Release 20180522

Release Date: 22.5.2018

Change Log

• New Features:
  • extending the LayoutEdior Cloud with a support forum,
  • display of snap status,
  • trigger option of the autostart macro,
  • option to display cell references with a single layer only,
  • measurement toolbar in basic version,
  • macro access to inductance extraction,
• SchematicEditor
  • electrical rule check,
  • vector devices ( sometime called iterated instance),
  • vector signals on a bus element,
  • improved snapping,
  • improved entry of ports,
  • straiten wires to avoid small steps,
  • previous sheet,
• File Formats:
  • OpenAcces:
    • update to version 50.p084,
    • enable PyCell plugin from the setup dialog,
    • support of iterated vector instances in schematics,
  • DXF:
    • MTEXT ignores text formating string,
    • LWpolyline close flag processing
• Macros:
  • add new method to class component:
    • symbol * component::getSymbol(int pos=0),
  • add new method to class extractionModule:
    • void extractionModule::inductanceAddSelection(),
    • void extractionModule::inductanceAdd(element *e,int conductorNum),
    • void extractionModule::inductanceClear(),
    • void extractionModule::inductanceCalc(double frequency=1000000),
    • double extractionModule::inductanceResult(int con1,int con2),
  • add new method to class sElement:
    • void sElement::setColor(int r,int g, int b),
  • add new method to class setup:
    • static stringList setup::autostartMacroTrigger,
    • static int setup::displayCellSingleLayer.
    • static string setup::openAccessPyCell,
    • static bool setup::showSnap,
  • add new method to class sheet:
    • void sheet::deleteElement( sElement*),
    • component * sheet::getSheetComponent();,
  • new class symbol with these methods:
    • sElement* symbol::addPolyline(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
    • sElement* symbol::addPolygon(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
    • sElement* symbol::addArc(pointArray p,int red, int green, int blue),
    • sElement* symbol::addText(QPoint p,int red, int green, int blue, QString text),
    • sElement* symbol::addCircle(QPoint p1,QPoint p2,int red, int green, int blue),
    • sElement* symbol::addRect(QPoint p1,QPoint p2,int red, int green, int blue),
    • sElement* symbol::addPort(QPoint p,QString text),
    • sElement* symbol::addBusPort(QPoint p,QString text),
    • sElementList *symbol::firstElement,
    • void symbol::deleteElement( sElement*),
• Bug Fixes:
  • open design files with double click on mac,
  • start on mac without installation,
  • Redo/Undo within the symbol editor,
  • handling font files with uni codes filename,
  • crash on zerro grid settings,
  • avoid/handling of double sheet names,
  • copy clipboard in case of different databaseunits,
  • cdf parser for proplist,