The Cairo printing system is already used to print to printer, it can be
now used to print to clipboard and fixes the issue with opacity < 1.
However to use it in clipboard, the advanced config needs to set the new
EnableEeschemaExportClipboardCairo = 1 (for now)
The default is false.
When two arcs only barely overlapped, we cannot predict the actual point
ends as they exist in the error margins. Since arc tracks have
different radii by definition, rounding errors in calculating the
overlap angle led to some mistaken identification of parallel segments.
This adds an advanced config flag to set the preferred cutoff point
(currently 0.001°) for whether two arcs actually overlap in shared angle
space
This makes it easier to control what snap points you are aiming for
without accidentally activating objects just by mousing near them
on the way to somewhere else.
ADDED: Add support in Pcbnew for exporting ODB++ files under Fabrication
Outputs, base on ODB++Design Format Specification (Release v8.1
Update 3 February 2021).
Note: There is still a lot of work to do if we will make the feature as
complete as the ODB++ spec. However, the current functionality's
completeness is already sufficient to cover general production
scenarios. I have compared the output results with Gerber files by
DFM tool and the accuracy at the graphic level should be able to
cover most usage scenarios. Additionally, I am very grateful to
the great open-source project Horizon EDA for giving me a lot of
inspiration in terms of ideas.
The feature can be enabled by adding "EnableODB=1" to the kicad_advanced
configuration file.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2019
When working near snap anchors, which come and go
rapidly, it's often useful to see what snaps have been
calculated. Add an advanced config to show these
(EnableSnapAnchorsDebug) on an overlay layer.
With more polish this could be a hotkey or something.
Previously, fills could end up just barely touching, leading to DRC
errors even if there was enough room to fill the remaining space. This
was due to how we shrink/expand the zones to remove small features. By
adding a zero-width line between points that should be connected, we
expand back to the correct width.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/14130
At 10, a strict recursion shows a noticable lag in schematics with
larger numbers of fields. 2 may be a sweet spot unless we find a
schematic where this does not work
Add direct handling of quadratic beziers to save compute time and number
of points. Update cubic interpolation to reduce number of points
generated for a given smoothness
Cache data on open and used cached data to avoid multiple re-calcs
Remove minimum line length and number of segments and replace with
standard max error level. Allows us to specify the tolerance of bezier
interpolation
Library watches only need a single directory or immediate children. The
project watcher should have a sensible limit to the total number of
files it tries to track.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/15717
Refactors `SHAPE_POLY_SET::fractureSingle()` to be more efficient, while
not changing the actual algorithm:
* increase cache locality by using contiguous arrays instead of what was
effectively a linked list
* reduce latency and jitter by replacing per-edge allocator calls with
ahead-of-time std::vector reserves
* increase cache efficiency by making the vertex struct smaller
* replace O(n^2) leftmost edge search with O(n log n) std::sort
* sort the polygons instead of the edges
* cut iteration count in half in the remaining O(polygons * edges) part
Logging is useful when we find an area that cannot be triangulated.
This will be used to generated test cases.
Skipping minor untesselated areas means that the polygon will still be
considered fully tesselated (and not sent back again and again) even if
the tesselation misses an area less than the configured limit.
Currently, this is 31^2nm.
Short description:
Works for Symbol and Footprint Editor behind an advanced config option.
For Symbol Editor it is shown for a single item selection (library or symbol).
For Footprint Editor it is shown for a footprint selection.
(fp editor allows a single tree item selection only).
Option stays hidden if current frame has been modified.
Also small fix(?) for similar action to the project manager.
(Call for the Execution has moved inside the file loop.)
Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/15736
This was hard coded at 10IU, which was way too small for pcbnew and
still too small for schematic editor. Instead, we set a default of 50
and allow the user to adjust (smaller for less powerful machines)
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/16568
This selection improvement feature is hidden behind the advanced
configuration key "PcbSelectionVisibilityRatio". It is turned off (1.0)
by default. Value values are from 0.0 to less that 1.0. From testing,
using a value between 0.1 and 0.3 produces the best results.
This fix uses normal alpha blending described in the link below. The
current design only uses the alpha of the object's color. It could be
improved by doing a full color alpha blending but using the color alpha
alone seems to result in satisfactory results.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/16126
IPC2581 is a modern production file exchange system. It provides
single-file data output for an entire board including BOM and netlist
information.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/1954
