Release 20220423

Release Date: 23.04.2022

Change Log

• New Features:
• support of additional extra keyboards
• cellref arrays along a path and cellref arrays polar placed
• fill selected shapes with optional align setting
• path and polygon properties with add/delete point option
• improved permanent ruler
• add hierarchy feature
• set cell origin by dialog
• relation select feature
• new Boolean Operation "A-B (multi-shape)" respecting the number of shape at each location
• bow improvement feature
• improved bus port support in the schematic
• File Formats:
• GDS:
• support of Raith extensions
• raith_GDS_extension.layout example macro
• raith extension circle/ellipse are converted to path/polygon
• CIF:
• faster reading of files
• DXF:
• improved spline import
• HATCH with elliptic arc start/end angle
• support of negative extrusion direction of LW_polylines
• fixes some transformations problems with Y-mirror
• OpenAccess:
• fix inaccurate placed port and busport on some schematic imports
• fix wire label assignment on some schematic imports
• DC2-NPGS:
• store of layer names
• color output of layers
• Spice:
• support of .include statements
• Macros:
• add new method to class cell:
• void cell::selectArea(double minArea, double maxArea, int layerSource)
• void cell::selectDimension(int minWidth, int maxWidth, int minLength, int maxLength, int layerSource)
• void cell::selectRelation(int layerA, int layerB, string relation)
• void cell::bowImprovementSelect( double detectAngle, int pointFactor,int minLength)
• changes in class drawingField:
• void drawingField::fillSelectedShapes(cell*,int align=0) with align option
• add: void drawingField::addHierarchy(int nx,int ny)
• add new method to class element:
• bool element::isRaithMBMSPath()
• void element::setPropertyString(string p,string s)
• string element::getPropertyString(string name)
• bool element:: decodeRaithPxxData(int ,double ,double ,double,int ,int,int*)
• void element::encodeRaithPxxData(int ,double ,double ,double,int ,int,int)
• void element::setRaithDosis(double)
• double element::getRaithDosis()
• changes in class layout:
• point layout::getMousePoint() now updates the gui before it is executed to update layers and design position
• add: string layout::macroToolbarName
• add new method to class setup:
• static bool setup::gdsStoreRaithExtensions
• static bool setup::lefStoreLayerInfos
• add new method to class schematic:
• string schematic::macroToolbarName
• add new method to class textEdit:
• string textEdit::macroToolbarName
• fix componentLibrary::getComponent returning invalid data in some cases
• Bug Fixes:
• show all layer in centext menu
• group may cause crash in some cases
• separate holes when removeNotNeededPoint is turned off
• display distance to other elements in element size
• drc min-size will only outout a single message on neighbored violations
• copy&paste of busports in the schematic
• display of non standard units (e.g. 2.5e-7m) with a '*' sign
• link to .layout files to the TextEditor on Windows
• not supported streamdeck mini ignored on Windows
• update Python to 2.7.12 python bug decimal library on Windows
• TextEditor lexer failed on some systems
• on Window check for set of HOME, OpenAccess may cause hanger in not set
• schmatic editor may crash when a used symbol was missing
• support of pathes for newer LTSpice versions
• blocked dock window resizing in some stiuations
• non-sense scalling after opening some schematics
• error messages when using lec as library file
• adding a port on a schematic wire did not add a wire point
• derived layer for area+dimension may crash on user interaction
• derived layer dimension did not repect all entered user values
• using import layer in the free version without a license key
• license issues when using some VPN