What's new in KiCad EDA 5.1.0
Mar 19, 2019
- Improved 3D model library path configuration.
- Cairo canvas is now used for printing support on all platforms.
- Schematic and symbol library editors now use the modern canvases for rendering.
- Symbol pin table is now editable.
- Pcbnew scripting support for Python 3 has been added.
- Snapping for graphical object drawing in board and footprint editors.
- Significant user interface improvements.
- Major dialog box improvements.
- Both the footprint and symbol library editors now share the same user interface paradigm with a library tree view pane.
- Symbol, footprint, and 3D model library improvements.
- Documentation and translation improvements.
- Less pain for Linux package maintainers, now all features should be easy to support.
New in KiCad EDA 4.0.3 (Aug 8, 2016)
- The third bug fix version of the stable series 4 branch of KiCad has been released. Thanks to the the KiCad development team for making this possible.
New in KiCad EDA 4.0.2 (Feb 14, 2016)
- This is a bug fix release only.
New in KiCad EDA 4.0.1 (Dec 10, 2015)
- It fixes one known severe bug and one potential severe bug. You should upgrade as soon as possible.
New in KiCad EDA 4.0.0 (Dec 4, 2015)
- Major Items:
- New graphics rendering backend GAL (OpenGL and Cairo) [currently pcbnew only and does not yet support all legacy tools]
- New s-expression based pcb format (.kicad_pcb)
- New footprint library format (.pretty folder with .kicad_mod footprints)
- Updated footprint editor (only usable with GAL renderer)
- More advanced footprint manager concept called footprint library table (fp-lib-table)
- Ability to download footprints on the fly from git repositories
- Official libraries are now stored on github and regularly updated
- Awesome/Advanced Push and Shove (PnS) router (only usable with GAL renderer)
- Interactive differential trace routing and tuning
- Interactive trace length tuning
- Much more realistic 3D board rendering
- Intelligent library search with preview in Eeschema
- Initial Python api for Pcbnew
- Infrastructure Updates:
- New website
- Continuous integration tools via Jenkins (http://ci.kicad-pcb.org )
- Nightly builds for windows, OS X, fedora, ubuntu, and openSUSE (see downloads for information)
- Minor Items:
- Wording of many dialogs and errors has been improved
- Some excessive dialogs have been removed
- New icons for many tools
- New schematic library browser
- Docs now available in several different formats online (http://docs.kicad-pcb.org )
- More intelligent component search in EESchema
- Component rescue helper to identify when components have changed in EESchema and rescue the old version
- Undo limit default increased and now configurable
New in KiCad EDA R2356 (Jan 14, 2011)
- Numerous features were enhanced and added: vector fonts added, layout undo added, polygon fill added, etc.