with getting issues resolved more quickly.

Best Regards,

Rachael

I have Licenses for the Eagle 7 version and a subscription to version 8.  Once in a while I find myself using version 8.  But I use version 7.7 about 98% of the time.  Reasons being:

1 - I don't need to have internet access.

2 - I don't have to LOG IN!   Needing to remember YET ANOTHER PASSWORD really does suck!!!!!

3 - I don't normally NEED the newer features.

I know someone is going to jump on this saying that you don't have to constant internet access while using the subscription version, but I don't use it every day either.  I might not log in for a month and then while out and about see something that generates a spark in my mind that I want to quickly map out in a schematic.  When this happens, I am not normally in a wifi zone.  I could be at a customer location or at dinner.  Who knows?  Version 7 just works.

Some of the new features are really nice.  I get that Autodesk has enabled the developers to add features to Eagle much faster than they were able to before.  That said, I am NOT a fan of software as a service.  Before the merger, I had been setting money to the side to purchase a personal license of Eagle for my own use at home.  I can't afford a subscription for personal use.

I too am thinking about making the change to KiCad.  The only thing holding me back before the merger was having to rebuild all my libraries.  Now I am thinking it is a small price to pay.

Hi Dan,

morantz  wrote:

 

I know someone is going to jump on this saying that you don't have to constant internet access while using the subscription version, but I don't use it every day either.  I might not log in for a month and then while out and about see something that generates a spark in my mind that I want to quickly map out in a schematic.  When this happens, I am not normally in a wifi zone.  I could be at a customer location or at dinner.  Who knows?  Version 7 just works.

Well if your subscription license (if you had one) had expired then EAGLE would just revert to the free license. It'll run indefinitely on the free license after the initial online activation for the version you have installed. You could do quite a lot of mapping things out in a schematic within the limits of the free license, certainly plenty to be going on with while you are out and about.

Best Regards,

Rachael

PS. I imagine your friends and family are probably less than eager for you to be whipping out your laptop and firing up EAGLE while you are at dinner with them!

On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:20:28 GMT, Dan Brown

wrote:

I too am thinking about making the change to KiCad.  The only thing holding me back before the merger was having to rebuild all my libraries.  Now I am thinking it is a small price to pay.

KiCAD can import Eagle stuff.  I swapped my company over to KiCAD when

the Eagle rental model came out and we haven't looked back at all.

I'm on the KiCAD developer's mailing list.  The next version is at the

release candidate stage.  I'm amazed at what they've accomplished.

Import from Eagle will be MUCH smoother than it is now.

John

John DeArmond

http://www.neon-john.com

http://www.tnduction.com

Tellico Plains, Occupied TN

See website for email address

On 04/05/2018 11:35 AM, Neon John wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:20:28 GMT, Dan Brown

<noreply-266052@element14.com> wrote:

 

 

I too am thinking about making the change to KiCad.  The only thing holding me back before the merger was having to rebuild all my libraries.  Now I am thinking it is a small price to pay.

KiCAD can import Eagle stuff.  I swapped my company over to KiCAD when

the Eagle rental model came out and we haven't looked back at all.

 

I'm on the KiCAD developer's mailing list.  The next version is at the

release candidate stage.  I'm amazed at what they've accomplished.

Import from Eagle will be MUCH smoother than it is now.

John,

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

Thanks,

    - Chuck

On 04/05/2018 11:35 AM, Neon John wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:20:28 GMT, Dan Brown

<noreply-266052@element14.com> wrote:

 

 

I too am thinking about making the change to KiCad.  The only thing holding me back before the merger was having to rebuild all my libraries.  Now I am thinking it is a small price to pay.

KiCAD can import Eagle stuff.  I swapped my company over to KiCAD when

the Eagle rental model came out and we haven't looked back at all.

 

I'm on the KiCAD developer's mailing list.  The next version is at the

release candidate stage.  I'm amazed at what they've accomplished.

Import from Eagle will be MUCH smoother than it is now.

John,

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

Thanks,

    - Chuck

On 04/05/2018 11:35 AM, Neon John wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:20:28 GMT, Dan Brown

<noreply-266052@element14.com> wrote:

 

 

I too am thinking about making the change to KiCad.  The only thing holding me back before the merger was having to rebuild all my libraries.  Now I am thinking it is a small price to pay.

KiCAD can import Eagle stuff.  I swapped my company over to KiCAD when

the Eagle rental model came out and we haven't looked back at all.

 

I'm on the KiCAD developer's mailing list.  The next version is at the

release candidate stage.  I'm amazed at what they've accomplished.

Import from Eagle will be MUCH smoother than it is now.

John,

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

Thanks,

    - Chuck

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 08:26:54 -0400, Chuck Huber

wrote:

 

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

I've only tried it once as a test.  Worked fine.  Most of my custom

Eagle library consists of old parts that I don't use anymore.  KiCAD

libraries are quite complete so when I need a custom symbol, it's

easier to just do it than fooling around trying to import one item out

of a library.

John

John DeArmond

http://www.neon-john.com

http://www.tnduction.com

Tellico Plains, Occupied TN

See website for email address

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 08:26:54 -0400, Chuck Huber

wrote:

 

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

I've only tried it once as a test.  Worked fine.  Most of my custom

Eagle library consists of old parts that I don't use anymore.  KiCAD

libraries are quite complete so when I need a custom symbol, it's

easier to just do it than fooling around trying to import one item out

of a library.

John

John DeArmond

http://www.neon-john.com

http://www.tnduction.com

Tellico Plains, Occupied TN

See website for email address

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 08:26:54 -0400, Chuck Huber

wrote:

 

How well does KiCAD handle importing Eagle libraries?

I've only tried it once as a test.  Worked fine.  Most of my custom

Eagle library consists of old parts that I don't use anymore.  KiCAD

libraries are quite complete so when I need a custom symbol, it's

easier to just do it than fooling around trying to import one item out

of a library.

John

John DeArmond

http://www.neon-john.com

http://www.tnduction.com

Tellico Plains, Occupied TN

See website for email address

I don't see family that much.  When I used to, I would leave the room they were playing games in and work on something without the sound of dice being rolled!   I mostly work with a customer or friend though. I actually got a LOT of grief from one of my customers when he thought I was not using licensed software.  That is NOT something that I will be allowing to happen again.