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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] Release 1.2.7 with padstacks
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Hi all,

a few days before scheduled, I am proud to present the next stable release 
of pcb-rnd. The main news in 1.2.7 is support for padstacks, which 
completes the new data model (good bye decade old misfeatures!).

About pcb-rnd: pcb-rnd is a printed circuit board editor with an excellent 
community and fast paced development. It is compatible with kicad, eagle, 
geda and a bunch of other software. It is lightweight, modular and has a 
generic data model (editing mask layers and having any object on any layer 
in a footprint granted).

Web page: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd

Release: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/releases/

VCS: svn://repo.hu/pcb-rnd/trunk

IRC: #pcb-rnd on server repo.hu - or web chat on the homepage

mailing list: pcb-rnd AT list DOT repo DOT hu

Feel free to join, we have good user support.



About release 1.2.7 (release notes):

pcb-rnd 1.2.7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The focus of the release is pad stacks: a new, generic object type that
can serve as:
  - via
  - pin
  - pad
  - mounting hole

The second most important effort was fixing most of the remaining
subcircuit-related issues. By now subcircuits with padstacks or
with heavy terminals are production-quality alternatives to
elements/pins/pads.

The arbitrary shaped pad support and polygon-clear-in-polygon
features are upgraded with thermals. It is now possible to generate
a thermal relief for any SMD or through-hole pad:
  - round cap lines
  - square cap lines
  - circle
  - arc
  - arbitrary shaped convex polygon

The attribute dialog API got extended by a Dynamic Attribute Dialog (DAD) API;
all new dialog boxes are implemented using the DAD, which makes the same code
work with all existing HIDs. Already existing, per-HID dialog implementions
will be revised and converted to DAD wherever possible.

Plugin io_eagle is now mature enough to load complex boards drawn in
Eagle, using both the new xml format and the older binary format.


Best regards,

Igor2

pcb-rnd - we make it happen