Release 20221126

Release Date: 26.11.2022

Change Log

• New Features:
• display option to display polygons without connection lines to holes
• display option to display shapes with thicker outline
  
• Add a Cell Hierarchy dock widget
  
• edit custom fill styles
  
• Add a minimum edge length check in the design rule checker
• cell deselect by name via status bar
• feature to automatically select element with an identical shape
• support of Apples M-series processors for MacOS 12.3 and heigher
• box convert to path as 2 point path with width
• File Formats:
• GDS:
• hanging of user interface when loading corrupt GDS file
• OASIS:
• support of 'GDS_width' attribut in prop table at file end
• handling of intergers with leading '0'
• support of forward defined text
• DXF:
• import LWPOLYLINE ending with a bulge & mirrored
• store/read DXF $INSUNITS in HEADER
• experimental HELIX support
• SVG:
• support of matrix transformation with scaling/rotation
• Gerber:
• better format detection
• import comments starting with an #
• Qucs:
• improved QucsStudio support
• Spice:
• netlist import with.ends without parameter
• Macros:
• add new method to class booleanHandler:
• void booleanHandler::clear();
• add new method to class cell:
• void cell:setMirrorxSelect();
• void cell::toggleMirrorxSelect();
• void cell::clearMirrorxSelect();
• void cell::deselectCellref(QString cellname)
• void cell::selectIdentical();
• int cell::countSelectCircles();
• int cell::countSelectElements();
• int cell::countSelectShapes();
• void cell::setPresentationSelect(int);
• void cell::sortElements(string type);
• add new method to class drc:
• void drc::minimumEdgeLengthOnLayer(int edgeSize, int layer);
• add new method to class dialog:
• int dialog::addLayer( int defaulLayer)
• bool dialog::getBool(int id);
• int dialog::addCheckBox(string label,bool checked=false);
• add new method to class drawingField:
• drawingField::setPresentation(int);
• void drawingField::setMirrorx();
• void drawingField::clearMirrorx();
• void drawingField::toggleMirrorx();
• add new method to class setup:
• static bool setup::paintHoleConnection;
• static bool setup::paintThickLines;
• Bug Fixes and Minor Adjustments:
• clear button for boolean operations
• multi count of multi self-intersection polygons in the DRC
• LayoutScript for Python List function in class element for retuning value lists instead of pointers
• set default value when reating MBMS paths for raith systems
• background image cut off on MacOS
• memory leak in select Cell
• pointArray::separate check for single/dual point 'holes'
• stacked paint engine: grid always in front
• cut may fail if cut-source point on corner (rounding error)
• macro function string::toDoubleFromEng only checks first non digit character
• crash on routeNode click when not existing
• layer tool dock will adjust font size if layer name is too long
• bow improvment to reduce number of points
• circle alignment in polygon properties by side or by point on x-axis
• set fix scale on empty cell scaleFull()
• layout set initial scale and pos to origin
• LayoutScript for Python hangs after double calling of scaleFull on emtpy cell on Windows systems