Release 20180129

Release Date: 29.1.2018

Change Log

• New Features:
• new reworked web based manual,
• point entry by dialog in path/polygon mode,
• end polygon/path mode by double click or clicking on start point,
• display scale in main window,
• center box in properties dialog,
• the length element feature is nor poart of the element size feature,
• element size displays area and perimeter as well,
• measure angle can create permanent display and measure polygon edges,
• OpenCellLibrary supports white background,
• exact sizing of font height to entered width,
• update to newest version of FreeRouting,
• File Formats:
• OpenAccess:
• edit OS library definition as content menu item,
• export via 'save as',
• correct viewtypes for symbols,
• import view option,
• open from command line by cellname, viewname and libraryname,
• DXF:
• cell references with negative x scale,
• CIF:
• support of text element (type 94),
• multi threaded result in faster load,
• support of separator # and / in DS line,
• Electromask:
• error message in case of negative coordinates,
• Eagle:
• import of spice data,
• Lasis:
• handling of filename with capital letters when running under wine,
• Macros:
• automatic generation of settings macro within the setup dialog,
• setShortCut will find the old binding to this key and removes it,
• support of char, float and long,
• disable qt warning in LayoutScript,
• add new method to class cell:
• element* cell::addBox(rect r,int layer),
• add new method to class element:
• rect element::getBoundingBox(),
• pointArray element::getSelectedPoints(),
• add new method to class process:
• static bool process::openBrowser(string url),
• add new method to class setup:
• static bool setup::showScale,
• static bool setup::whiteBackground(),
• Bug Fixes:
• path mode and polygon mode will avoid double entered points,
• incorrect identification of a sector shape,
• access compressed GDS in file dialog,
• incorrect interface lock when calling parametric cells from a macro,
• Boolean Engine may produce touching link line,
• polygon check on the first point of a polygon may fail,
• addText use default width,
• cancel in select cell dialog,
• correct display of font block,
• handling of huge path elements,
• preview of circular shape in case of extreme high circle resolution,
• recount of selected shapes when using FastCap and FastHenry,
• avoid invisible menu bar after restart,
• point in polygon detection for polygons with high density of points,
• missing sip.so on mac systems to use pylayout,