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Release notes

Changed

  • Filters: When we find a component in the PCB, that is not in the schematic, and has a malformed reference, now we inform a warning, discard the component and continue. (#604)
  • PcbDraw: Now handles panelized boards much faster. Previous code was really slow for panels and the time increased exponentially.

Added

  • New preflights:
    • erc: a replacement for run_erc when using KiCad 8. It can generate ERC reports not only in plain text but also HTML, JSON and CSV.
    • drc: a replacement for run_drc when using KiCad 8. Also supporting multiple formats and with a modern separation between unconnected and warnings.
    • update_footprint: updates one or more footprints from the libs. Useful for external QR codes, logos, etc. (#492 #483)
    • draw_stackup: creates a nice drawing for the stackup (See #368)
    • update_pcb_characteristics: updates the text you get from Place -> Add Board Characteristics, so you don’t need to remove it and place again. (See #384 #368)
    • update_stackup: updates the text you get from Place -> Add Stackup Table, so you don’t need to remove it and place again. (See #384 #368)
  • Global variables:
    • str_yes/str_no: to finetune the update_pcb_characteristics preflight.
  • Internal templates:
    • ExportProject: creates a ZIP file containing a self-contained version of the project. All footprint, symbols and 3D models are included.
  • Filters:
    • Now the var_rename and var_rename_kicost filters can be used to change footprints using variants (See #574)
  • Quick Start: D/ERC are also included for KiCad 8 (with dont_stop: true)
  • Navigate Results: Includes the new D/ERC
  • SCH Print:
    • Option to specify a custom page layout (WKS)
    • Workaround for people using backslashes (i.e. Windows+WSL) (See #607)
  • PCB Print:
    • Support for (undocumented) KiCad 8.0 worksheets (20231118) (See #607)
    • Control over the LAYER KiCad variable used in worksheets (layer_var ops)
  • Internal BoM:
    • Colored rows for HTML and XLSX (See #344)
  • Render 3D:
    • Added options to control Eco1/Eco2/Drawings individually on KiCad 8 (#614)

Fixed

  • Netlist generation problems with components on the PCB but not in schematic. I.e. logos reaching iBoM output (#598)
  • 3D/2D renderers: ranges regex to be more strict. Don’t take things like “r1-10”
  • Sch errors are now caught during output runs. (#604)
  • Compress:
    • Could make Python ZIP lib crash when adding a dir to the zip root.
    • So it also removes subdirs created by an output when using move.
  • Copy Files:
    • Problems when no target dir and no WKS.
    • Problems when finding the targets (Makefile, copy files, etc.) before generating the outputs (or when moved).
  • BoM:
    • Expansion of variables in fields could fail if the KiCad config wasn’t initialized