[grues-dinner]

Oh to be a fly on the wall at Altium HQ today. So many impactful features and improvements in one release on such a short cycle.

Multiple channel layout and the schematic blocks are by themselves a huge chunk of the remaining lead the paid packages had.

[stn8188]

Oh man, I agree with this so much. I used to tell people that if their budget for PCB tools was less than $1k, just use KiCad. I think I might have to increase that number....

The big one, not really given a lot of fanfare in the post, is ODB++ export! This is one feature that would keep people stuck on Altium. Not only does this mean you can easily use US based fabricators who require it, but you can also feed your design into simulation tools that don't easily read Gerber.

[ost-ing]

Altium is a very litigious company. A friend of mine got alarming legal letters for breach of contract by using Altium outside of the registered address range.

I was considering moving to it as my projects become more advanced and demanding, but after hearing that story I wont be.