1.33.0001 - 01 Nov 2006
- Fixed problem with monochrome bitmap output from PCB.
- 3D Model Directory is now user configurable.
- Added Polar grid style
- Fixed problem with slow startup time introduced in last version.
- Added layer stackup control
- Added trace length feature
- Macro block designators are now sorted alphabetically
- 3D View now supports non rectangular boards (closed object made from board outline objects)
- Fixed problem with multi schematic selections involving symbols with "?" attribute fields
- Fixed problem with package preview bitmaps not updating since last release
- Added export bitmap to 3d view
- Fixed BM2 import not creating the default drill pair
- Bill of materials is now handled by scripts, external macros are no longer required
- Fixed browse button not working when selecting a file for the 3DModel attribute
- Fixed problem with (imported) PCB attributes not being created when inserting a symbol
- Added convert imported sizes to indexed sizes tool
- Added wiring keepout object
- Added vector printing option for schematics (faster & requires less memory)
- Added importing of bitmaps for PCB's
- Added "auto annotate" for copying packaged symbols in the schematic editor
- Added attribute editor to PCB symbol editor. Footprints can now have a 3DModel attribute.
- Negative Coordinates generated in gerber are now "valid".
- Fixed DXF problem when importing into Autocad.
- Added route export to autorouter, allows manual routing of nets prior to autorouting.
- Added update package function to schematic editor
- Added "reset creation" date function for diagrams.
- Added update mechanical symbol function.
- Added datasheet launch system.
1.32.0001 - 02 Nov 2005
- Added Blind and Buried vias
- Added Component and Placement outline objects
- Added Keepout objects
- Added Interface to Electra Autorouter
- Added 3D Viewing
- Added IDF Export
- Added Spice Simulation
1.30.0001 - 09 May 2005
- New user interface
- New Scripting mechanism
- Fixed problem with saving of accelerators
- Fixed problem with PCB user attributes not updating on component renumber
- Added netlist output from the PCB
- Fixed crash when using highlight schematic net
- Fixed high memory usage introduced in the last version
- Fixed possible crash with imported BoardMaker1 files.
- Fixed possible crash with PCB drc when a diagram contains huge amounts of overlapping copper
1.27.0001 - 22 November 2004
- Fixed problem with incorrect icons for projects & libraries
- Fixed problem with some of the boardmaker2 pad shapes in import
- Fixed problem on loading macroblocks
- Added move to top/bottom options in size editor
- Fixed problem causing crash using pin swapping in pcb
- Added attribute "IncludeInBOM" which if added to a "special function symbol" will add the symbol to the BOM output.
- Added system attributes for project & file names.
- After pin swapping the software now stays in pin swap mode
- Added user definable keystrokes
- Added option to allow enabling/disabling of hole centres being printed
- Added truetype font support
- Fixed problem not being able to auto place thermal breaks on single layer boards
- Added bill of materials output to the PCB editor
- Fixed problem with continue track selecting tracks on hidden layers
- Fixed problem with selection box not working correctly if changing zoom level.
- Fixed problem causing vias to be counted twice on the PCB report generator
- Fixed problem with dissapearing pads on editing an imported BM2 symbol
- Fixed problem with extra vias being inserted after doing a track rip up on insertion
- Fixed problem where "Show Marker Lines" on BMP/Printout was ignored for plane cuts
1.26.0001 - 26 July 2004
- Fixed possible crash when moving via sizes up/down the size table
- Added macro block system to the pcb editor
- Fixed problem causing connection blobs to be missing under certain conditions in schematics
- Fixed possible crash when opening the toolbar context menu
- Added quasi track style track expansion
- Added board outline objects
- Fixed problem with tracks reverting to "move mode" when shift clicking segments in a multiple selection
- Fixed problem with Undo menu information not being displayed correctly
- Added PCB board information output
- Fixed problem with PCB attribute locators being duplicated when moved
- Added track ripup for insertion
- Multiple selections using the drag box are now much faster
- Fixed possible problem with internal layer clearances on gerber
- Added pcb highlight net by name feature
- Improved net highlight menu for schematics
- Added new arc insert mode (start, end, radius)
- Modified behaviour of ratsnest showing/hiding
1.25.0001 - 20 April 2004
- Fixed possible crash when using remove node from net
- Fixed possible crash when cutting and pasting sections of schematic between diagrams
- Fixed problem with designator editing
- Added Radius/Unradius corner
- Added detailed information on nets which are not fully routed in the console window for DRC (Items are clickable)
- Explorer window now remembers screen position
- Added Net Highlight to schematic
- Wires now terminate on graphical net names
- Measurement tool now available in the schematic editors
- Package All now follows the auto inherit & attribute exception list rules
- Added Dongle Server
- Fixed problem with undoing insertion of pcb attribute locators in the pcb editor
1.24.0001 - 15 December 2003
- Fixed problem with local via tenting not being displayed correctly on print or bmp outputs
- Fixed problem with rotated designators in bm2 ghosts moving in the wrong direction when being edited
- Fixed problem with net names in pads not drawing in the correct colour
- Added improved BM2 compatibility
- Added console window
- Fixed problem with PCB attribute locators not appearing on printouts
- Fixed problem where software would not mark a file as edited after editing attributes
- Editing of resist & paste layers now available in the PCB editor
- Fixed problem causing the mouse cursor to dissapear on multipage schematics
- Added net editing functions
- Added create netlist from PCB
- Fixed display problem with net names in pads when cleartype is enabled on XP
- Auto via supressed over pad origins and existing vias
- F12 "Update Link" now auto saves the source file (and destination after update has completed)
- Added create linked pcb option in schematic editor
1.23.0019 - 18 August 2003
- Fixed problem with text in mirrored symbols when printing
- Added Zoom To Window option
- Added Fit To Window option
- Added default attribute '?' behaviour
- Added more detailed control over attributes and inheritance
- Added Show/Hide pin numbers option
- Fixed problem with drop down combo box not displaying correctly under XP in some windows
- Fixed crash when generating NC from a BM2 import without saving first
1.23.0001 - 4 July 2003
- Added USB Dongle
- Added Widows and orphans on/off DRC option
- Added Bounding rectangle and attribute connection line when editing the attributes of a schematic symbol
- Package attributes are now taken across to the PCB and attribute locators can be placed on PCB footprints
- Added Bounding rectangle and connection line to pcb attribute locators and designators
- Added configurable schematic dot sizes
- Fixed problem with right click on workspace window selecting wrong file
- Added merge nets functionality to schematic editor
- Added new "Glue Mask" layers for creation of gerber glue mask data
- Added default workspace, a workspace saved as "default.b3w" in the installation directory will be automatically loaded at startup
1.22.0033 - 24 February 2003
- Fixed problem with installer not installing the last update correctly
- Fixed problem with holes not drawing correctly in the previous release
- The edit control is now default when adding a net name, named IO port or graphical net name
- Goto point no longer resets the default units and now reflects the current units
- Fixed problem with BM2 ghosts in the shape and padstack editors
- Fixed various ReturnRealSize problems.
- Fixed tooltip text in workspace window after rename
- File renames and attribute value renames are now allow case changes.
1.22.0001 - 10 January 2003
- Open Project now defaults to default project directory
- Fixed problem where new via size copper radius always zero
- Fixed visual problem with moving user attributes in symbols in the schematic editor
- Fixed problem picking up adjacent attributes in schematic symbol editor
- Sizes mechanism improved
- Modified Date in explorer now shows correct modified date
- Next/Previous error problem in schematic fixed
- Ratsnest configuration now sorts by net name
- Fixed problem moving net name text on a rotated graphical net name
- Fixed problem causing crash when deleting the last shape from a pad stack
- Update Symbol now available in manual PCB mode
- Added global ratsnest display on/off to Shift + Page Up/Page Down
- New track editing mode added to help maintain correct 45/90 angles
- Multi-pin mechanism extended to work with global nets
- Packages can be dragged onto schematics for (future) package selection
- Added two special datums to control coordinate generation for manufacturing outputs
- Added insert and delete functionality to packager editor
- Added Ctrl+' keystroke to activate linked editor
- Added number of pins to window title in schemtic symbol pin editor
1.21.0006 - 25 October 2002
- Fixed problem causing pin swapping from PCB not to work
- Fixed problem causing PCB editor to lose mapping information in certain circumstances
- Fixed problem when switching windows with mouse locking enabled
- Fixed problem causing resist to appear on screen when pad stack has none (Toggle layer on multilayer designs)
- Via resist display mirrors global gerber tenting options
- Added DRC warnings if pads do not have resist or paste
- Software will now warn if pad stacks are created without resist (or paste for SM)
- It is now possible to add discontinuous shapes on copper layers within pad stacks provided the overall padstack is continuous
1.21.0001 - 14 October 2002
- Fixed problem with dxf output for boardmaker2 files
- Fixed possible crash when pressing rotate while tracks selected
- Home/End now work with datums
- Fixed crash on update symbol (with secondary selections)
- Fixed problem with "Get Symbol" and ratsnests
- Fixed problem with default paths
- More support for multihead systems
- Removed some restrictions on layer selection
- Bitmaps added to MRU on menu
- Added gerber option to turn on/off the splitting of polygons into triangles
- Fixed problem with schematic delete page
- Fixed problem with update pad stack
- Added pad matrix function in pcb symbol editor
- Pin names in symbol editor now drawn in style compatible with the pcb editor
- Modified update padstack behaviour to allow a single or all padstacks to be updated
- Improved graphic representation of very small polycuts
- Fixed problem in filing system for specific file sizes
- Symbol mapping algorithm improved for netlist import
- Fixed possible crash when editing wires with IO ports in schematic editor
- Fixed possible crash when using destination highlighting
- Modified "Open..." to a sub menu which allows selection of Library, Project or last other directory
- Fixed situation where plane cuts, linked cuts and star earth tracks could be placed on non copper layers
- Added auto-backup configuration options
1.20.0021 - 16 August 2002
- Added update symbol definition function
- Added feature which takes footprint changes back to the schematic (linked files only)
- Added star earth return track object
- Added drag and drop update PCB definition and insert mechanical symbol
- Fixed component renumber problem (algorithm also changed)
- Added bitmap to packages (uses the bitmap from the footprint)
- Datums now use a font size and scale with the diagram
- Function table editor window changed.
1.20.0014 - 07 August 2002
- Fixed a number of problems introduced by the major changes in the last version
1.20.0001 - 23 July 2002
- New filing system.
- F9 will only do a clearance test if the clearance test is turned on for the full drc.
- Added Pre routes function.
- Added Print Zones
- Added resist clearance and plane clearance for mechanical holes
- Fixed problem with component renumber
- Added function name & gate name in pad for schematic symbol editor, like net names in pad in pcb
1.18.0018 - 02 May 2002
- Fixed problem with turned off layers and drc
- Added multiple pin swap (spreadsheet style entry of pin swaps) on schematic
- When creating a new package, the pin numbering (if possible) is devired from the footprint
- Fixed problem with polygon pads having double clearance on planes on screen
- Fixed problem causing cursor keys to ignore cursor locking
- Added pin number identifiers on BM2 ghosts in library editors
- Fixed problem causing 'F9' to come up with drill conflict rule when no conflict exists
- Auto thermal break now reports "No Access" for sm pads without vias
- Unused gates are now flagged as warnings in the schematic drc
- New schematic symbol type added to differentiate between special & net name graphic symbols
- Special symbols now appear in the schematic component bin
1.18.0001 - 05 April 2002
- Fixed problem causing plane drc to report errors when there are none under certain circumstances
- Fixed problem causing mirrored symbols not to appear ghosted if the opposite layer is not visible
- Fixed problem with printing 'n copies'
- Added "Update padstack" option in PCB symbol editor
- Tab/Shift Tab now toggles destination/net highlighting if the found net is the same.
- Fixed problem preventing enter being used to drop a designator
- Added extra options to multi-pad naming in symbol editor.
- Symbols inserted into a PCB no longer bring datums with them.
- Added track rip up like in BoardMaker 2
- Added pin swapping from schematic & pcb
- Fixed problem causing Plated Through Padstacks to warn that no paste is placed when saving/drc'ing a padstack
- WARNING! - PadStack DRC changed, origin must now touch either top or bottom copper.
- Added option to allow all net names to appear in white
- Added (coloured) crosses to ratsnest
- Fixed cursor readout error for ultra fine grids
- Fixed display issues for ghosting symbols.
- Added function (Key F10) to temporarily hide everything apart from highlighted objects and unrouted ratsnests
- Added CTRL-TAB function to highlight connected copper under cursor (sub net highlight)
- Fixed renumber gate names missing bug
- Ratsnest speed and functionality enhanced, reassess is automatic
- PCB DRC speed and functionality enhanched (now warns if unplaced components exist)
- Auto thermal break process faster and more intelligent with respect to connectivity
- Plane DRC speeded up
- F9 now checks entire net
- Fixed compatibility issue with acrobat 5
- Fixed problem causing crash when inserting a BM2 ghost from a BM2 library at full capacity.
1.17.0001 - 24 January 2002
- Fixed problem causing crash when pressing CTRL-X straight after opening a file
- Fixed problem causing crash on Save-As in PCB's and Schematics
- Files in the project/library explorer are now sorted alphabetically
- Added option to allow small and large icon lists in the project/library explorer
- Added HOME/END keys in schematic to switch between first and last pages
- Added component bin feature for schematic
- Picking up a pin in the schematic symbol editor now picks up it's Pin Name/Number locators, these can be dropped by pressing 'D'
- Fixed problem causing Enter not to drop a symbol when being placed first time
- Fixed problem prohibiting deselection(shift click)
- Fixed problem with redraw after moving the net name text in a graphical net name
- Fixed problem causing '+' key in pin table/package table to not increment in certain situations.
- Added export/import package instance attributes to allow easy (global) editing in excel etc.
- Added option to allow combined drill output (Plated & Unplated in one file)
- Modified IO port autoname to "group" right to left.
- Fixed problem causing crash on import net under certain circumstances
- Added option to allow manual annotation.
- Import netlist options (BoardCapture & Tango) now appear in same order under both 98 & 2000
- Up arrow in open library now goes back to last directory under windows 98
- Fixed problem not being able to export pcb symbols when tracks are rubberbanded
- When saving a padstack in the padstack editor, the software now warns if no resist (or paste for SM) has been placed
- Added option to allow turning on/off the pad conflict pcb drc error
- Added option which allows the software to ignore designators on fixed symbols when selecting
- Fixed problem causing gerbers to go to "last" directory if a full path is not entered
- Now adds .gbx to end of filename if missing
- Printer margins corrected
- Printing speed & quality improved
- Added new posterising option in printing
- Added X/Y mouse locking feature
- Fixed crash when moving a BM2 imported symbol in a block with its designator
- Pads do not jump to centre of board when inserting from new in a symbol
1.16.0016 - 14 November 2001
- Fixed problem when pressing annotate whilst over an attribute of a symbol
- Fixed problem which meant that thermal breaks on a single point could not be replaced after going into move mode.
- Fixed problem caused in previous release when inserting a schematic symbol
1.16.0014 - 13 November 2001
- Fixed problem with unmatched ports on schematic
- Fixed problem causing delete not to behave correctly on function editor
- Fixed program causing "Enter" key to not put down the currently edited items
- Fixed "display" issue when cancelling a designator edit on a BM2 symbol
- Fixed problem causing PCB's/Projects to "grow" after a net import.
- Fixed problem causing crash on import netlist on some machines.
- Fixed problem with arc inversion in symbols with flipped pads on ghosting and gerber
- Fixed problem with pads with flipped arcs being mirrored causing "Pad Conflict" error in PCB DRC
1.16.0006 - 08 October 2001
- Fixed bug causing in Package "New from loaded definition" not to work in Windows 98.
- Fixed bug causing "Cancel" after "Apply" in "export gerber" to output the gerber regardless.
- Fixed bug causing crash on deleting graphical net names
- Fixed bug causing crash on "Alt E, Enter, Enter"
- Entries in function editor table are now sorted.
- Added Autopan function to PCB editor
1.16.0001 - 25 September 2001
- Fixed problem causing crash at end of print in certain situations
- Fixed bug introduced in last version which caused the Reassess all nets option to function incorrectly.
- Fixed problem causing things drawn in red not being drawn on the BMP output
- Insert BM2 Ghost option was missing from PCB Mechanical Symbol mode
- Fixed problems with libraries not being closed (caused Package All and other misc. functions not to work)
- Fixed bug allowing the "Component Renumber" option to be used when a file is linked.
- Added editable "VALUE" field to the schematic packager menu option, now allows editing of values in list.
- Added feature allowing "right to left" mirroring of printout
- Fixed problem with "Get Symbol" function not operating correctly under some situations
- Slight offset added to "Error Boxes"
- In windows which contain tabular data, "cells" which contain only whitespace are now set to "empty" strings
- On opening a file, if it is the only one open, the window will be maximized.
- Fixed bug causing "Net Conflict" errors when using the F9 (single net DRC) key.
- When adding attributes, a combo box is now displayed showing all attribute locators which have been placed
- Default number of PCB layers is now stored in registry, software will use "last" value for new PCB's
- Editing of net name text is not available on a copy of a net name/named io port until the copy is placed onto the diagram (FIXES BUG)
- Fixed problem causing discrete silkscreen objects to be considered in the DRC.
- Fixed problem causing pads on next symbol insertion to become mirrored if a previous symbol insertion was flipped and cancelled
- Fixed problem with arcs not "ghosting" correctly on first insertion of a mechanical symbol
- Fixed problem which caused all planes to throw up conflicts between all planes on Plane DRC under certain conditions
- Fixed problem causing possible crash under certain circumstances after running the schematic DRC.
- Fixed problem with text in DRC.
- Added continue track function (from track, arc and spiral ends)
- Fixed mono bitmap output on schematics
- Warns when package hasn't been saved when closing after initial creation.
- Added option to allow output of gerber and drill output in metric
- Measuring tool now uses a "tool tip" to make it easier to see
- Added option to allow planes to be turned on/off for Print and BMP outputs.
- Fixed rotation direction on IO ports.
- Added value and part fields on centroid output
- Fixed follow last bug for newly opened windows.
- Added net names in pads option
- PCB "Planes Visible" option changed to "Planes Solid", planes are always visible and editable.
- Measurement tool no longer automatically snaps to grid
- Fixed bug which caused schematic attributes to disappear after editing in certain situations
- Fixed query function for double sided surface mount components
- Resolution increased to 4 decimal places for all production outputs
- Fixed bug causing % characters in user attributes being suppressed for bill of materials output
- PCB graphics speed increased (Schematic to follow later)
- Fixed flip layer bug (for arcs) in multiple selection situations
- Text on copper layers no longer considered as "unrouted" (you still cannot route through text)
- Layers are automatically turned on when a new graphic object is placed.(as necessary)
- Gerber polygon output modified to accommodate photoplotters with "polygon output bug"
- Selection menu no longer appears when selecting 2 or more coincident track ends
- Each PCB now remembers the gerber settings last used.
- Added option to turn on and off hole markers (crosses) in plated holes and vias
- Fixed problem causing auto thermal breaks on rectangles to be "mirrored"
- Added function "keypress v" while tracking causes a via to be inserted at the track start
- Schematic now remembers last attributes (+order) output in BOM
- Datums which are fixed in place can now be selected, but do not move until they have been unfixed
- Fixed bug causing angle assist mode to be "forgotten" under certain situations
- When naming groups of pins in the PCB symbol editor clockwise or anticlockwise, the block origin is now used to set the position of pin 1
- Fixed bug causing DRC schemes to be forgotten when using external netlists
- Added "Package Symbol As" function on Shift+F4
- Multi gate symbols now annotate with gates in correct order
- Extended tented options for vias. Individual vias can be tented/non-tented independently on the top and bottom layers.
1.15.0009 - 19 June 2001
- Fixed problem causing incorrect auto thermal break sizes under certain circumstances
- Fixed problems printing in mono with various colours
- Fixed problem with component pads not being printed with holes removed
- Fixed crash when cancelling a "Save As" operation.
- Fixed problem with ratsnest not refreshing correctly after moving a symbol which was introduced in the last version.
- Text now "follows" last inserted text with it's mirrored value.
- Added "Ghost" BM2 symbol when in shape and PCB symbol editors to allow quicker conversion of BM2 libraries.
1.15.0001 - 08 May 2001
- Added insert mode for "start track from pad centre"
- Fixed DRC bug on linked cuts
- Added "show/hide net by node" and "show/hide net by symbol" functions
- Added Edit menu
- Added mechanism to change which global nets are displayed in the schematic editor
- Fixed update bug for set thermal break size by net
- Added a keystroke allowing global nets to be edited without selecting the associated symbol
- Added status bar notification of net and whether it is complete to tab and shift tab
- Fixed bug allowing PCB symbols to be used without a designator locator
- Fixed bug allowing designator locators to be "lost" but not replaced in PCB symbol mode
- Fixed refresh bug in pad stack editor
- Added tools menu to manual mode PCB
- Added ordering to display rats nest dialog
- Added "delete highlighted", "increase highlighted" and "decrease highlighted" functions
- Allowed mechanical pads to be added to mechanical symbols
- Added position flags for symbols removed during remapping
- Added name of current grid to status bar
- Added selection options
- Added recently opened projects to file menu
- Added "follow last" mode to insert schematic pin and place from schematic
- Auto thermal break updated to allow three pronged thermal beaks where access is restricted
- Extended auto thermal break to surface mount pads
- Added package information dialog to package editor
- Nets retain DRC schemes when re-imported
- Default to Tsien standard applies size to all attribute locators
- Rationalised default grid sizes
- Added undo function for designator and default symbol
- Fixed refresh bug after cancelling new package
- Added rubberbanding on/off feature to all editors
- Fixed bug causing spurious net conflicts
- Fixed bug in logging off with multiple open projects
- Fixed bug overwriting library object when original open
- Selecting a fixed symbol instead picks up it's designator
- Fixed "sqrtl error" on reassess rats nests
- Modified DXF output to work with a wider range of CAD programs
- Added option to remove silkscreen from copper and drill holes in gerber
- Fixed bounding box error on arcs
- Fixed flip direction problems with arc's
- Fixed problem starting software in "user mode" under windows 2000
- Fixed crash when creating/loading a PCB when a package window is the active window
- Fixed crash when reloading a schematic which had been pasted to via the clipboard
- Fixed problem moving global net locators in the schematic
- Fixed problem causing menu bar to disappear
1.14.0001 - 13 March 2001
- Fixed problem with component renumber
- Added "follow last" mode to attribute locators
- Fixed incorrect positioning of edited attribute locators on mirrored symbols
- Added "place from schematic" function
- Added "manual mode" to PCB editor allowing prototypes to be created without netlists
- Fixed bug causing crash when copying schematic symbols between schematics
- Fixed bug causing some objects to move in the schematic editor in fixed mode
- Fixed bug in reassess bus connections
- Added auto annotate function "package all"
- Added browse button to attribute editor
- Sped up monochrome printing
- Reduced memory overheads
- Fixed landscape printing
- Added goto next and goto previous DRC error
- Added mechanism for single global net display
- Fixed IO port bounding box for [ ] ; , _
- Made graphic net name locators moveable in schematic mode
- Added rubberbanding on/off option to schematic editor
- Added "default symbol to Tsien standard" function
- Added "insert symbol by designator" function
- Fixed page numbering error on printing
- Fixed history bug with copy page
- Added symbol support to import BM2 file
- Fixed drawing bug on datum text
- Fixed bug causing config file not to update under Win98
- Extended undo redo to rats nest
- Fixed via plane clearance error
- Fixed text mirroring in PCB editor
- Added flip layer function for all edit modes
- Fixed menu options to unlink schematic from PCB
- Fixed project name in explorer when linking schematic to PCB
1.13.0006 - 31 January 2001
- Fixed crash when renumbering schematic pages
- Added project window refresh for new files
- Fixed problems with sizing of wires and buses
- Fixed problem with disappearing symbols when editing package attributes from menu
- Fixed auto backup bug
- Fixed gerber arc bug
- Fixed crash when copying IO ports via clipboard
- Aligned global nets to all text rather than first line
- Rationalised graphic precedence in schematic
- Fixed widow and orphan labels appearing on incorrect pages
- Unused package definitions removed from schematic on pressing "remove unused packages"
- Fixed partial visibility of inserted symbols
1.13.0002 - 24 January 2001
- Fixed crash when editing attributes on copied symbols
- Fixed crash when attempting to copy schematic symbol attributes in schematic editor
- Removed attribute objects from strings entered as user attribute values
- Fixed problems when saving multiple linked files
1.13.0001 - 22 January 2001
- Fixed position ghosting bug with no name defined for an auto inserted label
- Fixed crash following aborted net import
- Added "find complimentary object" function
- fixed menu bug with backup
- Added cut/copy options to schematic selection menu
- Fixed sizes bug on graphical net names
- Added info box for "Duplicate pad names" DRC error
- Fixed "reset to master origin" in schematic editor
- Fixed IO port appearance
- Fixed ghosting error on mirrored, rotated symbols in schematic editor
- Added a "display net name" attribute for use with graphical net names
- Fixed ghosting bug on graphical net names
- Added "global net name" attribute to display global nets on package symbols
- Fixed bug "unknown type to copy" when using cut and paste functions in schematic
- Added auto complete for "add new attribute"
- Fixed crash in packager w.r.t. packages with no "NAME" attribute
- Added toolbars
- Added project browser window
- Fixed bug causing BM3 to hang (loss of cursor) when adding pins to schematic symbol
1.12.0006 - 08 January 2001
- Fixed sizes bug on mechanical symbols
1.12.0005 - 05 January 2001
- Fixed bug allowing invalid auto via sizes
- Added net based auto thermal break sizes
- Fixed retain margin settings bug
- BM3 now retains print settings when shut down
- Added auto label options for schematic pin names and numbers
- Added find component function to schematic editor
- Follow last mouse button mode now applies to packaging symbols in the schematic editor
- Fixed problem backing up schematics
- Fixed problem saving from Win98 to NT over a network connection
- Added "Save As" function to PCB editor
- Added "Save As" function to Schematic editor
1.12.0004 - 19 December 2000
- Fixed DXF initialisation bug
- Fixed DXF crash
1.12.0003 - 18 December 2000
- Displays link state in PCB/Schematic information dialog
- Wires, busses, tracks, thermal breaks, lines now drag secondary selections in block move mode
- Added datums to PCB symbol mode
- Fixed gerber plane clearance bug
1.12.0002 - 13 December 2000
- Fixed problems with importing shapes
- Fixed inability to delete wires
- Fixed undo/redo for schematic attributes
- No longer allows linkage of incompatible PCB and schematic diagrams
- Fixed NC drill output
- Thermal breaks allowed on single point
- Measurement tool removed from schematic editors
- Circle drawn for mechanical holes
- F12 key disabled for unlinked diagrams
- Fixed random window start up position under Windows 98
1.12.0001 - 12 December 2000
- Fixed crash with mirrored schematic symbols
- Added undo and redo to schematic
- Added description of event being undone/redone
- Added linked cut object for rounded plane cuts
- Added cut and paste to schematic
- Added "don't warn me" option to auto backup
- Added configuration options to change number of backup extensions (*.001, *.002 etc.)
- Case insensitivity added to attributes
- Added mechanism for multiple non-contiguous shapes on non copper layers
- Fixed bug which caused strange behaviour when multiple (different) files with the same name were open.
- Added visual basic macros for Excel to format bill of materials output
- Fixed export special symbol bug
- Fixed ghosting bug for the attributes of rotated symbols
- Added linkage between PCB and schematic
- Added special characters to font
- "Master Datum" mechanism added to PCB editor reset to master origin becomes reset to master datum
- Keystrokes added to allow symbol and package attributes to be edited without picking up the symbol
- Added measurement tool
- Added pan operation to click of middle mouse button
- Added toggle "snap to grid" to shift + G keystroke
- Fixed loss of alignment data from editing text content
- Fixed text y axis alignment
1.11.0001 - 20 November 2000
- Added export in bitmap format
- Added export in DXF format
- Added reduce mask and expand resist options
- Added .csv output for bill of materials
- Added live update of IO ports
- Added "export" function allowing symbols to be exported from PCBs, pad stacks from symbols etc.
- Added "datums" to PCB editor
- Fixed "Unpackaged symbol" error on special function symbols
- Fixed bug allowing electrical objects to be placed off the electrical grid
- Fixed crash on setting grid denominator to 0
- Allowed mechanical symbols to be copied in the PCB editor
1.10.0001 - 31 October 2000
- Mouse config from menu in schematic mode fixed
- Print option disabled in package mode
- Fixed crash on update IO port names
- Fixed refresh issues in schematic mode
- Fixed main window restoring
1.10.0000 - 30 October 2000
- Keystroke for selecting sizes fixed
- Schematic capture added
1.01.0065 - 20 Sept 2000
- Re-mapping as yet unplaced symbols fixed
1.01.0064 - 15 Sept 2000
- Printing issues fixed
- Prevented holes and vias being placed directly on top of one another
1.01.0063 - 24 Aug 2000
- Fixed printing problems.
- Shrank file size of library items.
1.01.0059 - 17 Jul 2000
- Find component added.
- Fixed intermittent crash on Auto-Thermal break.
- Printing on HP printers fixed.
1.01.0058 - 29 Jun 2000
- When re-importing a netlist where the symbols were previously mapped by hand, the software will no longer remove
the previous mapping providing that the symbols are compatible.
- Component renumber issues fixed.
- When a symbol is placed from the map symbols window, the next time the window
is displayed, the software now selects the item after the previously placed symbol.
- Crash when pressing rotation keys when nothing selected fixed.
- Centre on pad extended to allow centering on vias.
- Designator mapping bug from boardcapture fixed.
- Spiral issues fixed.
1.01.0042 - 26 Jun 2000
- Fixed bug with changing width when a board has a mechanical symbol.
1.01.0001 - 22 Jun 2000
- Crash when importing BM2 PCB's without designators fixed
- Spiral Generator feature added.
- Auto-Thermal break feature added.
- "Up" button in file explorer will now allow you to reselect a different library or project if you are at the
root of the library/project.
1.00.1117 - 09 Jun 2000
- Removed extra click to insert plated through hole
- Double clicking on a layer in the print and gerber configuration dialogs now turns it on and off.
- Page setup dialog corruption fixed
1.00.1095 - 08 Jun 2000
- Fixed Crash when saving a shape which has had it's colour changed.
- Change background colour configuration option added.
- Multiple select rotation issues fixed.
- Default installation size table problem fixed.
- Screen not refreshing correctly after alter sizes table fixed.
- Configure auto-via issues fixed.
- Undo on insert centroid added.
1.00.1026 - 07 Jun 2000
- Undo and Redo feature added.
- Fixed rotation on mirrored symbols.
- Designators now ghosted when symbols are selected.
- Copy and paste in BoardMaker3 file explorer issues fixed.
- Multiselect menu issues fixed.
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