bigmoose
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Patrick, what do you need opened in Altium? My old version opened raphael chang's files. If you need something, let me know and I will try to snag it for you and put into pdf or something.
bigmoose said:Patrick, what do you need opened in Altium? My old version opened raphael chang's files. If you need something, let me know and I will try to snag it for you and put into pdf or something.
velias said:Look at Altium Circuit Studio, a slightly less fancy version than Designer, but almost the same user interface. It does everything you need, autorouting,3D, same as Designer, it probably uses the same underlying engine. You don't need a $10K layout/schematic system, that is for laying out motherboards 8 layer+ boards
Altium Circuit Studio is being sold for 500 dollars via Newark/Element14 if you are switching from Eagle. Everyone is jumping ship after Autodesk bought Eagle and changed it to subscription based only. Here's the link: http://www.altium.com/eagle-switch/circuitstudio/
You can download a 30 day trial of Circuit Studio. It will import eagle stuff and import Altium Designer files if you export it from Designer.
And if that's not cheap enough, another option is Altium CircuitMaker which is exactly the same as Circuit Studio and is completely free, no restrictions, except it is partly cloud-based and more collaborative, multiple people can edit stuff at the same time if you want. They use a different online parts library concept with Octopart and kind of a shared library that everyone contributes to.
velias said:Look at Altium Circuit Studio, a slightly less fancy version than Designer, but almost the same user interface. It does everything you need, autorouting,3D, same as Designer, it probably uses the same underlying engine. You don't need a $10K layout/schematic system, that is for laying out motherboards 8 layer+ boards
Altium Circuit Studio is being sold for 500 dollars via Newark/Element14 if you are switching from Eagle. Everyone is jumping ship after Autodesk bought Eagle and changed it to subscription based only. Here's the link: http://www.altium.com/eagle-switch/circuitstudio/
You can download a 30 day trial of Circuit Studio. It will import eagle stuff and import Altium Designer files if you export it from Designer.
And if that's not cheap enough, another option is Altium CircuitMaker which is exactly the same as Circuit Studio and is completely free, no restrictions, except it is partly cloud-based and more collaborative, multiple people can edit stuff at the same time if you want. They use a different online parts library concept with Octopart and kind of a shared library that everyone contributes to.
methods said:Uh... velias...
velias said:Look at Altium Circuit Studio, a slightly less fancy version than Designer, but almost the same user interface. It does everything you need, autorouting,3D, same as Designer, it probably uses the same underlying engine. You don't need a $10K layout/schematic system, that is for laying out motherboards 8 layer+ boards
Altium Circuit Studio is being sold for 500 dollars via Newark/Element14 if you are switching from Eagle. Everyone is jumping ship after Autodesk bought Eagle and changed it to subscription based only. Here's the link: http://www.altium.com/eagle-switch/circuitstudio/
You can download a 30 day trial of Circuit Studio. It will import eagle stuff and import Altium Designer files if you export it from Designer.
And if that's not cheap enough, another option is Altium CircuitMaker which is exactly the same as Circuit Studio and is completely free, no restrictions, except it is partly cloud-based and more collaborative, multiple people can edit stuff at the same time if you want. They use a different online parts library concept with Octopart and kind of a shared library that everyone contributes to.
That was the best post I have read in like... A MONTH.
Thanks
I am all over it.
Here is the link to the AD / CD comparison
https://www.element14.com/community...designer-feature-and-specification-comparison
Here is a breakdown of the features which are not identical with a description of what they are:
note: ah... so they are freezing the old design, selling it cheap, and charging more for the latest improvements. I have always liked that model.
note: Using Eagle is like using a hammer for a Toothbursh... so I am not trying to pick Altium apart... just want to see which fancy features I will not get.
* Wire segment editing - I presume the ability to cut out a little part of a net leaving two new nets? Fine.
* Device sheets - Ah... thats a bummer... its like a persistent copy and paste.You can group common stuff and plop it down... hmmm... if it preserves the copper... (probably not)
* Design refactoring - yep... I dont do enough PCB work to warrantthis
* Advanced design variants - lol - totally out of my league. I just want to make a 4 layer PCB that doesn't suck
* Smart paste -I could see this being useful... if requirements are drawn up well one would like to be able to shift them over... oh well - I dont work for the man anymore.
* Blankets - meh, no biggie
* Specific no ERC
* Bus dragging
* Push while dragging
* Automatic neckdown
* Specctra interface
blah blah blah
Rigid flex support - that is a bummer
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Non circular holes? Really guys... nah... dont even give engineers that option Does anyone even go to the manufacturing facility anymore these days? The non circular drills are all dull and you have to pay a resharpening fee every time you use them. So... dont care.
It does blind vias...
Yea - I have seen enough.
$500 is the kind of cash I would not mind spending on Altium.
I am going to do it before I invest any more time into Eagle.
Now - the only question is if I can sell enough of my old ebike junk to make it happen. I date an accountant now so... eh... I get to carry around the kind that jingles but not the kind that folds if you know what I mean :? .
Wait till you guys see the pics of my back yard. I finally went back and cleared out my warehouse... omfg... my back yard has 10 bikes, 2 trailers, and 5' of tires and wheels (stacked flat). Most of it is going to the Santa Cruz Bike Church... but some of it will be cleaned up and sold for a very good price on Craigs List.
Last night we stayed up late and got an Ebike running... pics later... it was an awesome grind. I pulled Justin's jalopy out of the pile, rigged it with the most sketch and corroded BC controller, and no-fuse, no bms wired up 4 hobby king packs. Its the second bike I have had a runaway with... (throttle not applied, bike goes)... but I am writing that up separate.
thanks!
-methods
Sorry, it looks like my Altium is so old it only exports to "Schematic Binary 4.0"okashira said:Could you export the PCB file to a 5.0 PCB file? This is what is needed to get the file into circuit studio.
Per this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAWBsShCId4&t=266s
bigmoose said:Sorry, it looks like my Altium is so old it only exports to "Schematic Binary 4.0"okashira said:Could you export the PCB file to a 5.0 PCB file? This is what is needed to get the file into circuit studio.
Per this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAWBsShCId4&t=266s