KiCad 6.0.0 released

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KiCad 6.0.0 released [Copy link]

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/12/KiCad-6.0.0-Release/

Project management and core functions

• Integrated automatic project backup system (Jon Evans)

• Plugin and Content Manager (Andrew Lutsenko)

• Side-by-side installation with standalone setup (Jon Evans)

• Expanded mouse and touchpad settings (Jon Evans)

• Dark mode support on Linux and macOS (Jon Evans)

• Support displaying measurements in inches (Mikoaj Wielgus)

• Project-wide text substitution variables (Jeff Young)

• Standardize recommended user content folder locations (Mark Roszko)

Schematic and symbol editing

• References between tables (Franck Jullien)

• One-click start (Mark Roszko)

• Snap to Grid Operations (Seth Hillbrand)

• Dialog boxes for editing text and graphic properties (Jeff Young)

• Mark some ERC errors as ignored (Jeff Young)

• Additional ERC checks (Jon Evans)

• Assigning net classes in schematics (Jeff Young)

• Line colors and styles by network category (Jeff Young)

• More flexible pasting of object annotations (Roberto Fernandez Bautista)

• Improved symbolic inheritance model (Wayne Stambaugh)

• Improved page number support (Wayne Stambaugh)

PCB and packaging editing

• Drag components with tracking (Tomasz Wlostowski)

• Push-Push Router Improvements (Tomasz Wlostowski, Jon Evans)

• Remove unused annular rings from vias and pads (Seth Hillbrand)

• 3D viewer performance and visual improvements (Mario Luzeiro, Oleg Endo)

• Drilling statistics table (Mikoaj Wielgus)

• New Dimension Types (Jon Evans)

• Convert between graphic lines, polygons, and traces (Jon Evans)

• Multilayer copper areas and regular areas (Jon Evans)

• Graphics board stacking table (Fabien Corona)

• Improved snapping behavior (Seth Hillbrand)

• Improved network inspector tool (Oleg Endo)

• Object Grouping (Joshua Redstone)

• Geographic Focus (Brian Piccioni)

• Physical Stack Editor (Jean-Pierre Charras)

• Easily create custom footprints with WYSIWYG (Jeff Young)

• Allow inverting axes (Reece Pollack)

Simulation and Utilities

• Expanded support for SPICE simulations (Sylwester Kocjan)

• Improvements to simulation GUI (Mikoaj Wielgus)

• E Series Resistor Calculator (janvi)

• GerbView "Export to PCB" improvements (Peter Montgomery)

Drawing, importing and exporting

• Altium Designer Importer (Thomas Pointhuber)

• CADSTAR Importer (Roberto Fernandez Bautista)

• EAGLE importer improvements (Jeff Young, Seth Hillbrand, Jan Mrázek, Thomas Pointhuber)

• Improved Gerber format support (Jean-Pierre Charras)

• Alternative typographic color themes (Jon Evans)

• Improved STEP format support (Mark Roszko, Seth Hillbrand)

• Improved DXF import support (Mark Roszko, Tomasz Wlostowski)

• HyperLynx Exporter (Tomasz Wlostowski)

damiaa

Thanks for sharing.

dql2016

powerful

freebsder

6.0 adds many features