Release version 0.8.0b
2013-06-13
- pcb view:
- view sketches from either 'above' or 'below'
- place THT parts "through" the top or bottom of the board
- silkscreen bottom layer support
- new Fritzing Fab price-quote feature
- drc now checks if connectors on the same part overlap
- board 'stickyness' is now disabled by default
- copper fill keepout setting on the ground fill submenu
- schematic view improvements (sponsored by Analog Devices Inc.):
- rotation and flip are enabled for all parts
- when flipping or rotating parts, text elements remain upright and do not mirror
- new voltage label and voltage source parts--the older versions are now obsolete
- inspector:
- 'placement' properties grouped together
- new widgets to display and modify part coordinates and rotation
- editable comboboxes are now graphically distinct from drop-downs
- new parts:
- a big bundle of Arduino microcontrollers
- a set of Lilypad parts
- Teensy 3.0
- Raspberry Pi
- a set of textile parts (thanks to Texe SRL)
- other improvements:
- top, left, bottom, right, center alignment functions (available under the Part menu)
- 'delete plus' is now 'delete'; the former 'delete' is now 'delete minus'
- parts editor: parts filenames now include a user-supplied prefix
- breadboard view: new 'banded' wire style option; new pink wire color option
- all example sketches updated
- easier to select parts beneath other parts (schematic and pcb views)
- translations
- new Turkish translation (thanks Mete)
- Dutch translation update (thanks Davy)
- Greek translation update (thanks Alexander)
- French translation update (thanks Yvan)
- Portugese-Brazilian translation update (thanks Gabriel)
- bug fixes:
- obsolete parts were no longer so marked
- ratsnest wires were not rubberbanding as parts were dragged or free-rotated
- default properties were no longer visible in schematic view part labels
- fixed wire-color-menu multiple check-marks bug
- ground fill 'extensions' weren't clipped to pcb border
- 'Mine' bin was no longer current after importing a part
- parts editor crashed after all connectors were removed
- parts editor was trashing svg element IDs
- parts editor: new connectors not named correctly when using the connectors tab UI
- font-size issue sometimes resulted in missing text in custom parts or export
- better gerber conversion for some custom parts
- some autorouter crashes eliminated