v1.9.0

Note

KiCad 10 native variants support is experimental, please look here

Changed

• --fail-on-warnings now ignores filtered warning (as the help suggested)
  and you can get the old behavior adding --fail-on-ignored (#893)
• 3D models: GitLab URL. Because the old URL is now blocked.
• W009 and W044 warnings promoted to "common use" warnings
• E/DRC: we now get the big OK mark when all violations are excluded
• BoM: by default fields defined as ~ are empty.

Added

• New outputs:
  • BoM Labels (bom_labels): [Experimental] To generate a PDF containing
    labels for the BoM items. (#886)
  • PCB stats (pcb_stats): The KiCad 10 PCB statistics
  • Hugo KiCad Site helper (kicad_site): [Experimental] Helper for the
    Hugo theme for KiCad projects (#917)
• CLI:
  • --fail-on-warnings: to return error when we detected warning (See #828)
  • --warn-all: to display some warnings that you'll find during common use
• Schematic:
  • Support for private text on symbols (#914)
  • Some basic check for the page numbers
• New filters:
  • alternatives: Used to add alternative fields (i.e. alternative
    manufacturers) (#913)
• generic filter: exclude_kicad_dnp to exclude components marked as DNP in
  KiCad (See #887)
• Variants: Experimental KiCad variants
• KiCad 9 embedded files: populate the cache if needed (See #890)
• preflights:
  • Mechanism to merge preflights from imports (merge_pre) (#900)
  • set_text_variables_sheet_title, set_text_variables_sheet_title_min and
    set_text_variables_sheet_title_default global options to enable the
    generation of KiCad variables containing the titles for all the schematic
    sheets. The are named SHEET_TITLE_n
• Global options:
  • allow_blind_vias and allow_buried_vias: for KiCad 10 to replace the
    unified allow_blind_buried_vias
  • code_page_fallback: to specify a code page for text not encoded in UTF-8
• 3D models: option to download the latest 3D models (kicad_3d_url_version)
  (See #899)
• BoM:
  • descriptive error when using kicad format and no options found.
  • tilde_is_empty to interpret fields defined as ~ as empty.
  • sep_for_merged to configure the separator for multiple values on the
    same field. This is when a group contains components with a difference
    in the field.
  • merge_values to also merge different values on grouped components.
• Download Datasheets: now uses curl if installed.
• DRC/ERC: Configurable logo (#889)
• iBoM: mark_when_checked option (#881)
• KiRi: Support for uninitialized submodules (#888)
• Navigate results: expand_text_vars to expand %X and vars in the title.
• Panelize: copy_lib_tables to get a usable lib table
• PcbDraw:
  • Allow huge files, usually from panels.
  • Better performance
• Position:
  • grid/grid_fail options to check if components are in a grid
• Report: buried_vias_count for KiCad 10
• SCH/PCB Variant: include option to export legacy variants to KiCad 10
• SCH Print: specify pages to be included (#907)

Fixed

• 3D models:
  • Download models from the repo tag corresponding to the currently
    installed KiCad version, not the one from master (#899)
  • EasyEDA 3D models download issues when the specified model was an
    STEP file using an extension different than .step (#921)
• Blender export: problems with component values containing / (#885)
• BoM:
  • Missing footprint information for for components marked as not on board.
  • Digi-Key URLs, to adapt the new format
  • HTML: link cells not marked empty
• DRC:
  • No schematic parity check when using 'check_zone_fills' and not
    'fill_zones' (#920)
• Panelize:
  • Problems when using angles (#898)
  • Confusing error when the output wasn't generated
• PCB Print: worksheet page 1 vs other pages look when using the internal
  mechanism (#903)
• Allow empty dir option