I bought CS in the summer of 2021 for $500. For a schematic and CAD program, that is a reasonable price. Throughout the year I experienced a TON of frustrations.
Nets not connecting to wires, wires not connecting to parts (And not knowing until getting to the PCB import)
If I open multiple projects I get violations like this one:
"Access violation at address 1117F270 in module 'IntegratedLibrary.DLL'. Write of address 004D02E1 at 1117F270."
I am comfortable (mostly) with the tool now. I don't want to switch tools due to the training set back. However, the cost jump to AD is ridiculous.
The fact that CS hasn't seen an update in ~3 years leads me to believe I will not see any improvement any time soon.
Can someone suggest a tool that is reasonably priced, offers compatibility with CS, and doesn't constantly anger me?
(The last part is subjective)
