9.0.0

Final release for the configurable key bindings and board background image support along with a few other features and some under-the-hood work.

Major features since 8.0:

• Add custom keyboard bindings #175
• Add background board image #176
• Protel-ASCII file format support #191
• BVR3 file format support #236
• Report errors to GUI when loading files db30581, Validate parity of FZ key or report error #91 72acc29, Stub BRDAllegroFile to report unsupported file format #62 2a47526

For detailed changes and bug fixes, please consult the alpha and beta releases:

• 9.0-alpha1 (alpha1): https://github.com/piernov/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/9.0-alpha1
• 8.90.3 (alpha3): https://github.com/piernov/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/8.90.3
• 8.95.0 (beta0): https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/8.95.0
• 8.95.1 (beta1): https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/8.95.1
• 8.95.2 (beta2): https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/8.95.2

Since 8.95.2:

• BVR3 file format support #236
• Show part name inside part bounding box d4b98cb
• Show pin net name inside pin bounding box a797931
• Bug fixes:
  • Disable GL3 renderer for nouveau on Nvidia Tesla 0b3ccae
  • Do not attempt drawing anything when window is minimized/display size is 0 d19024e
  • BackgroundImage: fix writing image path when executing from same directory as config file e72223f
  • Fix background color setting fd9dbe5

Thanks to all the contributors.

8.95.2

Beta2 pre-release (read: unstable, please report bugs) for the configurable key bindings and board background image support along with some under-the-hood work in preparation for a future 9.0 release.

Since 8.95.1:

• Replace assert() with SDL_LogError() so that OBV doesn't abort on file parsing issues 4a39d4d
• Report errors to GUI when loading files db30581
• Validate parity of FZ key or report error #91 72acc29
• Stub BRDAllegroFile to report unsupported file format #62 2a47526
• Enable gestures on multi-touch touchpads (pinch-to-zoom, rotate) #203 23c4de2 4430e5c
• Breaking changes:
  • Refactor keyboard handling to use ImGuiKey rather than SDL (ImGui v1.87 compatibility) #228 4d446f5
    Existing keyboard bindings configuration will break and will have to be reconfigured or default configuration be restored. In case of issues even after restoring defaults, remove all KeyBinding* entries from the configuration file.
• Bug fixes:
  • Properly fix test pads showing up on both sides 77d34b7
  • Fix ground net from rendering if named GROUND instead of GND. #218 2d53aed

Thanks to all the contributors.

8.95.1

Beta1 pre-release (read: unstable, please report bugs) for the configurable key bindings and board background image support along with some under-the-hood work in preparation for a future 9.0 release.

Since 8.95.0:

• Default to Cmd+O/Q/F on macOS rather than Ctrl and remove Ctrl+C to quit (nonsense in a GUI, that's for CLI apps) 3cf9927
• Bug fixes:
  • Fix enum for the CADFile blocks #206 caf03d3
  • PartList/NetList: fix ImGuiListClipper usage with ImGui 1.79 #207 8484243
  • Imported namespace targets for SDL2 <2.0.12 support #201 #205 077d12a
  • Confparse: Fix saving first entry after creating new file 31b9f5c
  • BackgroundImage: ignore empty image paths silently b268422
  • Improve ground pins handling #211 f971415
  • Fix opening files with special characters in the path on Windows #133 #215 b2673d8

Thanks to all the contributors.

8.95.0

Beta0 pre-release (read: unstable, please report bugs) for the configurable key bindings and board background image support along with some under-the-hood work in preparation for a future 9.0 release.

Since 8.0:

• New features:
  • Configurable keyboard bindings #175 9f601a3
  • Board background image support #176 3fe1b22
  • Add Protel-ASCII and BGA pad names #191 8fd5927
  • A1/Pin-1 pad highlight #192 0964515
  • Copy to clipboard for component and its pins. #172 #200 fbdb331
• Bug fixes:
  • Build with gcc 10 fails #177 befed74
  • Selection disappears when use Flip Board from menu #179 7e346f9 f998954
  • Debouncing and slowCPU option issue #196 7f9ade3 4468c41
  • Program doesn't remember user setting for View -> Show Position and Annotations #197 75bc122 e3a8179
• ImGui update with some rendering backend rework

Thanks to all the contributors.

Previous pre-releases:

• 9.0-alpha1: https://github.com/piernov/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/9.0-alpha1
• 8.90.3 (alpha3): https://github.com/piernov/OpenBoardView/releases/tag/8.90.3

8.0

Starting from this release the 'R' is dropped from the version number to follow more conventional practices.

Since R7.3:

• New file format support:
  • CAST (.CST)
  • Samsung CAD (.CAD)
  • Support another variant of BRD format (eg. Thinkpad T420)
• Miscellaneous additions:
  • Improve Linux integration with .desktop file and MIME-type for file association
  • Improve automatic OpenGL renderer selection
  • Add fallback outline for boardview files missing them
• Bug fixes:
  • Double side component fix.
  • Fix test pads showing up on both sides
  • Open file directly by double-clicking on it when associated to OBV
  • BRD2: Workaround missing net for nails
  • Don't disable screensaver
  • Fix crash when clicking on CLEAR before loading board
  • Fix opening ASC from current directory

Thanks to all the contributors.

R7.4 Prerelease 2

Fix for Lenovo T420 boardview and probably other stuff.

(seems like Github pre-release don't trigger Travis?)

R7.4 Prerelease 1

Double side component fix.
#67

Release 7.3

First release since merging Openflex (now retired) back with OpenBoardView master.

• Search field is now autoselected when search is opened again with existing search entries
• Search field now performs a suggested spellings ( @piernov )

Release version 0.4.0

Includes various changes, including:

• Refactored keyboard shortcuts
• Updated main menu
• Drag and drop
• Uses system font
• Draw pin circles at runtime (may reduce performance)
• .brd filefilter on Open dialog
• Better error handling

Some "behind the scenes" changes too:

• Move to using cmake to generate the build files
• Added some code in preperation for the unix ports
• Use metadata set in Project.cmake to generate various strings
• Some code cleanup and other minor bugfixes

v0.3

• Add an application icon
• Display an error message when failing to load invalid files
• Add File > Quit menu item
• Add View menu (to show the rotate/flip hotkeys)