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SteveD 
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 Posted: 06 Nov 2014 at 2:24pm |
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OK, good. Note that you can download from DigiKey the results of a search to a spreadsheet. The package information is there. Using that you actually could find part numbers to go with packages for different manufacturers and specific values or ranges of values. Pretty cool.
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elenkoy
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Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 9:43am |
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You promised to us that POD will be available in February of 2014 for V2014. But now we need to upgrade for V2015?!
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Tom H
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Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 10:20am |
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The Library Expert and FP Designer has many new features in 2015. In order to implement new features we had to upgrade the FPX file. The new V2015 FPX file for FP Designer is not backward compatible with V2014. We create footprints for "Request a Part" and send them to V2014 users and they can't open them. Users want new features and new features require changes to save that data in FPX format. |
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LaserAlex
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Posted: 19 Nov 2014 at 9:29pm |
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I appreciate the new features, but when I upgraded from 2012 to 2013 and then 2013 to 2014, each time I had an expectation that I would be getting roughly a year of upgrades (as indicated by the revision matching the year of purchase.)
Further, I upgraded to 2014 with the expectation that I would get Parts on Demand shortly thereafter since it was continuously being advertised as just a week or two away. It is incredibly frustrating to be asked to upgrade AGAIN to get what I thought I purchased 6 months ago.
I know PCB Libraries is a very small company, and I know you have to keep making money to be able to keep developing the system. I'm not sure what to do about this - I just wanted to be sure you know how frustrated I am by what feels like a bait-and-switch on my last upgrade. I'm quite sure I'm not alone in this feeling. |
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Tom H
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 at 3:23am |
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There is no need to upgrade. Parts on Demand is available for V2012, V2013, V2014 and V2015. The only parts you will not be able to use are FP Designer parts that were created using V2015 because it has many new features for creating custom pad stacks and this new data needed to be added to the FPX file in which V2014 cannot read. Keep V2014 as long as you want and access Parts on Demand. We plan to add several million new part numbers to POD in the next couple months. |
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Nick B
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Posted: 20 Nov 2014 at 4:24am |
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If you do not upgrade, just make sure not to use up your credits to download the non-standard FP Designer parts as you will not be able to use them. That is why we recommend upgrading to the latest version, we want to avoid the frustration/clarification required for those who do not understand the difference between the two types of parts. All updates are provided for the currently released/purchased version. If you upgrade to version 2015, you get all updates for version 2015. |
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