#ALTIUM AD16 IMPORT PROTEL 99SE FOR FREE#
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#ALTIUM AD16 IMPORT PROTEL 99SE HOW TO#

I know how to use it, and I dont have the limitations of Eagle.

#ALTIUM AD16 IMPORT PROTEL 99SE FOR FREE#

The fact that I now can use a similar tool for free is great IMO.

I probably did a couple of designs in Protel and later a few designs in Altium for this company, so I got semi proficient in using it. It was a new world, but of course too expensive for hobby use. At my first summer internship I was making PCBs for a company, and I used Protel99se I think it was. Eagle for the most OK, but could be a bit hard to use in some cases (as I did not spend time to learn it proficient). Since I learned Eagle first I just ended sticking with it for hobby projects as I did not want to spend a lot of time learning new tools for each design I did. Since the boards usually are small I have been using Eagle for these (free version). Most of these boards are simple boards and dont require fancy features. I have been doing circuit boards on a hobby basis for about 10 years, most of them ends up not being finished or are ongoing projects (never had time to finish). I'm an electronics engineer by profession, but in a different field (ASIC/MCU design). I *do* care that I could lose everything I built with this tool at the whim of Altium. I don' care (much) that I might get stuck being able to tinker for a bit because some piece of the internet between is being cranky. I don't care that others can see my crappy work. But I have no idea how you'd actually structure such an arrangement, it's really just a fairy tale. Or we'll export them to some other formats and send them to you. EDIT: A somehow binding agreement along the lines of: If we ever shut this down we'll unlock your ability to store these/work on them locally. Observing that any solution (Altium's) is better than basically no solution (shuffling files via google drive) is silly when there are plenty of free and low cost better solutions out there. Not a deal breaker, but if you are honestly having issues because you're just shuffling things to/from google drive, there are plenty of other solutions. There are plenty of better tools which you cannot use because of the way this is setup. Further, as far as version issues go, if you're collaborating, the Altium cloud sharing/versioning isn't terrible from the little bit I played with it, but it's not great either. Even if you're happy with how it works now (and I mostly am), the possibility of suddenly being unable to work with or usefully access old designs because Altium shut the server down is an immediate deal breaker.

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