ECAD Forge 1.4.308

Summary

ECAD Forge 1.4.308 focuses on more accurate interactive 3D PCB board assembly rendering, especially around generated board bodies, solder-mask faces, drill apertures, plated through holes, and coordinate normalization. It also preserves schematic viewport state across same-document rerenders and tightens the mobile viewer layout.

Highlights

• Bumped the application version from 1.4.283 to 1.4.308 in package.json and package-lock.json.
• Keeps the generated board body visible for board assembly scenes while hiding the duplicate board skin from matching external assembly models after material transfer.
• Adds separate generated top and bottom solder-mask face meshes for board assembly rendering, with drill openings cut out of the mask and coverage kept flush to the board perimeter.
• Carves circular edge drills into the generated board substrate as rounded notches instead of treating partially off-board holes as invalid internal holes.
• Reworks board assembly drill void rendering so open, unplated circular drill interiors are visible without adding cap geometry over the aperture.
• Skips separate drill-interior meshes for plated holes that already receive copper barrel geometry, avoiding doubled visuals inside vias and through-hole pads.
• Adds copper liner geometry for through-hole pad barrels, so plated pad holes render as open annular sleeves rather than filled cylinders.
• Centralizes PCB detail coordinate normalization, including Altium Y-axis inversion while preserving KiCad y-up and generic centered coordinate systems.
• Adjusts 3D view scaling so top and isometric presets stay camera-only in board space, while bottom views still use the expected mirrored orientation.
• Limits external model view compensation to silkscreen and external model groups instead of applying it to the entire root group.
• Preserves schematic SVG pan and zoom across same-document state rerenders, including selection-driven rerenders.
• Updates the compact mobile viewer layout so the main viewer stays first, followed by the document rail and PCB Styler CTA.

Test Coverage

• Added coverage for generated board assembly solder-mask faces, edge drill apertures, internal drill openings, and perimeter coverage.
• Added tests for source-format-aware 3D detail coordinate normalization.
• Expanded board shape, drill void, via barrel, copper filtering, runtime orientation, schematic viewport preservation, and mobile layout tests.
• Validation: npm test passed with 468 tests.

Commit

• d0357c8 - feature: release ECAD Forge 1.4.308