Release 20180522

Release Date: 22.5.2018

Change Log

• New Features:
• extending the LayoutEdior Cloud with a support forum,
• display of snap status,
• trigger option of the autostart macro,
• option to display cell references with a single layer only,
• measurement toolbar in basic version,
• macro access to inductance extraction,
• SchematicEditor
• electrical rule check,
• vector devices ( sometime called iterated instance),
• vector signals on a bus element,
• improved snapping,
• improved entry of ports,
• straiten wires to avoid small steps,
• previous sheet,
• File Formats:
• OpenAcces:
• update to version 50.p084,
• enable PyCell plugin from the setup dialog,
• support of iterated vector instances in schematics,
• DXF:
• MTEXT ignores text formating string,
• LWpolyline close flag processing
• Macros:
• add new method to class component:
• symbol * component::getSymbol(int pos=0),
• add new method to class extractionModule:
• void extractionModule::inductanceAddSelection(),
• void extractionModule::inductanceAdd(element *e,int conductorNum),
• void extractionModule::inductanceClear(),
• void extractionModule::inductanceCalc(double frequency=1000000),
• double extractionModule::inductanceResult(int con1,int con2),
• add new method to class sElement:
• void sElement::setColor(int r,int g, int b),
• add new method to class setup:
• static stringList setup::autostartMacroTrigger,
• static int setup::displayCellSingleLayer.
• static string setup::openAccessPyCell,
• static bool setup::showSnap,
• add new method to class sheet:
• void sheet::deleteElement( sElement*),
• component * sheet::getSheetComponent();,
• new class symbol with these methods:
• sElement* symbol::addPolyline(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
• sElement* symbol::addPolygon(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
• sElement* symbol::addArc(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
• sElement* symbol::addText(QPoint p,int red, int green, int blue, QString text),
• sElement* symbol::addCircle(QPoint p1,QPoint p2,int red, int green, int blue),
• sElement* symbol::addRect(QPoint p1,QPoint p2,int red, int green, int blue),
• sElement* symbol::addPort(QPoint p,QString text),
• sElement* symbol::addBusPort(QPoint p,QString text),
• sElementList *symbol::firstElement,
• void symbol::deleteElement( sElement*),
• Bug Fixes:
• open design files with double click on mac,
• start on mac without installation,
• Redo/Undo within the symbol editor,
• handling font files with uni codes filename,
• crash on zerro grid settings,
• avoid/handling of double sheet names,
• copy clipboard in case of different databaseunits,
• cdf parser for proplist,