Since the always plot the edge cuts layer option was deprecate,
the ability to plot multiple board layers was exposed through the
PLOT_CONTROLLER object.
Added the interactive plot information which was overlooked during
version 7 development.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/13841
EDA_ITEMs are responsible for giving their parent a crack at it if
they failed to resolve it. This recurses all the way up to the schematic/
board, and then to the project.
Cross-reference handling is also move to the EDA_ITEMs. It must be done
before bubbling up so that we don't end up in loops. (The aDepth parameter
will break the loop, but without having done anything useful.)
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/13541
CHANGED: The text variable ${SHEETNAME} now always represents the name of the
sheet when used anywhere in the schematic editor, including the title block
ADDED: A new text variable ${SHEETPATH} which is replaced with the path to the
current sheet - e.g. "/Sheet 1/Sheet 2".
To ensure backward compatibility, the default drawing sheet now uses
${SHEETPATH}. Custom drawing sheets will need to be manually edited.
ADDED new rectangle graphics tool for PCBNew and Footprint Editor.
Also adds rectangle tool to both Footprint Editor and PCBNew Place
menus.
The Aux Origin tool can come back once we have multi-select toobar
buttons.
Also collapses an unnecessary level out of the auxOrigin and gridOrigin
settings.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/2246
Also use "AssemblyDrawing" attribute for fabrication layers in Pcbnew (actually assembly layers)
This is due some changes in recent Gerber file format.
TF.FileFunction,Copper,L1,Top,Signal is now TF.FileFunction,Copper,L1,Top
This param is not useful, and probably never correctly set by users, because is is not used by Pcbnew.
(It is used only for dsn export)
This option is not yet activated because the net attributes are not yet fully fixed by Ucamco, in Gerber file format specifications.
(To activate it, see dialog_plot.cpp, line 43)
gen_gerber_and_drill_files_board.py:
* fix to make it compatible with rev 6280.
* allow this script to create files in the current plot folder defined from the board forder, no more only in current working directory.
Pcbnew: Plot files: for copper layers, create suffix from user copper layer names instead of default copper layer names, like in last stable Kicad version (bzr 4022), to build the plot files filenames.
Better test of illegal chars in plot filename, both in plot dialog and functions aclled by Python scripts.
Fix a Plotcontroller issue to make SetUseGerberExtensions() work as expected from Python scripts ( from Henner Zeller'patch with a fix to be sure it works properly from a Python script)
Note also using Protel Gerber Extensions is now a bad practice, because the official Gerber extension is .gbr since X2 Gerber version. But some users still use them)
Important note: from a python script one cannot plot the palge layout, because the page layout template file is not stored in the board file, but it is part of the project.
Because when using a python script, the project is not loaded, the page layout template is not known.
Trying to plot it crashes the script.
Wayne Stambaugh
Jeff Young
Roberto Fernandez Bautista
Marek Roszko
Jon Evans
luz paz
Dominik Wernberger
jean-pierre charras
Tomasz Włostowski
unknown
Simon Wells
Marco Hess