On 12/03/2014 05:46 PM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: > Mark wrote:
> Why did they settle on 16x10 cm for the less expensive versions?? That > seems pretty arbitrary, given that the "Professional" version supports > boards 400x400 cm. I gather 16x10 cm is a common Eurocard size, but I > don't see why that would guide the limit. Somewhere they say that it's half an Eurocard. > I'd be interested to hear from users, whether partisan or neutral, who > have recent experience with *both* packages (Eagle 6 or 7 *and* KiCAD > 2013.07.07). We have the Professional licenses. As you say, the learning curve is steep but once learned, I find myself surprisingly productive. But the autorouter is junk. We bought one license but I never could get it configured to do anything useful. We have a LOT of IP tied up in Eagle's proprietary version 5 format. We upgraded to 6 and 7 but the conversion to the new XML splattered every layout we threw at it so we demanded a refund and are still using V5. The real catalyst for our move to KiCad was that after they'd collected a bunch of upgrade fees, they announced that the new version would come with copy protection. The user base revolted and they backed down in a little less than 6 weeks. But lesson learned. I'll keep a current unlicensed version installed so I can view what others are doing but our involvement with Eagle is over. I'm starting a new induction heater design next week using KiCAD. I'll occasionally report on how it's going. John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.