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Martin72:
I downloaded V7. It also asks for a license, and since I don't have one, it's the free version, which also only offers 100x80mm.... :(

westfw:
Presumably these forums should have all sorts of info and questions from the people who plan to continue to run v7 or older versions of EAGLE, as well as helpful suggestions for how to transition to kicad or other alternatives…


I have 7.3 “oshw edition” that does bigger and thicker boards, but only for education and os designs.  And I’m not prone to switch till I absolutely MUST.

BBBbbb:

--- Quote from: westfw on November 14, 2024, 09:44:30 am ---Presumably these forums should have all sorts of info and questions from the people who plan to continue to run v7 or older versions of EAGLE, as well as helpful suggestions for how to transition to kicad or other alternatives…


I have 7.3 “oshw edition” that does bigger and thicker boards, but only for education and os designs.  And I’m not prone to switch till I absolutely MUST.

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Give KiCad a try sooner than later.

I first gave KiCad a try at v4 and went back to Eagle immediately, wasn't even half way through the bord design.
Then at one point someone told me to give KiCad v6 a try, I did one design there and never ever again thought about going back to Eagle.
I am now in a process of doing a board in v8 and man this might be the one of the shiniest examples of FOSS out there.

MarkL:
If you need larger board sizes than your license allows, one workaround is to use this re-scaler:

  https://github.com/mirai-computing/QEagleScaler

You can reduce the size of your project including the libraries, do your work in Eagle, and then scale it back up.  I haven't tried it myself.

I still use Eagle 7.x for maintaining existing Eagle projects, but I agree the way forward is KiCad.

ebastler:

--- Quote from: Martin72 on July 13, 2023, 04:19:51 pm ---2026...Last a while.
I currently have the problem that my free premium license has expired - now they have thrown me back to free and I can no longer edit my boards if they are larger than 100x80, let alone design new larger on... :P

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Kicad's import for Eagle files works surprisingly well. The only issues I have had were with "cosmetic" features (graphics bitmaps) and some unusual milling contours. I tried this with a few files which had been vreated with Eagle 7.x.

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