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WayriCAD 3.6.6
QuickTherm and Quick PI are updated as separate KiCad 10 plugins at version 3.6.6. The other PCM packages keep their existing published versions.
- QuickTherm: optional Gmsh/CalculiX 3D steady board conduction from selected components' declared power. The native window can locate and remember
ccx, check its setup, and show the imported top/bottom field, probes and component table. Package junction temperature needs a separate RθJB input; without it junction limits stay unknown. The fixed lower-face model does not cover vias, mounting contacts, heatsinks, convection or radiation. - Quick PI: optional Gmsh tetrahedral copper-volume DC analysis, with a native 3D result view, layer and barrel filters, and full JSON field export. The established 2.5D analysis remains the default. The 3D mode is currently limited to a selected net, ideal source and sink pads, and prescribed current.
Install each updated PCM ZIP through KiCad 10 Plugin and Content Manager, then restart PCB Editor. CalculiX ccx must be supplied separately; first-time Gmsh setup may require access to the configured package source. Both packages retain KiCad's testing status.
Validation included Windows KiCad 10 native saved-board Gmsh/CalculiX 2.23 runs, analytical DC and thermal fixtures, native UI construction, all 18 independent PCM archive checks, and isolated wheel CLI imports. Installed-plugin launch on every supported OS and physical model qualification remain separate checks.
See the full release notes, QuickTherm setup, and Quick PI guide.