Is Eagle OK for most Electronjcs companies...eg motor control boards etc

[zenerbjt]

Hi,
What are the mains reasons, if any, that Eagle falls short of top packages like Altium?

..Eg does Eagle do multiple diff pair bus routing?
..does Eagle do online rule checking? (ie it stops you, or indicates to you, that you are  moving say  a resistor pad to close to a different net copper track etc?)
..does Eagle have a component "Pusher".

If i get stuck with Eagle, i can google the problem, and the answer to that problem is instantly there.....this is not the case with many  other packages , since they seem to be quite "private softwares"...would you agree that this is Eagle's great advantage over all others?

[Diskdrive]

I haven't used Altium other than a free trial but I think the biggest difference these days is just in the number of automated routing/design tools.
If your doing very complex design in a ex.RF application on a tight timeline and expect to do a lot of them, Altium is likely better option.

You can do anything with Eagle, it just might take a bit more work if its a complex application.

[zenerbjt]

Thankyou so much DiskDrive & Blueskull.
So KiCAD can do differntial pair routing with length matching, but i wonder about  "multiple" simultaneous  diff pair routing with length matching?

Altium is the only one i know that can do this. May  you know of others?

[gooligumelec]

I would see as AutoDesk ruining Eagle as we speak, KiCAD replacing Eagle is a matter of when, not if.

That's a controversial statement, although I can't deny that KiCAD has a lot of momentum now and Eagle might get squeezed out between the increasingly-capable KiCAD and the expensive high end (Altium etc.).

However, I'm a happy Eagle user, and have no intention of switching.  The price seems fair when it includes Fusion 360, and I really like the F360/Eagle integration. Even my simple PCBs (typically 4 layer and I don't need diff pair routing) have to fit enclosures, and the enclosures need cut outs to match the connectors on the PCB.  It's not just that it's easy to take an enclosure model and generate a PCB outline from it, for a perfect fit.  Or being able to see how the whole assembly looks and move connectors as needed.  It's being able to then generate CAD files to get the enclosure machined - all integrated on the way in, and out.

I've used Altium in a commercial setting.  I prefer Eagle.  Meets my needs perfectly.

[daqq]

Avoid. There's a subscription cost, so no.

If you are looking for a low cost version of Altium, see Circuit Studio.