I never ever rely on their master db, and always create my own user database. This probably has as much to do with tracking your BOM and other database info as much as anything else.
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#MULTISIM LIBRARY UPDATE#
So if I missed a pull up resistor or make some sort of on the fly change to the design I have to recreate the whole project? Sure, I guess you could always go in and manually update the netlist but come on, really?!!! WTF were they thinking?! Next, unless I'm missing something, it doesn't seem to give you the ability to maintain the database.
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OUCH! Of all the things to cripple in a piece of EDA software this should not be one of them. First off there's no back or forward annotation between schematic and layout. It seems to be crippled in some very nasty ways that make this a deal breaker. I had it on my system for less than a day before I deleted it. I'm not sure whether to allow a one year time limit. When I made those rules, I was thinking of 30 and 90 day time limits. As for my review on PCBShopper: my criteria for my list of CAD programs there has been that the software be free (zero cost) and not time limited. I was looking forward to using a professionally maintained, uncrippled PCB CAD package. On the other hand, it's not The CAD Program For The Rest Of Your Life. On the one hand, this is a lot better than a 30 day evaluation period.
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Undoubtedly, NI has imposed these terms and perhaps, if Mouser makes enough money from people ordering parts through MultiSIM BLUE, those license terms will be extended. So PCB layout will stop working a year after you start using MultiSIM BLUE and the rest of the package will stop working in 2017. THE SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN CODE THAT WILL, AFTER JULY 1, 2017, DEACTIVATE THE SOFTWARE AND RENDER THE SOFTWARE UNUSABLE.