Thanks for the helpful video-Clear and concise. I use the import from Eagle feature a lot in Kicad. Only partially worked in kicad 7. Works great in 8. Very helpful!
Will THIS version load my old design files? Without some kind of interversion compatibility, this project is doomed. We cannot re-enter all of our old designs every time programmers decide to change some little something.
@@TheEngineeringExperienceYT Actually, I still have version 5.x; as I said, I have no time to re-enter all of these designs. They SHOULD have included a version translator to upgrade symbols, footprints, schematics, and layouts. If they had any self-respect, they would yet write and publish one. This is why I don't donate to this project. One of these days there will be no OS on which to run version 5 and I will be thoroughly hosed.
@@byronwatkins2565 I have no clue what you're talking about, I've been using KiCad since v4, and never had a project that couldn't be imported into the latest version.
@@byronwatkins2565I can’t remember the upgrade from Kicad 5 but ime moving from version 6 to 7 and now 7 to 8 is as seamless as possible. Literally just open my projects in the current version, open it’s Eeschema and PCBnew files and then just save. I had a relatively old project which needed to run a footprint and symbol recovery, but that was only once and it didn’t cause any issues.
Thanks for the helpful video-Clear and concise. I use the import from Eagle feature a lot in Kicad. Only partially worked in kicad 7. Works great in 8. Very helpful!
Glad it helped!
many cool ideas , so I will upgrade very soon
Definitely worth the upgrade in my opinion
How do you say kiwi?
With extreme caution.
Will THIS version load my old design files? Without some kind of interversion compatibility, this project is doomed. We cannot re-enter all of our old designs every time programmers decide to change some little something.
I loaded my version 7 project into version 8 without any issues.
You still have version 7 so you don't have to upgrade if you don't want to.
@@TheEngineeringExperienceYT Actually, I still have version 5.x; as I said, I have no time to re-enter all of these designs. They SHOULD have included a version translator to upgrade symbols, footprints, schematics, and layouts. If they had any self-respect, they would yet write and publish one. This is why I don't donate to this project.
One of these days there will be no OS on which to run version 5 and I will be thoroughly hosed.
@@byronwatkins2565 I have no clue what you're talking about, I've been using KiCad since v4, and never had a project that couldn't be imported into the latest version.
@@byronwatkins2565 you might have to install previous versions, like 6 then 7, before you install 8
@@byronwatkins2565I can’t remember the upgrade from Kicad 5 but ime moving from version 6 to 7 and now 7 to 8 is as seamless as possible. Literally just open my projects in the current version, open it’s Eeschema and PCBnew files and then just save. I had a relatively old project which needed to run a footprint and symbol recovery, but that was only once and it didn’t cause any issues.