CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[2.3.3] - 2024-10-08

Fixed

• Problems when the system locale isn't English and the English locale isn't installed. In this case KiCad 7/8 didn't switch to English when the environment asked for "C" locale. Note that KiCad 6 prevented the use of English if it wasn't installed.

[2.3.2] - 2024-06-19

Added

• Support for KiCad 8.0.3 (bogus Report dialog)
• Convert command to convert Altium files

[2.3.1] - 2024-04-23

Added

• 3D render options to control:
  • KiCad 8:
    • User drawings
    • User Eco 1
    • User Eco 2
    • Not realistic
  • KiCad 5:
    • User comments/drawings
    • User eco 1/2
    • Realistic mode

Changed

• Better error message when kicad_common.json is corrupted (INTI-CMNB/KiBot#599)

[2.3.0] - 2024-03-21

Added

• Support for KiCad 8
• Support for KiCad 8 E/DRC from command line
  • New DRC options
    • Schematic parity
    • All errors for each track
    • Units used in the report

[2.2.8] - 2023-10-22

Added

• Support for KiCad 7.0.6/7/8 when no interposer is available (mostly ARM64)
  • New options widgets in the ERC dialog (skipped when no interposer)
  • New behavior when schematic already opened
• Experimental option to enable the file creation by PID when using the interposer. Use KIAUTO_USE_PID_FOR_CREATE=1 environment variable. You can try it if experimenting problems using VirtioFS on macOS.

[2.2.7] - 2023-08-08

Added

• Support for KiCad 7.0.7 RC1
  • Workaround for ERC dialog not closed using ESC after running the ERC
  • Support for new GenCad export behavior
  • Support for the new message when a file is already opened

[2.2.6] - 2023-06-12

Added

• New 3d_view options:
  • use_layer_colors: instead of realistic
  • hide_board_body: transparent core
  • show_comments: visible User.Comments (only when use_layer_colors enabled)
  • show_eco: visible Eco*.User (only when use_layer_colors enabled)
  • show_adhesive: visible *.Adhesive

Fixed

• Problems with KiCad 7.0.5 ERC formatting

[2.2.5] - 2023-04-18

Added

• Workaround for bogus KiCad 7.0.2 error about missing simulation model for power symbols.
• Workaround for KiCad 7.0.2 closing the ERC dialog.

[2.2.4] - 2023-04-12

Added

• Support for KiCad 7.99 details (ERC and async dialogs issues)

[2.2.3] - 2023-04-06

Added

• Support for KiCad warnings about missing fonts.

[2.2.2] - 2023-04-02

Added

• Workaround for KiCad 7 not defining KICAD7_FOOTPRINT_DIR during DRC
• Support for kicad-cli options from the KiCad 8.0 branch

[2.2.1] - 2023-02-27

Added

• Grid size for ERC in KiCad 7

[2.2.0] - 2023-02-14

Added

• KiCad 7 RC2 support. This is a preliminary support, please be patient.

[2.1.1] - 2023-01-11

Added

• Eeschema Export:
  • Color theme
  • Enable background color (INTI-CMNB/KiBot#362)
  • HPGL origin
  • HPGL pen size

[2.1.0] - 2022-12-17

Added

• VRML Export (INTI-CMNB/KiBot#349)

[2.0.6] - 2022-10-11

Fixed

• Problems with GTK 3.24.34 and recycled DRC dialog
• ERC exclusions not detected (#31)

[2.0.5] - 2022-09-22

Added

• Support for KiCad 5 "could not find valid layer for pad" warning (See INTI-CMNB/KiBot#299)

[2.0.4] - 2022-09-12

Added

• 3D render options to control:
• Hide the silkscreen layers
• Hide the solder mask layers
• Hide the solder paste layers
• Hide filled areas in zones
• Don't clip silkscreen at solder mask edges
• Don't clip silkscreen at via annuli

Changed

• The 3D render now enables silkscreen clips by default

[2.0.3] - 2022-09-02

Added

• Support for the asynchronous "Info" dialogs found in KiCad 6. Example: missing .kicad_wks (See INTI-CMNB/KiBot#264)

Fixed

• Project files are now restored using binary mode. So we preserve the original end of line.

[2.0.2] - 2022-08-26

Fixed

• Problems when the output directory doesn't exist.

[2.0.1] - 2022-08-22

Added

• Support for the error dialog we get when sub-sheets are missing.

Fixed

• Problems when using --output_name and the system temporal dir isn't in the same file system as the selected name.

[2.0.0] - 2022-08-11

Added

• New interporser mechanism for Linux x86_64.
  • Faster and more reliable
• --separate_info command line option to send information to stdout (separated from debug in stderr)
• --info command line option to debug installation issues
• Now all eeschema_do commands supports --output_name

[1.6.15] - 2022-07-13

Fixed

• DRC unconnected and warnings count (KiCad 6) (#25)

[1.6.14] - 2022-07-01

Added

• Support for partially saved projects (KiCad 6). (See INTI-CMNB/kicad_auto#11)
• The typing delay of pasted text is now scaled by the time-out scale.
• Delay before trying to paste the filename in the 3D render.
• Discard DRC errors explicitly excluded by KiCad 6 configuration. (#25)

Fixed

• Problems to parse some KiCad 6 DRC messages. (#25)

[1.6.13] - 2022-06-06

Added

• Force Mesa GL to use sofware render. Helps on some setups. (#22)
• Support missing fp/sym-lib-table template. (#24)
• Better pcbnew window available mechanism. (See #21)
• An option to use the ray trace end detection with regular (OpenGL) renders (See #23)

Changed

• Increased some timeouts, specially when waiting for the file creation (See #23)

Fixed

• Problems when using PCBs in a read-only dir

[1.6.12] - 2022-06-02

Fixed

• kicad2step: very small wait on exit (#21)
• kicad2step: output dir option ignored

[1.6.11] - 2022-05-17

Added

• Added IPC-D-356 netlist generation

[1.6.10] - 2022-04-18

Fixed

• eeschema_do fails when loading the schematics took more than 3 seconds.

Changed

• Time-outs when waiting for the PCB print dialog. Should make things faster.

[1.6.9] - 2022-04-10

Fixed

• --list option was limited to layer IDs upto 50. Now isn't limited.
• Problems with xclip messages for the version found on Fedora 35.

[1.6.8] - 2022-03-29

Added

• 3D View: support for X, Y, Z rotation in steps (KiCad 6 only)

[1.6.7] - 2022-03-26

Added

• PCB export: support for KiCad 6 color theme selection

[1.6.6] - 2022-03-26

Added

• 3D View: support for alpha channel (KiCad 6)
• 3D View: support for solder mask and silk screen bottom colors (KiCad 6)

Fixed

• KiCad 6: 3D View axis not disabled

[1.6.5] - 2022-03-08

Added

• 3D View support for KiCad 6 (now that bug 9890 is fixed)
• Gencad export (#17)

[1.6.4] - 2022-03-03

Added

• pcbnew_do SVG export

[1.6.3] - 2022-01-18

Fixed

• KiCad 6: pcbnew_do problems when KiCad isn't configured.

[1.6.2] - 2022-01-18

Added

• Error message when the import tool isn't installed.

[1.6.1] - 2022-01-13

Added

• Support for --subst-models option

[1.6.0] - 2021-12-28

Added

• kicad2step_do a wrapper for kicad2step, a GUI tool in KiCad 6

Changed

• Better support for KiCad 6 DRC errors.
• Better support for KiCad 6 error dialog at start-up.

[1.5.14] - 2021-12-02

Added

• Added experimental mechanism to detect the ray tracing end (#12)

Fixed

• 3D View zoom issues on some systems (#13)

[1.5.13] - 2021-11-30

Fixed

• Problems with xdotool failing to match strings on some locales.

[1.5.12] - 2021-11-25

Added

• Monochrome schematic print.

Fixed

• pcbnew_do export problems when the PCB name contained "print" and we asked to fill zones.

[1.5.11] - 2021-11-18

Added

• PCB 3D view capture.

[1.5.10] - 2021-11-16

Fixed

• pcbnew_do export problems when the PCB name contained "print".

[1.5.9] - 2021-11-16

Changed

• Now the time-out scale also affects the time we wait for a file creation.

Fixed

• pcbnew_do export scaling for the "fit page" case.
• Locale problems for some Linux distros (i.e. Arch)
• Problems with wrong KiCad version in unstable Debian.

[1.5.8] - 2021-02-22

Added

• Verbosity level 3 enables logs for: KiCad, check for Xvfb and recordmydesktop.
• GitLab CI workaround:
  • Retries when we detect KiCad prematurely dies (before creating a window).
  • Delay after detecting Xvfb is running (increased exponentially on retries).

[1.5.7] - 2021-02-17

Added

• Call to vmstat and uptime after time-out.
• KiCad bug #6989 message supression.

[1.5.6] - 2021-02-08

Added

• Command line option to scale all the time-outs.

[1.5.5] - 2021-01-12

Added

• KiCad environment variables preservation in eeschema_do
• Support for KICAD_CONFIG_HOME defined from inside KiCad
• ERC report name can be configured

Fixed

• No KiCad config assumed, now we ask KiCad

[1.5.3] - 2020-10-15

Added

• Support for KiCad 5.99 DRC/ERC reports.

Fixed

• Problems when using KiCad 5.99 and projects from KiCad 5.

[1.5.2] - 2020-10-12

Added

• Option to pcbnew_do export:
  • --mirror/-M Mirror printing (KiCad 6 only!)

[1.5.1] - 2020-10-08

Added

• Options to pcbnew_do export:
  • --scaling/-s Scale factor (0 fit page)
  • --pads/-p Pads style (0 none, 1 small, 2 full)
  • --no-title/-t Remove the title-block
  • --monochrome/-m Print in blanck and white
  • --separate/-S Layers in separated sheets

[1.5.0] - 2020-10-05

Added

• Support for KiCad Nightly
  • Just define the environment variable: KIAUS_USE_NIGHTLY=5.99

[1.4.2] - 2020-09-10

Fixed

• Crash when no arguments.
• Crash when no x11vnc and it was requested.
• Lost warning messages when using --warnings_as_errors

[1.4.1] - 2020-06-14

Added

• --fill_zones/-f option to 'pcbnew_do export' to fill zones before printing.

Changed

• Filtered errors are displayed as warnings, but ignored.
• Filtered warnings are displayed as information.
• When an error/warning is filtered a debug message informs which regex matched.

[1.4.0] - 2020-06-08

Added

• --errors_filter/-f option to provide a file containing errors to ignore from DRC/ERC.

Fixed

• Sometimes when using a WM the "pcbnew_do export" failed to open the Printer dialog.
• Sometimes when exiting xdotool didn't find any window and reported error.
• When the filled zones changed during DRC the PCB could be saved even when we didn't specify --save

[1.3.1] - 2020-05-19

Fixed

• Under some situations the EEschema plot dialog failed to clear the old file path and we pasted concatenated. Was introduced when fixing the browse button selected.

[1.3.0] - 2020-05-18

Added

• --wait_key/-w option to send the commands step by step (debug)
• --start_x11vnc/-s option to start a server so we can monitor what's going on (debug)
• --use_wm/-m option to start a window manager (fluxbox) so we can interact better (debug)

Changed

• Now we exit eeschema and pcbnew without killing the application.
• Default record height now is 960.

Fixed

• Error and Warning dialog detection. Now we use more specific regular expressions.
• Sometimes the 'Plot Schematic Options' starts with the browse button selected and we must move left.
• Sometimes the netlist dialog starts with the generation button selected and we move to the plugin button instead. Now we detect it and go back to the generate button.

[1.2.0] - 2020-05-13

Added

• Support for PS, DXF and HPGL to the schematic export.
• Support for eeschema already running.
• Support for loading KiCad 4 schematics (asking for Remap symbols)

Changed

• pcbnew_print_layers to "pcbnew_do export" to be coherent with "eeschema_do"
• pcbnew_run_drc to "pcbnew_do run_drc" ditto

Fixed

• --ignore_unconnected of pcbnew_run_drc wasn't implemented.
• ERC omitted warnings if errors were detected.
• The project file could be altered, or even lost, during schematic export.

[1.1.6] - 2020-04-23

Changed

• Now we use setxkbmap instead of xset to test X is working. If setxkbmap isn't available we default to xset.

[1.1.5] - 2020-04-20

Added

• More support for docker environment in the pcbnew scripts

Changed

• Now eeschema_do reports ERC warnings as warning messages

[1.1.4] - 2020-04-20

Added

• Support missing *-lib-table in user config
• Create the KiCad config dir if it doesn't exist

Fixed

• Two missing dependences.

[1.1.3] - 2020-03-30

Changed

• Debug and info colors.

[1.1.2] - 2020-03-21

Added

• Support for the names used by kiplot for the inner layers.

[1.1.1] - 2020-03-18

Fixed

• Supressed eeschema stdout to avoid printing the ERC report.
• ERC errors now reported as negative values.

[1.1.0] - 2020-03-16

Added

• --save to save the PCB after DRC (updating filled zones)

Changed

• Sorted command line options

Fixed

• Give more priority to the local module instead of the system wide installed.

[1.0.0] - 2020-03-10

Added

• Option to list all layers to pcbnew_print_layers.
• Documentation for the new scripts.
• Debian package files.
• Different error levels.
• --version and --verbose.
• Unified the loggers and made it coloured.
• Width and height config for the record function.
• --output_name option to the DRC.
• Netlist generation
• Simple BoM (XML) generation
• Print a PDF containing one or more layers.

Changed

• Error level of src/pcbnew_run_drc to negative to be more coherent with the run_erc command.
• Interpreter to Python 3.
• Renamed the main scripts so they don't include .py in the name.
• Renamed the "util" package to "kicad_auto" (less generic).
• Moved the eeschema/export_bom.py functionality to the bom_xml command of src/eeschema_do.
• eeschema/schematic.py -> src/eeschema_do.py (more descriptive name).
• Now we keep only the last recorded video.
• Added creation of a suitable eeschema config, instead of editing the current.
• Made schematic and output_dir position args (always used).
• Removed --screencast_dir in favor of --record (+ size).
• _pcbnew/print_layers.py to src/pcbnew_print_layers.
• Renamed _pcbnew/run_drc.py to src/pcbnew_run_drc.
• Made some debug/info message classification to make it cleaner.
• Supressed the recordmydesktop output.
• Now the screencast files are named according to the recorded task.
• Suppressed the pcbnew stderr (noissy).
• Disabled long waits to test for old errors.
• Adapted to KiCad 5.1.x.
• Saves the current pcbnew/eeschema config and creates one usable. The originals are restored.

Removed

• Custom configs. Now they are generated on-the-fly.
• _pcbnew/generate_svg.py, its functionality can be achieved using pcbnew_print_layers.
• _pcbnew/generate_gerber.py, kiplot project has a better solution.

Fixed

• Simplified the copy/paste mechanism used for run_erc. The old one could fail.
• src/pcbnew* always recorded the session.
• Adjusted the pcbnew first time-out, for some reason I'm getting huge delays.
• A test (and wait) for the Xvfb, sometimes is slow and xclip runs before it.
• clipboard_store rewrite, the old version ignored any errors
• Made stronger the eeschema config parser.
• Language set as english + UTF-8 (to run outside docker).