Autodesk buys Eagle
I think in general this is good news, Autodesk have some very good 3D modeling software, Autodesk Inventor for example. After having to toggle between Orcad PCB then a 3D cad package to check clearances then back to Orcad and so on, Orcad's 3D capabilities are non existent.
re-write it from starch.
Are you talking about Orcad Layout PCB or Allegro? Orcad Layout has no 3D capabilities indeed but Allegro should have
re-write it from starch.i think the starch version will easily outperform the regular programming language used ...
re-write it from starch.i think the starch version will easily outperform the regular programming language used ...
I made my first PCB's in AutoCAD (Version 2.3 DOS) step by step by hand in the early 1980s, when there was no PCB software available.
May be this is a good thing, I am still using AutoCAD from time to time.
Well, if Autodesk bought them, then forget about anything that was somehow good on Eagle. It will likely become Windows only and an expensive slow piece of junk - as pretty much all software Autodesk has acquired over the years (Maya, 3D Studio, ...)
- I would hope they goto a subscription model at least as an option.
- DRASTICALLY improve the process of building a new library part.
- DRASTICALLY improve manual routing - push/shove, change trace width from point to point, and about 1000 other things
- DRASTICALLY improve the geometry creation and control of PCB, holes, and other physical restrictions
Eagle is fine for hobby work, but it kills me in a professional environment where it sits side by side with high-end software.
- I would hope they goto a subscription model at least as an option.
- DRASTICALLY improve the process of building a new library part.
- DRASTICALLY improve manual routing - push/shove, change trace width from point to point, and about 1000 other things
- DRASTICALLY improve the geometry creation and control of PCB, holes, and other physical restrictions
Eagle is fine for hobby work, but it kills me in a professional environment where it sits side by side with high-end software.
It will go to a subscription model. AFAIK, all new auto desk licenses are subscription. And that's a good thing because it stabilizes funds/budgeting for development.
I made my first PCB's in AutoCAD (Version 2.3 DOS) step by step by hand in the early 1980s, when there was no PCB software available.
May be this is a good thing, I am still using AutoCAD from time to time.
You mean there was no cheap PCB software available. We used cadstar on a PC-AT in 1985, befor that you needed a workstation
- I would hope they goto a subscription model at least as an option.
- DRASTICALLY improve the process of building a new library part.
- DRASTICALLY improve manual routing - push/shove, change trace width from point to point, and about 1000 other things
- DRASTICALLY improve the geometry creation and control of PCB, holes, and other physical restrictions
Eagle is fine for hobby work, but it kills me in a professional environment where it sits side by side with high-end software.
It will go to a subscription model. AFAIK, all new auto desk licenses are subscription. And that's a good thing because it stabilizes funds/budgeting for development.But it's a potential disaster for long-term maintainability.