Release 20111218

Release Date 18.12.2011

Change Log

• New Features:

  • EditInPlace with all related feature,

  • BooleanTools with a integrated delete of source shapes,

  • remove overlap feature to remove overlap of shapes without changing the resulting area,

  • RenderView in the 3d view,

  • performance improvement of the group features especially the GroupStructure feature,

  • performance improvement of StripIdenticalElements,

  • performance improvement of the resistance extraction,

  • integration of FastCap for the capacitance extraction,

  • integration of FastHenry for the inductance extraction,

  • setup script for uses with pycell,

  • extent Datamatrix Codes to generate GS1 DataMatrix ECC200 code,

  • support of new linux distributions like ubuntu 11.10, fedora 16, openSuse 12.1

• User Interface:

  • direct editing of refered cells (EditInPlace),

  • optimizing the menu structure,

  • redesign of the LayerManager with integrated technology settings,

  • add a toolbar to the 3d view window,
  • minimum automatic grid,
  • extended position status with more information and always display of the mouse position,
  • some mac OS X Lion specific bugs are fixed,
  • new display dialog in context menu of time indicator,

  • redesign of SetupDialog,

• Macros:

  • add all new feature to the macro interface,
  • better performance,
  • extension of some supported commands,
  • layout macro as callback in the schematic,
  • codec support of file reading/writing,
  • converting double to/from string in engineering notation,

• File Formats:

  • fix: arrays with negative spacing in the SOURCE file format,

  • reading layer setup from santana.tech file,

  • performance improvement for CIF files,

  • Fix: encoding problem for CIF files for some non ASC characters

  • Fix: problem with & char in DXF layer names,

  • Option to store layer names in a GDSII file,

• SchematicEditor:

  • Redesign of the component editor,

  • macro callback additional to TCL callbacks,
  • parsing of component labels,
  • more file formats supported to import components,
  • redesign of shipped libraries,
  • support of ngspice simulations,
  • snapping feature during placing components,

• Bug Fixes:

  • arc detecting of 4 point paths,
  • routing mode for vias smaller than wire width,
  • memory leak by executing macros,

  • problem with layer numbers >1023 in GDS/OASIS,

  • set an used layer as active on program start,
  • macro handling of static methods in the element class,
  • macro recording of screen shots,

See also

• ChangeLog

CategoryChangeLog