KiCAD PCB Viewer

Thank you for your feedback! New features in this release: New: 3D mode reconstructs silkscreen text into smooth-rendered line capsule primitives and supports dashed line styles; New: 3D mode enables rendering of blind, buried, and through-hole via wall metallization with copper plating, and introduces radial inward compensation for via diameters; New: 3D mode supports high-fidelity rendering of footprint-level copper shapes (fp_poly, fp_line, fp_text); New: 3D mode supports automatic edge drilling clipping and precise contour trimming for non-circular slot holes; Improved: Expression parsing kernel now uses thread-safe high-precision floating-point conversion, significantly enhancing large file loading speed; Improved: Reconstructed layer alias mapping system enables O(1) fast lookup across the entire footprint lifecycle and improved layer organization; Improved: Decoupled document loading from thumbnail generation, enabling asynchronous background rendering of thumbnails; Improved: Enhanced grid triangulation algorithm strengthens area and perimeter conservation checks for complex polygon topologies; Fixed: Routing traces and arcs are reconstructed as continuous closed capsule geometries, eliminating endpoint voids via nonzero winding number detection; Fixed: Resolved issue where pad and copper side walls in 3D mode appeared completely black under PBR lighting due to missing normal vectors; Fixed: Addressed mesh generation and triangulation defects at keyhole bridging notches between solid silkscreen and copper polygons; Fixed: Fixed problem where overlapping pads or adjacent SMD pads could occlude through-holes during inter-layer penetration; Fixed: Resolved occasional anomalies where pad geometry cache and layer state became desynchronized during undo/redo operations.

Thank you for your feedback! New features in this release: New: 3D mode reconstructs silkscreen text into smooth-rendered line capsule primitives and supports dashed line styles; New: 3D mode enables rendering of blind, buried, and through-hole via wall metallization with copper plating, and introduces radial inward compensation for via diameters; New: 3D mode supports high-fidelity rendering of footprint-level copper shapes (fp_poly, fp_line, fp_text); New: 3D mode supports automatic edge drilling clipping and precise contour trimming for non-circular slot holes; Improved: Expression parsing kernel now uses thread-safe high-precision floating-point conversion, significantly enhancing large file loading speed; Improved: Reconstructed layer alias mapping system enables O(1) fast lookup across the entire footprint lifecycle and improved layer organization; Improved: Decoupled document loading from thumbnail generation, enabling asynchronous background rendering of thumbnails; Improved: Enhanced grid triangulation algorithm strengthens area and perimeter conservation checks for complex polygon topologies; Fixed: Routing traces and arcs are reconstructed as continuous closed capsule geometries, eliminating endpoint voids via nonzero winding number detection; Fixed: Resolved issue where pad and copper side walls in 3D mode appeared completely black under PBR lighting due to missing normal vectors; Fixed: Addressed mesh generation and triangulation defects at keyhole bridging notches between solid silkscreen and copper polygons; Fixed: Fixed problem where overlapping pads or adjacent SMD pads could occlude through-holes during inter-layer penetration; Fixed: Resolved occasional anomalies where pad geometry cache and layer state became desynchronized during undo/redo operations.

Thank you for your feedback! New features in this release: New: Support for parsing and rendering rounded corners on rectangular primitives; New: Full 3D support for F.Cu/B.Cu top/bottom copper layer text, polygonal and rectangular geometry rendering; New: 3D mode now supports precise via drilling for blind and buried vias based on layer span; New: 3D silkscreen text is now represented using segmented capsule geometries, enabling complete rendering of multi-stroke and dashed styles in Hershey vector fonts; New: 3D mode supports boundary clipping and adaptive drilling for drill holes intersecting board edges; Fixed: Routing and arcs are reconstructed as continuous closed capsule geometries, eliminating endpoint gaps caused by non-zero winding numbers; Fixed: Elliptical and slot-shaped holes use precise geometric Boolean clipping, ensuring perfect clearance between routing and drill holes without covering them; Fixed: Improved 3D rendering of bottom-layer thermal pads, solder mask clearances, and mirrored characters; Fixed: Enhanced thread-safe background processing model based on main-thread snapshots and frequent cancellation checks, eliminating multi-threading race conditions; Fixed: Overlapping pads and vias are now built with independent nodes and merged once, preventing unwanted hollowing due to global Even-Odd rules; Fixed: Polygonal copper hole detection upgraded to odd-even parity, accurately supporting embedded islands and hollowed-out copper areas; Fixed: Resolved conflicts in project file build dependencies and UUID collisions; Fixed: Addressed issues where pad coordinates and attributes were not properly synchronized during undo/redo operations; Fixed: Corrected incorrect solid copper rendering for unfilled copper pours; Fixed: Resolved triangulation crashes and copper pour loss caused by overlapping micro-spacing cuts.

Thank you for your feedback! New features in this release: New: Network floating panel now supports real-time network search filtering and fully displays design rule parameters of the corresponding network category. New: Support for parsing and rendering new primitives in KiCad 7–10, including tables, barcodes/QR codes, alignment targets, reference points, and grouped containers. New: Support for cross-layer parsing and rendering of multi-layer copper pours and keepout areas. New: Support for parsing rectangular primitive corner radii and rendering rounded corners. Improved: Enhanced interaction experience for footprint and layer pop-up panels; selected items can be deselected by clicking again. Improved: Enhanced modern parameter parsing for board-level design configuration. Improved: Unified parsing architecture with cleanup of deprecated splitting logic. Improved: Standardized unique identifiers for primitives to support multi-attribute parsing with compatibility. Fixed: Resolved conflicts between project file build dependencies and UUIDs.

Thank you for your feedback! New features in this release: New: Support net class rule parsing, including trace width, clearance, via sizes, and differential pair design rules; New: Nets floating panel now supports real-time search filtering and full display of design rule parameters for each net class; Improved: Enhanced interaction in Footprints and Layers floating panels, allowing selected items to be deselected by tapping again; Improved: Optimized initial Layers panel state by removing the default layer selection; Improved: Multilingual localization support for nets and design rules.