dont get Altium 20 it sucks i cant change footprint when i want to place components on schematics. so go on with the story, since i have new OS installed (obsoleted Win7 i dont want something unstable that need constant update and auto shutdown such as the venerable Win10 or later) i got a chance to try few other new softwares including the latest Altium 20. but then there's tiny incompatibility with my old real beloved programs, but so far they are bearable, nothing that cant be solved there is still some slight backward compatibilitiness over there. if not because of these little little new programs that i have such as ChiTuBox and latest Arduino IDE, latest Chrome and Firefox and Reptier Host that cant be run in WinXP, i wont be installing Win7 64bits few days ago. the worst thing is changing file format with no forward compatibility whatsoever. and the longer you use the crippled/budget/cheap version the worse it will get, lots of project files and components/footprints libraries will be trashed or need redo in the new shiny program, this is why i hate upgrades, when the new developers came into the programming house they have a tendency to change things without giving much thought to legacy users, let alone another brand's users. so the moral is, its not like you can switch program easily even if you've attended Altium course guru level. i cannot easily transfer my DipTrace library into Altium, so that one was trashed i have to redo from beginning, took me years to convert all of them even now i think i havent translated all of them to Altium (mainly due to i'm not using the parts anymore or not yet). i downloaded the help/manual files from the website and start reading and practicing, it is somewhat different workflow compared to DipTrace (integrated component/pcb/schematics vs many separated independent programs) but i quickly get a grasp to it and quickly became my user very friendly EDA with one big problem.
i started earlier with DipTrace, it is somewhat user friendly with lots of help files and youtubes, then i started pilling up components library, then later i felt it is crippled, i cannot make a component with dual independent units, such as dual or quad opamp in one IC, then i tried what everybody and the Admin suggested, go Altium. Dont waste your time on something "crippled".
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