KiCad

What's new in this version:

General:
- Fix crash because the infobar button doesn’t have a parent window yet
- Unbind the size event from the parent window while destructing the child window
- Add automatic completion for defined environment variables.
- Fix design blocks memory leak.
- Warp back from context menu before running command
- Properly undo/redo moving hierarchical pins in a sheet block
- Fix library tree pane destruction order crash
- Don’t use EndModal() to cancel a modal dialog that hasn’t been shown yet
- Fix potential radius overflow issue in arc calculation
- Fix potential crash when closing current project.
- Fix assertion when dragging selection area
- Prevent crash when nested settings are not valid on save
- Check file extensions before trying to open project file.
- Prevent assertion when deleting selected row in design block library table dialog
- Change title case to sentence case in Git preferences dialog
- Fix updating embedded drawing sheet
- Do not presume single symbol netlist in footprint chooser
- Do not double delete panels
- Fix assertion attempting to update status bar while closing window (KICAD-506).
- Fix crash in project importer when editor window cannot be created
- Prevent assertion when showing color panel context menu when no color this selected
- Fix assertion attempting to write to a non-editable grid cell
- Be more robust with file systems that don’t support timestamps (KICAD-R7V).
- Prevent excessive file load times due to large clipboard pastes
- Remove temporary file when saving
- Fix HPGL command ordering for older interpreters (TRUMPF laser)
- Fix the ever-growing window bug
- Allow deleting configuration paths that begin with KICAD# that are not the current version
- Force trimming of white space in environment variables.
- Support dash-dot-dot line style in DXF plot.
- Improve hot key handling from search pane
- Do not break grid snapping when "Warp mouse to origin of moved object" is disabled
- Allow multiple netclass assignments with the same pattern

Schematic Editor:
- Fix crash when choosing footprint in symbol properties
- Add Check/Uncheck All buttons to change footprints dialog
- Add Check/Uncheck All buttons to update symbols dialog
- Don’t allow repeat command when one is already running
- Ensure correct duplicate or insert after adding symbol
- Add undefined netclass to ERC severity list
- Fix crash when automatically saving schematic
- Embed fonts used in fields and text items
- Don’t assert on automatic save when directory not writable
- Prevent assertion when attempting to float on parent when there is no parent
- Prevent assertion when resolve symbol field text variables
- Prevent assertion when attempting to sort column not in fields grid
- Prevent assertion attempting to navigate on non-existence schematic
- Ignore visibility and style attributes in instance data
- Prevent DNP and exclude from simulation markers from flashing when moving an object
- Fix broken table row height property panel behavior
- Do not allow entering spaces in label names
- Prevent assertion when building hierarchy navigator tree
- Prevent assertion in symbol chooser
- Prevent assertion attempting to select non-existent symbol SPICE model
- Fix crash when opening footprint chooser in symbol properties dialog
- Fix page order when plotting schematic to PDF
- Allow global labels to be created by clicking on a wire with an existing local name
- Make junctions filter selection the same as wires.
- Fix crash when changing label type
- Properly crop image when exporting drawing to clipboard
- Fix crash in symbol properties dialog after closing footprint chooser dialog
- Don’t flag ERC for similar label names on different sheets
- Increase number of digits when displaying millimeter units
- Fix alternate pin icon current preference from resetting.
- Fix outline drawing of plated through hole pads
- Fix crash when moving parts of schematic
- Footprint Assignment Tool (CvPCB):
- Prevent assertion when attempting to select a non-existent footprint from the list

Spice Simulator:
- Add grammar for SkyWater .subckt parameters
- Fix assertion when trying to select items that don’t exist model dialog
- Do not assert when selecting node while net navigator is frozen
- Don’t clear pin assignments when changing simulation model

Symbol Editor:
- Escape/unescape symbol name in save as dialog
- Fix crash if symbol library no longer exists
- Fix assertion when checking if library is read-only
- Prevent assertion when automatically placing pins
- Fix assertion when attempting to save to missing library
- Prevent assertion when symbol doesn’t have a library
- Prevent assertion when removing selected row from pin alternate list
- Prevent assertion when attempting to remove symbol name not in symbol properties dialog list
- Prevent assertion when library is updated outside KiCad
- Improve "This position is already occupied by another pin" warning message

Board Editor:
- Prevent invalid layers in property editor.
- Support arbitrary layer count in ODB++ output.
- Add unique icon for constraints resolution
- Improve moving footprint performance
- Prefer the active layer when picking tuning patterns
- Fix footprint locking
- Don’t export negative layers to copper
- Fix broken geographical annotation for locked footprints
- Use courtyards for DNP cross-out sizes
- Properly update clearance indicators on rule area change
- Ensure any mapped layers are enabled on Eagle import
- Prevent "Unroute Selected" icon disappearing from context menu for certain selections
- Allow move action when selection contains non-table-cells.
- Fix assertion when calling boolean operations on polygons
- Fix assertion caused by non-existent selections in setup tracks and vias grid.
- Fix crash evaluating DRC rule condition when netclass is missing
- Prevent assertion when plotting pads with undefined layers
- Add table row height and column width to properties panel
- Fix assertion when drawing zone
- Fix assertion in DRC copper clearance test
- Respect "exclude DNP" setting for Gerber X3
- Fix assertion in layer mapping dialog when setting invalid sizer row count
- Prevent assertion in zone filler when arcs have not been cleared before performing boolean operations
- Prevent overflow assertion when drawing ruler tick marks
- Prevent assertion when checking for pad collisions in DRC
- Prevent assertion when setting tuning pattern with arcs
- Prevent assertion for pads having valid Dwg and Eco layers
- Prevent assertion in connectivity algorithm when removing via layers
- Prevent assertion when parsing empty dimension text
- Respect non-free-pads mode for move exactly
- Prevent assertion when printing with non-existent color theme
- Show actual clearance for same net objects
- Fix crash on undo after creating outset from selections
- Properly align/distribute text items in footprints
- Properly handle castellated pads on STEP export
- Set the default thermal spoke angle to 90 degree for rounded rectangle pads
- Use correct icon for dimension tool
- Fix polygon merge issue
- Prevent DRC exclusion instability
- Handle duplication of reference images for array tool
- Do not allow selection of excluded DRC markers when they are not visible
- Fix crash when imported properties not properly nulled
- Prevent assertion when initializing zone settings
- Improve the subtract polygon tool
- Fix slow PCB canvas redraw on DRC selection highlighting
- Properly align imported Altium dimensions
- Properly handle 3D model projection in Altium import
- Remove context menu from interactive position tool.
- Speed up massively slow outline conversion
- Allow horizontal and vertical distribution to work with vias
- Optimize zone to zone checks in zone filler
- Fix crash importing Eagle file with unmapped layers
- Fix highlight net keyboard shortcut with filled zone in a rule area
- Honour pad holes when hit testing
- Honour board page information when plotting drill maps
- Fix crash in copper clearance DRC test
- Break out of the zone tool on completion of zone
- Optimize zone to zone clearance checks
- Improve snapping with large grids
- Select move origin by mouse instead of cursor
- Fix grid visibility when using layer presets
- Do not reset via tenting setting in PCB Design Rules after re-opening
- Fix crash in DRC when tuning pattern or arc exists on board

Footprint Editor:
- Fix crash when saving footprint to board
- Do not assert on inner layers

3D Viewer:
- Fix assertion when getting track width margin for degenerate arcs
- Ensure legacy colors always work
- Prevent assertion attempting to remove invalid layer preset from list
- Link copper layer color chooser swatches
- Correctly render back side user layers

Bitmap to Component Tool:
- Adding file drag and drop

Command Line Interface:
- Add some individual flags for PCB render jobs
- Add appearance preset selection options to PCB render jobs
- Properly render global labels when default font is changed
- Prevent inadvertent handling of dark mode
- Do not show User.Drawings layer in 3D rendering when disabled

Job Sets:
- Fix off by one layer text variable output when running multiple page PCB PDF output
- Add progress reporting for Run Jobs
- Fix crash when saving new jobset
- Load appearances presets to PCB render job
- Fix crash when adding new job and running all jobs

API:
- Expose pad to die length

Windows:
- Fix broken shift+middle click taskbar behavior
- Add a -n arg for "new instance" to kicad.exe for use with the relaunch command.
- Fix erroneous hex parsing when opening legacy PCB files.
- Fix disappearing top menu bar due to GDI object exhaustion