Eagle License for 7.7.0 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Infrared_Fred
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 01:20:21 am
content: Does anyone know if there is a way to upgrade capabiltites from the freeware version of Eagle 7.7.0 to the "Standard" version where you can do more than 100x80mm 2 layer etc.? I think the "Standard" license capabilties were something like 160x100mm or someting and 4 layer, etc. My main concern is the board size limitation were you can't go any bigger than about 3"x4". I will not get a subscription, since i do not want anything that cannot pay for once and be done with. I would vastly prefer not switching to KiCad or anything else due to the learning curve and I am already established in Eagle. Thank you for any help!

author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 08:24:24 am
content: I tried to buy the full/professional/ultimate version of Eagle V7 but somehow, Autodesk doesn't like my money.I had many discussions and they preferred I switched to another CAD instead of selling me an older version of Eagle.

author: georgian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 07:09:14 pm
content: I have an eagle 7.7.0 standard lifetime license and i bought one for the newer version (expired after one year). I did almost all the work on the 7.7.0 version and when I had to place components outside the minimum area I did in on the newer version. There is backwards compatibility for files.I just don't like the colors on the new version and the fact that is made for big screens. Less working area and the tool bars look bigger on the small screens

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 10:12:16 pm
content: Isn't 7.7 already the online version?Then just buy fusion 360, you get eagle license "for free".

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 10:12:56 pm
content: 7.7 is the last real version.

author: macegr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 11:32:43 pm
content: We are already looking at the loss of 7.7 on a platform in the somewhat near term. It will not run on Apple M1 hardware without emulation, it will not be recompiled for that architecture. So in maybe 4 or 5 years, there will be a very small and shrinking number of Mac users able to run native Eagle 7.I still have old running Macs, plus Windows and Linux options for continuing to run Eagle. But all my new personal designs have been in KiCad. Industry is settling into Altium pretty much everywhere else I've seen.

author: georgian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2020, 11:26:10 pm
content: Quote from: macegr on November 28, 2020, 11:32:43 pmI'm using eagle 7.7.0 on mac book pro 2015 osx 10.15.6 and it always quits when I zoom in too fast. Sometime it makes graphics problems. I never had any issues with windows (7 and 10).I guess you are right, this version will become obsolete. Still very powerful with lifelong license, made to be used offline, which is the greatest advantage for me.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2021, 02:32:57 pm
content: I'd like to buy a license for Linux .... but it seems impossible

author: Unixon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2021, 06:54:12 pm
content: Quote from: Infrared_Fred on November 28, 2020, 01:20:21 amThere is a complete workaround for board size and partial workaround for number of layers.Eagle CAD itself is not touched in any way.Workaround for layers is described inthis topic- it is simple and can be done manually, while the board size thing requires some automation.

author: montemcguire
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2021, 03:40:12 am
content: Quote from: georgian on November 30, 2020, 11:26:10 pmI'm using a Mid 2015 MBP but it's running El Capitan (10.11.6) and Eagle 7.7.0 is flawless. Putting off the inevitable changeover as long as possible - I have a nice setup with Eagle now, and I don't need the downtime switching to something else.Eventually, that will probably be KiCAD, but maybe Altium. We shall see, but for now it's happy times with Eagle 7.7.0!Monte McGuire

author: rdalbke
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 07, 2022, 04:27:54 pm
content: You mentioned there is a complete workaround for board size. Could you share a link? Thanks.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 27, 2022, 03:22:20 am
content: Quote from: rdalbke on January 07, 2022, 04:27:54 pmhttps://www.kicad.org/download/Sorry, couldn't help myself

author: Unixon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2022, 11:38:30 am
content: Quote from: rdalbke on January 07, 2022, 04:27:54 pmSorry for late reply, haven't been there for a while.In short, the trick is to scale things up and down. There's a software that helps to do that automatically. First you scale down all your libraries, then you develop a project with those libraries and finally when you you're ready to release it, you scale the project up and run CAM processor to get your gerber files. However, DRC rules has to be modified manually, this is not automated, but you only need to do this once and save a preset for each scale.I'll get back to you with a link.

author: Unixon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2022, 02:07:32 pm
content: OK, here it is:https://github.com/mirai-computing/QEagleScaler

author: WalterMitty
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 18, 2022, 10:17:09 pm
content: Hi, I am/we are user(s) of Eagle 7.5 PRO version (almost unlimited in board size and layers).However - due to CoVid-19 I still work in HomeOffice most of the time.In my company the EAGLE PRO version is installed - but not in my home office. There is a free EAGLE version by Autodesk with the known limitations,which I can use for *.sch modifications, but alterations to .brd files - sent by my colleagues - are almost impossible.I have got the license key, but nobody in my company seems to have the installation package from 2015 anymore.Since Cadsoft obviously closed down, is there any source where I can download the 7.7.0 version from - or at least the 7.5 version as in my company?Regards Reiner (WalterMitty)

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2022, 12:12:26 am
content: Autodesk maintains themhttp://eagle.autodesk.com/eagle/software-versions/1

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2022, 11:19:51 pm
content: I'd suggest switching to KiCad though at this point.

author: Doctorandus_P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 06:58:40 pm
content: In 2021-06 autodesk tried to buy Altium. (Which is after this thread started) This indicates they themselves do not see a bright future for Eagle. Autodesk also has a long history of buying up companies, then taking out some small part and letting the rest die. I don't know what their real intentions with eagle are.I personally won't touch software from that company. I've seen their latest cad/cam combination become popular, lots of people investing their time and effort to learn it and even create tutorials, and as a result autodesk cripples the "free" version to a point it's nearly unusable. I use FOSS software exclusively, (So it's naturally KiCad for me) and I also donate more to them than I ever paid for commercial software, but only after I've tried some software package for an extended period of time and like it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 07:37:56 pm
content: They are still heavily working on the Fusion 360 Electrical implementation.(meaning it changes every few months)

author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 09:47:46 pm
content: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/eagle-forum/odb-when-will-it-finally-be-available/td-p/9054344/page/3Eagle CAD is dead.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2022, 09:11:55 pm
content: Quote from: Karel on October 06, 2022, 09:47:46 pmWe have all suspected that for awhile. Today, I got an email from Autodesk -- it must have gotten my address in its acquisition of Eagle.QuoteThe word, "Eagle" appears nowhere in my links to Fusion 360.

author: BloodyCactus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2022, 12:21:46 am
content: oh I just got the same email, I politely replied to Shannon that its a good thing my 7.7 license works wherever I install it and I've long since moved to a competitors product so I dont need your cloud locked web garbage

author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2022, 07:45:22 pm
content: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/eagle-forum/eagle-support-for-mac-m1-when/td-p/11503374

author: macegr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2022, 05:11:08 am
content: 7.7 still runs (pretty snappy too) on my M1 Max. Not that I've started it up in months except to check whether it still ran.

author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2022, 08:14:47 am
content: V7.70 was the last good version.

author: DaleW
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 06, 2025, 07:31:00 pm
content: WalterMittty, can you send me an email please (see my profile).

author: tmnt99tmnt
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 16, 2025, 04:25:32 pm
content: I had an EAGLE 4 professional licence (purchased in 2006!), which over the years I upgraded to 5 and then to 7. I stopped using EAGLE around 5 years ago and unfortunately, I now can't locate the activation code for v7.I need to swap an obsolete component to an old PCB design that I did for a customer, but it was saved with v7 and won't open with v5. I tried importing it to KiCad, but the reproduction is not accurate and it will take some effort to rectify everything.Does anyone have a v7 licence that they are no longer using and are willing to pass on? Thank you.