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Altium Circuit Studio Development???

engineereddownunder

My license for Circuit Studio has just come up for renewal, and after just double checking there has been next to no activity in the development world around Circuit Studio - is it worth renewing the license or is this product a dead duck? The last version release was in May last year with apologies for how little it contained and promises of a more major release later in the year - which never came, and which has been followed up by silence (as far as I can tell) from Altium... Thoughts? Anyone seen a recent roadmap for this software? I actually really like the software but don't want to pour money into something that is not being actively developed.

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  • Hello,

     

    I have CircuitStudio license from 03/2018. A year later, in 03/2019, I paid maintenance for the next year. No new version of CircuitStudio has been released for this maintenance year, nor an update or a tiny release. Just nothing throughout the year. Now the maintenance is over again and I am wondering if I should pay for the next year. Does it make any sense at all?

     

    I used Eagle before. Then I bought a CircuitStudio license. I have paid Fusion 360 subscription, which now includes Eagle. I like CircuitStudio very much, I have learned to work with it, I am quite happy with it, although it sometimes crashes and contains errors. But again, I don't want to pay a subscription if I don't get any updates or bug fixes.

     

    What do you suggest?

     

    Petr Zahradnik

  • in reply to clexpertcz

    Keep using CS as is if it fits your needs. I dropped the subscription some time ago, I don't use or need any of the features that came with the subscription. The software is still usable without.

  • in reply to joel_l

    Kinda where I am Joel_l..........albeit I still have the sub active in the hope.

     

    Eagle - From looks of it, it's gone downhill till they sort out the Fusion360 mess.

    Kicad - Never ever liked it. GUI sucks, and never been a fan of free products.

    Altium Designer - Far too expensive.

    CS - Like the GUI, functionality fits my needs well. Just wish the Vault worked better, currently a waste of time. If Altium want to try and keep subs then refresh the vault BIG time.

     

    Yes we have a lot of choice.......but none of them are properly finished products!!!

     

    Ian.

  • in reply to IanJ

    If  you are in the USA, the OrCad distributor seems to currently have an offer for $750 - but I don't know how well this compares to CS.

     

    Personally, I am still using CS, but I haven't renewed the subscription. *If* Altium produce a good update I will reconsider paying again. I was fortunate that my subscription ended a week or so after 1.5.2 was released, so I was able to get the fix for supplier links.

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  • in reply to IanJ

    If  you are in the USA, the OrCad distributor seems to currently have an offer for $750 - but I don't know how well this compares to CS.

     

    Personally, I am still using CS, but I haven't renewed the subscription. *If* Altium produce a good update I will reconsider paying again. I was fortunate that my subscription ended a week or so after 1.5.2 was released, so I was able to get the fix for supplier links.

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