4.0.7 Released - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 12:17:13 pm
content: No changelog yet

author: Jacon
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 02:29:16 pm
content: Where?Definitely not on official website:http://kicad-pcb.org/download/...

author: awallin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 04:22:43 pm
content: Quote from: Jacon on July 19, 2017, 02:29:16 pmthe Ubuntu packages were updated yesterday 2017-07-18https://launchpad.net/~js-reynaud/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-4under "package details" there's a diff to 4.0.6 - but haven't looked at it in detail...

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2017, 05:40:34 am
content: A little update from the kicad community, the public release has been set back after some bugs where discovered.

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2017, 11:05:47 am
content: http://kicad-pcb.org/post/release-4.0.7/

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2017, 01:09:27 pm
content: Changes related to a reported bug:Fix broken links and add correct links to about dialog.Eeschema: highlight the first choice in rescue dialog.Eeschema: fix zone properties dialog level setting tooltip.Pcbnew: fix segfault when appending a board in GAL mode.Remove some useless or incorrect asserts in plot functions.Pcbnew: continue loading footprints after first failure.Eeschema: don’t apply last line width to text thickness in symbol library editor.Pcbnew: add option to plot DXF lines in outline mode.Pcbnew: add option to plot DXF editable text.Pcbnew: fix crash when dragging a track.Fix crash when dragging a track.Remove leading/trailing white space error message from field validator.Changes without a bug report:Pcbnew: fix bug loading board files written when layers could have numeric names.Pcbnew: prevent segfault when outline has no vertices reading P-CAD file.Pcbnew: fix tooltip error in copper zones dialog.Eeschema: move BOM scripts so they are installed correctly.Apply changes from master to GOST page layouts.Save text thickness in worksheet editor.Fix default line widths for non-mm units in DXF import.Better error messages when throwing an I/O error or parse error.Cvpcb: fix incorrect assignments when using .equ files and automatic association.Fix possible crash and issues when a incorrect fp lib table is loaded.Fix crash when writing zip archive file to folder that is not writeable.Fix issues in plot functions when used from python scripts.

author: racemaniac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2017, 03:06:13 pm
content: I'm wondering how complete those changelogs are.I was working on some boards this week, and last time i worked on kicad was 4.04, was using 4.06 now. When working i noticed this purple edge around my pads, didn't quite know what it was. When rendering i noticed part of the traces also rendering in copper, but didn't really look at it in detail.However when making my gerbers i noticed the same thing, that the solder mask holes where quite a bit bigger than the pads. After some googling i found it was a setting (solder mask clearance) that for mysterious reasons now defaulted to 0.2mm rather than 0 in the past versions >_<Just checked the releasenotes of 4.05 & 4.06, didn't see anything in them about it >_<.Ah well, i found it and my boards are okay now, but it was a stupid annoyance >_<.I hope i won't notice many other such strange things when upgrading to newer versions in the future ^^'.

author: Back2Volts
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 02, 2017, 01:27:21 pm
content: Has anybody noticed that 4.0.7 is twice as big as the previous level? Just the download file is 720MB vs 440. The installation is 3.8GB vs 2GB. The difference is in modules\packages3D which has grown from 1GB to 3GB.

author: stmdude
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2017, 02:42:57 pm
content: Quote from: Back2Volts on October 02, 2017, 01:27:21 pmYep, the librarians are working furiously to add 3D models to as much of the library as they can.