topic No method of upgrading from Free to Student version in EAGLE Forum

No method of upgrading from Free to Student version

chris.pauli — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:11:08 GMT

I installed the free version of Eagle a few days ago to see if I could learn how to use it for a student project. I found that I need a larger board size and when searching for info on the versions found that there is a student version. I signed up and my account states I have a Premium subscription. All that is great.

Where the problem comes in is that I can not get my Free version to upgrade. I have read many posts on the forum and have tried to remove the licensing info on my Mac (High Sierra), but the files shown in the how-to are not present.

Will the software eventually update itself with the new license? Or is another way to prompt it to check? Or is there another path to solve this?

Thanks.

Re: No method of upgrading from Free to Student version

one-of-the-robs — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:25:34 GMT

Normally what you need to do is log out from your Eagle account and log back in. This is all from within Eagle - logging out of your Mac OS won't help, it's the Autodesk Eagle account that needs the logout/login.

Re: No method of upgrading from Free to Student version

chris.pauli — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:22:14 GMT

That indeed worked but it was not at all obvious. I spent a long time going through all the menus and even searching the help but could not find a way to log out or update my login. Thanks to your suggestion, and an Google search, I found that you have to click the little drop-down arrow in the upper right of the Control Panel and there is appears.

Thank you!