I came here to mention the ability to check out licenses in Altium. Until one of these CAD packages gets MySQL integration for their library parts, they will never be a realistic replacement for Altium. I always check out the license for a week on my laptop before I travel anywhere, even if I'm only gone for a few days, since I've been stuck in airports one too many times.
You can even force the return of the license from another computer if you need to return it early and don't have access to the computer. 2 days for the weekend, or 6 hours for the night), and won't check the network while it's got it. Meslomp wrote: The link to my work network often drops and then I lost the license, cannot save work and sometimes even altium tends to crash such that you have to kill it in the task manager, loosing all the work you have done.Īltium lets you check out a roaming license for any length of time (e.g. There seemed to be a gap between Eagle (hobby use) and some of the larger programs like Altium (pro use), but DipTrace seems to live right between both of them for a price that works for the hobby user. I know I have a long way to go in my PCB adventures, but to be able to do this in 2 hours, tells me that this software is a great offering for us part time hackers. Free demo with plenty of power available. If you are just thinking about starting out in PCB design or find using Eagle to be like self torture, then I urge you to give DipTrace a try. I have been hacking away on a board a few hours each weekend in Eagle, but in less than 2 hours, I designed it over from scratch, routed it, and even sent files to the board house using DipTrace. Tons of libraries, and even a 3D preview system built right in. It doesn't have any of those crazy Eagle quirks, and every command is just intuitive. But last week I downloaded the DipTrace demo and began laying out a new board, and I think this program is perfect. Tried out Pulsonix demo, and that was not too bad, especially knowing a little about Altium. Using Eagle is like discharging a 20 kilo-volt capacitor across your tongue.
Of course, being a part time hacker, I jumped on the Eagle bandwagon like so many. Knowing someone who owns Altium, I have been able to get some free instruction and really dig into how it works. I have been playing around with Eagle, Pulsonix, and the latest Altium Designer as I learn the art of PCB creation. At the risk of sounding like Novarm employee, I MUST shout out loud about my experiences with their amazing PCB layout software.
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