v6.1

• Performance & Bugfixes
• FreeCAD Integration (only tested on macOS/Windows)
  • Requires FreeCAD 1.0 or later
  • FreekiCAD supports loading multiple .kicad_pcb files into a FreeCAD document
  • Designed to work with the Manipulator workbench and FreeCAD's new built-in transform tool
  • A sketch is provided for real-time board outline editing in FreeCAD
  • Components moved in FreeCAD are synced to KiCad in real time
  • Auto or manual in-place PCB reloading
  • kicad-python is used and the workspace manager handles multiple KiCad instances & API sockets

v5.9

• Support using a PCB file as a frame
• Add tolerance for v-cuts building #27

v5.8

• Build variants: add support for build options, bugfixes
• Display pcb loading errors
• Differ: enumerate layers in kicad_pcb #26

5.7

New Features

• Experimental Gerber support
  • Allow attaching BOM/CPL (converted to reference-only footprints)
• Add tooling holes
• Add fiducials
• Fix opening differ

Features

• Workspace Manager
  • Easily navigate between projects
    • Automatically open multiple KiCad instances on macOS
  • Recall windows of previously opened files (macOS and Windows only)
• Differ
  • Highlight changed areas
  • Schematic diff viewer
  • PCB diff viewer
  • Git support
• (Not just a) Panelizer
  • Interactive arrangement with real-time preview
  • Freeform placement not limited to M×N grid configurations
  • Support for multiple different PCBs in a single panel
  • Automatic or manual tab creation
  • Automatic V-cut/mousebites selection
  • Enable hole creation in panel substrate for extruded parts
  • No coding skills required
• Build Variants (as a usage of the Panelizer)
  • Single PCB without panelization can be done with frameless setting
  • Each PCB can have its own flag settings
• Gerber handling (experimental)
  • In panelizer context
  • Or direct conversion to .kicad_pcb
  • Allow attaching BOM/CPL (converted to reference-only footprints)
• CLI
  • Convert saved .kkkk_pnl to kicad files in one command
  • Same usage for panelizer & build variants

5.4

5.4

• trim flags
• fix extracting flags from BUILDEXPR containing parentesis
• Panelizer
  • Fix island removal
• Workspace Manager:
  • Convert to relative path: don't convert non-existent path

5.0

• Panelizer

  • Support spacing=0 #22
  • Add frame size "Fit" button #22
  • Add pcb clearance setting #22
  • Add "move by distance" function
  • Wrap rotation to 360 deg to work around numerical errors #22
  • Update the render function to improve the display of the substrate area.
  • Add vcut_or_skip and hidden vcut_unsafe cut methods
  • Add "Generate Holes" for user to determine which area should be holes/fills in tight frame + zero-spacing scenario #22
  • Fix mousebites offset by preserving cut line direction #23
  • Add configurable angle setting for manual tabs #24
  • Tabs: better handling of non-perpendicular approaching angle #24

• Built variants

  • DNP
  • Field Values

• Workspace Manager:

  • Display libraries
  • "Convert to relative path" button (related to KIPRJMOD)

v4.6.1

v4.6

• Workspace: display project with folder name
• Differ: display file path with folder name
• Fix error in remove_tab() when the button is clicked again before the UI finishes refreshing #19
• Allow specifying tab width individually #20
• Implement dragging for manual tabs #20

v4.6.1

• Fix compatibility with pypdfmium2 v5.0.0 #21

v4.5.1

1. Fix memeory leak (in PUI) #16
2. Remove non-existed workspace file

v4.5

1. Bugfixes
2. UI/UX improvements
3. Preserve silkscreen text regardless of reference renaming

v4.4.1

Panelizer

• Remove isolated substrates
• Fix false conflicts in frames area when both X/Y frames are used
• Speedup drawing board substrate
• Fix updating canvas when highlighting manual tab

Workspace Manager

• Fix updating files list after creating new panelization

v4.3.2

• Fix recalling project window
• Fix bug in tabs management (PUI 0.19)