Kobee Studio 1.2.1

Kobee Studio 1.2.1 adds an always-visible Need help? button that opens the documentation hub, together with the latest editor reliability and artwork-layout improvements.

Install the attached Kobee-Studio-1.2.1-pcm.zip directly from KiCad’s Plugin and Content Manager → Install from File…. Do not unzip it first.

Tested with KiCad 10 on macOS and Windows.

Kobee Studio 1.2.0

Kobee Studio 1.2.0 is the first release tested on KiCad 10 for both macOS and Windows.

Highlights:

• Every new artwork type now opens with a useful, renderable starting design.
• The 2.54 mm header tool starts with four labelled pins, vertical orientation, pins on the left and a continuous plug opening.
• Artwork type now comes before layer selection, and the advanced-settings control remains available while settings scroll.
• Each artwork item is explicitly placed on one KiCad layer; duplicate it to make a matching item on another layer.

The release ZIP is ready to install from KiCad’s Plugin and Content Manager using Install from File.

Kobee Studio 1.0.0

Kobee Studio 1.0.0 is the first packaged release of Corey Busuttil's broader PCB artwork studio for KiCad.

Highlights

• Parametric labels with filled, inverted, and outline styles
• Searchable quick labels and PCB-safe symbols
• Configurable 2.54 mm single-row header overlays
• QR Codes with protected quiet zones, rounded frames, adjustable frame spacing, and optional knockout footer text
• Compact Code 128 barcodes with payload and fabrication checks
• Front and bottom silkscreen, copper, and solder-mask output
• Editable generated footprints and reopening of existing Kobee Studio artwork

Compatibility

• Tested with KiCad 10 on macOS
• Windows and Linux use the same package, but full validation is still planned
• The PCM metadata intentionally marks this release as testing while cross-platform feedback is collected

Installation

Download Kobee-Studio-1.0.0-pcm.zip without unzipping it. In KiCad PCB Editor, open Plugin and Content Manager, choose Install from File, and select the ZIP.

Verification

• 83 automated tests pass using KiCad 10's embedded Python
• The release ZIP imports directly with KiCad's Python and passes archive integrity checks
• SHA-256: 18fcf25f9b5ed0c339e1bd521f719598c91f902bd2603474d571a7c2437d3578

Kobee Studio evolved from KiBuzzard by Greg Davill. Thank you to Greg, SparkFun, the Interactive HTML BOM contributors, FontTools, svg2mod, qrcode, and python-barcode.