Hi Everyone!
We're excited to announce that EAGLE 8.0.1 is live! You can get it here. For those that don’t already know, this is the first "point" release for EAGLE version 8, coming a few weeks after the release of the new Autodesk EAGLE. This is the first step on a path toward a much more frequent release cycle where each new release includes additional feature development as well as fixes that might stand in the way of productivity.
With this release there's been a number of notable features, updates, fixes, etc:
- Standard Edition now supports 4 signal layers (woohoo!)
- Freeware users will only need to login when they get their license the first time, (and if/when they upgrade to subsequent versions of the software). Other than that, you are welcome to work offline without need of an internet connection.
- Made improvements to the mitering tool - namely, the mitering tool now closely follows the mouse cursor.
- The spacebar will enable you toggle the start layer before you route (e.g. select the route command, watch the layers pulldown...now hit the Spacebar. You’ll see the start layer changes in the Layers list at the top left of the workspace, without having to pick the layer from the list).
- Proxy servers are now supported
Some high visibility bug fixes:
- Using the spacebar while actively routing will now skip over signal layers that have been disabled (not displayed) through the Layer Settings.
- Repainting errors when routing after moving objects are fixed.
- We fixed a bug in the BGA router which a few users reported after the version 8 release.
- ULP problems fixed on linux
- Printing on linux has been fixed
- Fixed UDP socket issue on Linux
- Only when group is not empty the Delete key kicks off DELETE operations.
This is only a handful of what’s in this release. We hope you really enjoy it and we look forward to your feedback.
Best regards,
Matt