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v1.6.3
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Changed

  • Command line:
    • --list also lists groups
  • KiCad v6/7 schematic:
    • When saving an schematic the hierarchy is expanded only if needed,
      i.e. value of an instance changed
  • List actions:
    • Now you must explicitly ask to configure outputs. Otherwise isn't needed.
      As a result you no longer need to have an SCH/PCB. Use --config-outs to
      get the old behavior.
  • Git diff link file name:
    • Now we default to using worktrees instead of stash push/pop. As a side
      effect the names of the git points are chnaged. This is because main/master
      only applies to the main worktree. So the names now refer to the closest
      tag.
  • JLCPCB_stencil: Is now just like JLCPCB. The only difference is the added
    layers.

Added

  • General:
    • OS environment expansion in ${VAR}
    • Now outputs can request to be added to one or more groups (#435)
    • PCB text variables cached in the PCB are now reset when the config
      uses set_text_variables. This is a complex dilemma of KiCad 6/7
      policy implementation. See
      KiCad issue 14360.
      (#441)
    • Default values for @tags@
    • Parametrizable imports
  • Command line:
    • --list-variants List all available variants (See #434)
    • --only-names to make --list list only output names
    • --only-pre to list only the preflights
    • --only-groups to list only the groups
    • --output-name-first to list outputs by name, no description (See #436)
  • Global options:
    • use_os_env_for_expand to disable OS environment expansion
    • environment.extra_os to define environment variables
    • field_voltage Name/s of the field/s used for the voltage raiting
    • field_package Name/s of the field/s used for the package, not footprint
    • field_temp_coef Name/s of the field/s used for the temperature
      coefficient
    • field_power Name/s of the field/s used for the power raiting
    • invalidate_pcb_text_cache controls if we reset the text variables cached
      in the PCB file.
    • git_diff_strategy selects how we preserve the current repo state.
      (See #443)
  • Filters:
    • New value_split to extract information from the Value field and put it in
      separated fields. I.e. tolerance, voltage, etc.
    • New spec_to_field to extract information from the distributors specs and
      put in fields. I.e. RoHS status.
    • New generic options exclude_not_in_bom and exclude_not_on_board to
      use KiCad 6+ flags. (See #429)
  • Internal templates:
    • JLCPCB_with_THT and JLCPCB_stencil_with_THT: adding THT components.
  • New internal filters:
    • _value_split splits the Value field but the field remains and the extra
      data is not visible
    • _value_split_replace splits the Value field and replaces it
  • Internal templates:
    • CheckZoneFill: Used to check if a zone fill operation makes the PCB quite
      different (#431)
    • Versions with stencil for Elecrow, FusionPCB, P-Ban and PCBWay.
    • PanelDemo_4x4: Demo for a 4x4 panel.
  • Render_3D:
    • realistic: can be used to disable the realistic colors and get the GUI ones
    • show_board_body: can be used to make the PCB core transparent (see inner)
    • show_comments: to see the content of the User.Comments layer.
    • show_eco: to see the content of the Eco1.User/Eco2.User layers.
    • show_adhesive: to see the content of the *.Adhesive layers.
  • Navigate_Results:
    • skip_not_run: used to skip outputs not generated in default runs.
  • Compress:
    • skip_not_run: used to skip outputs not generated in default runs.
  • Position:
    • quote_all: forces quotes to all values in the CSV output. (See #456)

Fixed

  • KiCad v6/7 schematic:
    • Net Class Flags not saved in variants or annotated schematics
    • Repeated UUIDs saved in variants
    • Bitmap scale not saved in variants or annotated schematics
    • lib_name attribute not saved in variants or annotated schematics
  • Position:
    • Components marked as "Exclude from position files" not excluded when only
      SMD components are selected. (See #429)
  • Diff:
    • KIBOT_TAG with n > 0 skipped n commits, not n tags (#430)
    • Details related to the project not applied during a diff involving a
      variant (project not copied) (#438)
  • Copy files:
    • PCB not loaded if the only action was to copy the 3D models
    • Problems for STEP models when copying models
  • Gerber:
    • Problems trying to compress gerbers for a board with inner layers when
      using legacy file extensions (#446)
  • Electro-grammar:
    • Problems with floating point tolerances (i.e. 0.1%) (#447)
  • KiCad user template directory autodetection for KiCad 7+

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