If they had figured out like years and years ago that the big program must be divided into smaller chunks so that it's possible to get the cheap / free options when you start out, then add components that you need when your company and needs grow. And of course you don't want that since you'll lose revenue because lower or no subscription fees. The thing they're most afraid of is that the users of Altium Designer will move away from Altium's very expensive and large corporation oriented product to their cheaper products or even to the free one if it's adequate for their needs. I reckon when the open beta is released in May the same corporate masters will get flooded with feedback around this! That said, it's good, I like it but I won't use it seriously until the Octopart limitation is lifted.
This is a noisy point on the closed beta forum and I get the feeling the developers are pushing back against their corporate masters on this but are currently on the back foot.
Tag Connect), fiducials, testpoints and RF coils / antenna that are essentially pure PCB partwork. This ruins things like Edge Connectors, Programming Headers (i.e. You CANNOT make a custom part that isn't associated with Octopart. The focus is that you use the footprints / parts that are developed by the community and are available through Octopart. All the issues I see with Circuit Studio I also see with Circuit Maker (see here: ) 2. With this new build, the component workflow has moved entirely to the Libraries panel, so you can search for and create components from a single, convenient location! Check out the forum post for all the details and an installer (if you need a fresh install): (link removed - need a closed beta account to access the forum at the moment) Also, we are releasing you from your NDA, so please go ahead and share your CircuitMaker experience with the world! I'll write up my impressions of the new beta over the next few days and will post when ready. Hi All, Just got this email from Max Clemmons from Altium: Hi, I'm excited to tell you that we've just released the newest CircuitMaker beta build to the testing group.
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