Printed Circuit Board Layout Tool

======================================================================== Release notes for pcb-4.3.0 ======================================================================== Dear Users, This is a feature release (no pcb file format change). This is a feature release as the footprint file format now allows for stating the pad center and length, width parameters. This is in addition to the existing footprint format. pcb parses both definitions. Kind regards, The pcb development team. Contributors ------------ The following authors contributed to this release: - Charles Parker - Bert Timmerman Please note that names are in no particular order and all e-mail addresses have been removed for privacy. User experience improvements ---------------------------- - the gtk hid no longer hides "clearline" lines, arcs, text under polygons in "thin draw" mode. - Updated zoom action comments. - Pads can now be defined by centerpoint coordinates and length, width parameters. - Pcb is no longer quiet when a save operation fails. Plugins ------- - none Exporters --------- - added an exporter for a BOM in MarkDown format. Footprints library ------------------ - none Developer experience improvements --------------------------------- - none Notes for package builders -------------------------- - For building packages with a GTK UI or a Lesstif UI, configure with the --with-gui=gtk or --with-gui=lesstif option (as usual). - Added a --with-gaf-datadir configure option. Changed dependencies -------------------- - none Fixed and committed Launchpad bug reports ----------------------------------------- #699485 Add --with-gaf-datadir configure option. #1072500 gtk: Thin drawn polygons hide "clearline" lines, arcs, text. #1535183 pcb is silent when Save fails. #1747216 Update zoom action comments in gtk and lesstif hids. #1896403 pad defined by center point. #1906451 BOM in MarkDown format.