> Don't underestimate the inertia of processes at established companies.
I understand. The approach we took was to start new designs on KiCad and leave prior work on AD, unless a port is absolutely necessary.
All of our libraries are created using custom tools we wrote nearly 20 years ago. The good news is that these tools can be updated to regenerate the libraries for KiCad. That’ the power of a part description data structure that is independent from the EDA tool.
Starting with KiCad version 6.0 I saw no compelling reason to throw money at AD for the shit job they have been doing maintaining their software. At the end of the day people vote with their wallets. For me this isn’t about free at all. It’s about tool quality and other parameters. We are donating money to KiCad because it is going in the right direction. Altium is not. We were with them for over 20 years. They took us for granted. Goodbye.
I understand. The approach we took was to start new designs on KiCad and leave prior work on AD, unless a port is absolutely necessary.
All of our libraries are created using custom tools we wrote nearly 20 years ago. The good news is that these tools can be updated to regenerate the libraries for KiCad. That’ the power of a part description data structure that is independent from the EDA tool.
Starting with KiCad version 6.0 I saw no compelling reason to throw money at AD for the shit job they have been doing maintaining their software. At the end of the day people vote with their wallets. For me this isn’t about free at all. It’s about tool quality and other parameters. We are donating money to KiCad because it is going in the right direction. Altium is not. We were with them for over 20 years. They took us for granted. Goodbye.