On 2/14/2017 4:58 AM, Didier Derny wrote: > > with eagle 8 you have to take a subscription... and pay each month > or year... > > I think it is time to move to Kicad... > Given the number of users upset at the licensing model change, I believe v7.X will be used for a long time. Like Ruud, I used v5.X for a long time, and it worked fine. As far as I can tell, v7 added no UI improvements. Versions >5 migrated the file format to XML, which many online services and utilities now expect. (3D visualization, panelization, etc.) Still, this ownership and licensing change will no doubt focus more attention on KiCAD improvements, which is a good thing. Not too long ago, open source projects chose EAGLE because it had a free version and it was far more functional than gEDA and KiCAD. The fact that EAGLE was itself not open source was a minor irritant. Now, it seems KiCAD almost matches EAGLE capabilities and is truly FLOSS. I envy folks like Steve. I didn't know either of the apps in 2004 but learned EAGLE as it seemed the best choice at the time. Now, I've gotten very adept at the tool, but the tool has fallen somewhat out of favor. I've attempted to migrate, but I am simply too efficient in EAGLE, and it's hard to justify using limited hobby time to learn a new tool when I can immediately deliver something with EAGLE. Thus, if you are just learning PCB CAD apps, I think learning KiCAD is a better choice. When KiCAD supports back annotations, I'll try once again to migrate. Jim Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-02-14 16:01:55
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