TARGET 3001! Adjustments and modifications (Logfile)

2024-03-29: 32.4.0.23: SMD pad with drill hole: At least the drill hole is left blank in foreign signal polygons on all layers
2024-03-27: 32.4.0.23: ODB++: Old ground planes from before V18 were not always output
2024-03-27: 32.4.0.23: ODB++: Sometimes "align right" for texts was ignored
2024-03-12: 32.4.0.5: Interactive meandering: Length information at the cursor was not always calculated correctly
2024-03-11: 32.4.0.5: ODB++: Component names and values top/bottom on extra layers are also output in the silkscreen
2024-03-07: 32.4.0.5: Signal polygons: "Adjust auras" only affects pads whose center is not inside another polygon with a higher rank
2024-03-06: 32.4.0.5: BOM script: Added commands SMD, THT and NoPackage
2024-03-06: 32.4.0.5: Defective components in the database could sometimes not be selected and deleted
2024-03-06: 32.4.0.5: Export and import modules: The IDs of the components are included
2024-03-05: 32.4.0.5: In the Panel Pool Calculator, an error message occurred under very special circumstances
2024-02-29: 32.4.0.5: Color dialog: Added the Hex RGB entry to the exisiting BGR entry
2024-02-24: 32.3.0.52: Selecting signal sequences with M1 and [Shift] + M1: Problems occurred with extremely complex signals
2024-02-23: 32.3.0.50: UltraLibrarian sometimes creates corrupt CXF files. The CXF import is now more tolerant
2024-02-22: 32.3.0.47: More information is displayed if pasting from the clipboard fails
2024-02-21: 32.3.0.47: ODB++ output no longer lists identical components top and bottom separately (*_TOP and *_BOT)
2024-02-16: 32.3.0.47: After opening a project, TARGET sometimes lost the keyboard focus
2024-02-05: 32.3.0.47: PCB Panelization: Elements that were locked against movement were not taken along
2024-02-02: 32.3.0.35: Added component properties explorer: Edit all component properties in a clearly arranged table
2024-01-31: 32.3.0.34: After importing components from the component browser, TARGET sometimes lost the keyboard focus
2024-01-29: 32.3.0.34: Front panel: Added countersink drill M4.5
2024-01-29: 32.3.0.34: Component directly from COMPONIVERSE: Error fixed if property "USED_PACKAGE_ID" was set
2024-01-23: 32.3.0.31: An interaktive Bill-of-Material "iBOM" is created as an HTML file; see menu "File / Input-Output / Production"
2024-01-17: 32.3.0.31: Track fine tuning with key [7] sometimes ignored the minimum distance of the signal
2024-01-16: 32.3.0.31: Improved ODB++ output for inner cutouts in the PCB area
2024-01-11: 32.3.0.24: Auto scroll / Auto pan at the edge of the working window also works for busses and bridges
2024-01-10: 32.3.0.24: Bill of materials: The property "Is SMD" is evaluated better
2024-01-09: 32.3.0.24: Front panel: Added threads M2, M8 and M10
2024-01-03: 32.2.0.96: Bill of materials: The project variables "Job" and "Title" are output in the header, if available
2024-01-03: 32.2.0.96: "Inverted" overlines for pin names in GDI view raised slightly
2023-12-28: 32.2.0.96: Eagle import: The reference layers in the layer dialog were sometimes assigned incorrectly
2023-12-22: 32.2.0.96: Big layers dialog: Using the buttons for multilayer PCBs sometimes set all colors to black
2023-12-22: 32.2.0.96: When moving a pin name in the schematic, a line is drawn towards the respective pin
2023-12-05: 32.2.0.96: "Miter corner" and similar functions of the small black boxes: The color is inherited too
2023-11-11: 32.2.0.96: Coordinates beyond +/- 1 meter: "Shift PCB into the center" did not work correctly
2023-10-25: 32.2.0.96: Update or replace a component: If the package is not replaced too, USED_PACKAGE and USED_PACKAGE_ID will remain
2023-10-20: 32.2.0.96: Front panels: Faces in the engraving layer (triangles, rectangles and slices) are combined and outlined
2023-10-18: 32.2.0.70: Loading and saving the new RGB colors in the layer dialog did not work always
2023-10-18: 32.2.0.70: PDF output sometimes had small prongs on ground planes that could cause short circuits
2023-10-17: 32.2.0.70: In the back view of the board, the colors of the layers were not always taken along correctly
2023-10-16: 32.2.0.70: When starting a front panel, all additionally created layers had the color dark-cyan
2023-10-12: 32.2.0.70: The CALAY netlist format no longer has a length restriction for the signal names
2023-10-10: 32.2.0.70: An oblong drill hole was output in STEP by mistake only if it was more than twice as long as its width
2023-10-10: 32.2.0.70: Somtimes the buttons vanished in the dialogs or in the sidebar
2023-10-09: 32.2.0.70: "Prepare assembly" can ignore the component type when summarizing identical components
2023-10-06: 32.2.0.54: Importing REF symbols sometimes pushed the TARGET window into the background
2023-10-06: 32.2.0.54: Component names and values from UltraLibrarian sometimes have a width of almost zero: Now automatically corrected
2023-10-02: 32.2.0.54: The layers in the PCB can now have any RGB color, not only the 16 basic colors as before
2023-09-25: 32.2.0.53: Deactivate layer: Even if the layer is toggled visible, elements on it cannot be selected
2023-09-25: 32.2.0.53: Unfilled signal polygons (pround planes) always represent a connection for the computation of the airwires
2023-09-25: 32.2.0.53: FreeRouting import had problems with inner copper layers
2023-09-24: 32.2.0.53: CXF import: The solder stop mask is set to "Standard" for pads with drill hole (because of UltraLibrarian)
2023-09-23: 32.2.0.53: The new Settings dialog sometimes set colors unintendedly to gray
2023-09-22: 32.2.0.53: 3D view: Free elements in the silk screen were partwise covered by copper tracks
2023-09-13: 32.2.0.53: When continuing a track in the PCB, the existing track color - if any - is also taken over
2023-09-12: 32.2.0.37: Project Reo: With "PCB without Schematic" ghosting schematic symbols are extinguished
2023-09-11: 32.2.0.37: Pick&Place in Excel format: Variants were not displayed
2023-09-11: 32.2.0.37: Images can now be saved up to 2032 dpi resolution (doubled)
2023-09-11: 32.2.0.37: Menu point "Help / About TARGET 3001!..." was defective
2023-09-11: 32.2.0.37: ODB++: Improved the order of layers in the matrix
2023-09-11: 32.2.0.37: Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry
2023-09-06: 32.2.0.37: During CXF import and also during import of modules sometimes the paste reduction for SMD pads was deleted
2023-08-31: 32.2.0.26: Alignment Assistant: For packages on the backside, the propertay "Flipped" was not set (3D view was wrong)
2023-08-31: 32.2.0.26: Some dialogs were not directly active, when called up
2023-08-30: 32.2.0.25: Mode Inspector active on top right when laying tracks
2023-08-30: 32.2.0.25: Improved decision making for heat trap ligaments
2023-08-28: 32.2.0.25: Eagle import: Unused inner copper layers are omitted
2023-08-22: 32.2.0.25: Find and select with [f] can also always automatically propose the next element (new Checkbox)
2023-08-15: 32.2.0.25: After a reorganization of component numbers there is a success message
2023-08-14: 32.2.0.12: TARGET remembers the last non-maximized window size even if TARGET is quit maximized
2023-08-14: 32.2.0.12: Added menu item "Rotate components around their handle cross" in menu "Edit"
2023-08-13: 32.2.0.12: Improved ODB++: Output of MPNs and position of back-mounted components
2023-08-11: 32.2.0.12: Added "Prepare assembly" in PCB view in menu "Actions / Preparatory work"
2023-08-08: 32.2.0.12: Signal polygons did not count as a connection if minimum drill hole and minimum rest ring were zero in the DRC
2023-08-08: 32.2.0.12: Masseflächen wurden nicht als Verbindung gezählt, wenn Mindest-Bohrloch und Mindest-Restring beim Prüfen null waren
2023-08-07: 32.2.0.12: New entry in menu "File" for Eagle, Altium and Protel files
2023-08-07: 32.2.0.12: Setting future items with the [o] key for options did not work correctly in V32
2023-08-07: 32.2.0.12: Fill signal polygon: Only auras and deletions in the polygon area are foreseen to be subtracted
2023-08-07: 32.2.0.12: ODB++: added misc.info
2023-07-31: 32.2.0.12: Pad numbers were shown as boxes only, if the minimum width in the settings was too big
2023-07-31: 32.2.0.12: If the points of a polygon were edited, the small black boxes were also displayed in other windows
2023-07-24: 31.9.0.93: TARGET 3001! V31 stands still, the current version is now V32
2023-07-24: 31.9.0.93: Opening the old settings dialog: If the weekly backup was set, always an annoying message appeared
2023-07-22: 31.9.0.93: When importing a COMPONIVERSE component in the browser sometimes "Component cannot be loaded." showed up
2023-07-19: 31.9.0.93: Import a COMPONIVERSE component with component browser threw an error, if list of existing components was empty
2023-07-14: 31.9.0.80: When placing traces in the schematic or in the PCB the end of a trace sometimes jumped far away
2023-07-14: 31.9.0.80: XGerber import: Concatenation of pads and drills, further optimization (Preview V32)
2023-07-11: 31.9.0.80: Turn angle dialog with key [Shift] + [T]: Added button [negative], to reverse rotation direction
2023-07-11: 31.9.0.80: Component properties: Changing property "MANUFACTURER" changed the property itself instead of it´s value
2023-07-10: 31.9.0.70: Component browser maximum as high as the screen (necessary for screens with less than 800 pixels height)
2023-07-10: 31.9.0.70: New comprehensive settings dialog in the "Settings" menu (Preview V32)
2023-07-09: 31.9.0.70: Find and highlight: A found component is no longer zoomed in so much
2023-07-05: 31.9.0.70: MySQL: Closed a memory leak (OutOfMemory)
2023-07-03: 31.9.0.70: Element Inspector moved with GDI+ graphics when window was scrolled
2023-06-29: 31.9.0.40: Messageboxes sometimes vanished behind the program
2023-06-28: 31.9.0.40: Added the Element Inspector (Preview V32)
2023-06-28: 31.9.0.40: Saving in Eagle format: Empty layers with user function are nevertheless output as layers
2023-06-25: 31.9.0.40: Inner MDI windows for schematic and PCB are no longer in Windows aero look
2023-06-21: 31.9.0.36: When routing traces in the schematic or in the PCB, the end of a trace sometimes jumped far away
2023-06-21: 31.9.0.36: Accelerated determination of snap points for key [+] (snap coordinates)
2023-06-13: 31.9.0.24: Top right notification for messages and new versions
2023-06-10: 31.9.0.24: "Locked against moving" also works against dragging of ends and corners
2023-06-09: 31.9.0.24: Front panel: Added countersink drill M3.5
2023-06-09: 31.9.0.24: DRC: Warning for rectangles with a photo in the area or copper layers
2023-06-09: 31.9.0.24: Added output ODB++ (Preview V32)
2023-06-07: 31.9.0.24: No automatic start of the AutoPlacer when opeing a project with Dual Screen
2023-06-01: 31.9.0.24: DRC: The value zero as minimum spacing between individual signals is rejected
2023-05-22: 31.9.0.24: XGerber Zip was sometimes empty with very long file paths and poor transfer rates
2023-05-02: 31.9.0.24: MySQL database did not correctly display properties of type "Integer" during parametric search
2023-04-22: 31.9.0.24: NC editions: NC warning now only appears in the solder stop mask when creating Gerber files
2023-04-13: 31.9.0.24: New menu point "Front panel / Convert breakout to flat milling...": For any polygons on "Contours" layer
2023-04-05: 31.9.0.24: Properties dialog: Key [Tab] leads into the next field of the table
2023-04-05: 31.9.0.24: Package dialog, button [Exchange package]: The package properties are also reloaded in the process
2023-04-04: 31.9.0.24: Reload and replace packages: The package properties can also be reloaded in the process
2023-04-03: 31.9.0.24: During the EAGLE import the layers "tDocu" and "bDocu" are now translated to the TARGET layer "Dimensioning"
2023-04-03: 31.9.0.24: For UltraLibrarian CXFs, the layer of pads with drill holes is corrected to layer 100
2023-04-01: 31.9.0.24: Added button [Properties] when editing single lines or arcs (torus)
2023-03-31: 31.9.0.24: ZIP files with empty subdirectories could cause problems when unpacking (UltraLibrarian etc.)
2023-03-23: 31.9.0.24: Incorrect counting of breadboard solder pads could throw the edition "discover" out of step
2023-03-20: 31.8.0.69: DRC: "SMD pad with drill hole" also responds to foreign drill holes in the SMD pad (e.g. vias within the pad)
2023-03-17: 31.8.0.63: First version of the Protel/Altium ASCII import *.SchDoc in the schematic menu "Actions" (Preview V32)
2023-03-17: 31.8.0.63: Polygonal breadboard area also works with arcs and splines in the PCB outline
2023-03-15: 31.8.0.63: The package property "IS_SMD" replaces the SMD component check also during manual placement and auto placing
2023-03-12: 31.8.0.63: Replaced the Windows message box everywhere
2023-03-12: 31.8.0.63: Insert selected components present in the schematic into the PCB: Added button [Always]
2023-03-07: 31.8.0.63: Move components in the schematic: Dragged signals also keep color and line style
2023-02-27: 31.8.0.46: The color of the signal names in the schematic also depends on the schematic background color (b/w)
2023-02-26: 31.8.0.46: Autorouter "FreeRouting": Improved regarding of minimal spacings
2023-02-24: 31.8.0.37: MID: Improved output files for 3D Pick&Place and for the solder paste dispenser
2023-02-24: 31.8.0.37: First version of the Protel/Altium ASCII import *.PcbDoc in the PCB menu "Actions" (Preview V32)
2023-02-23: 31.8.0.37: The new QR codes were incorrectly output in Gerber in all layers
2023-02-21: 31.8.0.31: Rename signal: The signal names in star shaped ground are renamed accordingly
2023-02-21: 31.8.0.31: Improved display of signal classes: Menu "Settings / Project signals / <signal> / Properties"
2023-02-21: 31.8.0.31: Command line parameter -j creates BOM (+Pick&Place) as JSON file: TarV31.exe <path-to-user-project> -j
2023-02-20: 31.8.0.31: Generate and insert QR code in menu "Actions" (Preview V32)
2023-02-06: 31.8.0.22: Components direct from COMPONIVERSE: Solved problems with DIN _and_ IEEE at the same time
2023-02-05: 31.8.0.22: Added hint for checkboxes wit three states
2023-02-02: 31.8.0.22: Settings (INI): Dot not always start with the bend mode "point-to-point (P2P) router" in schematic view
2023-01-26: 31.8.0.22: Pick&Place list for assembly can be output as Excel file (Preview V32)
2023-01-26: 31.8.0.22: Generated Excel files can also be opened by LibreOffice / OpenOffice (Windows 10+)
2023-01-26: 31.8.0.22: Package assistant: Added "copy / paste line"
2023-01-10: 31.7.0.68: Integrated COMPONIVERSE directly into the component browser
2022-12-29: 31.7.0.68: Package generator: Programmed the new package type "DFN Dual Flatpack, No Leads"
2022-12-27: 31.7.0.68: Added point "Lock module against moving" in menu "Modules" (Preview V32)
2022-12-19: 31.7.0.68: Routing tracks with a via at the tip [.]: Clicking point is taken more accurately
2022-12-15: 31.7.0.68: Context menu: Cross Highlight, show and zoom component or signal in the other window (schematic <=> PCB) Preview V32
2022-12-14: 31.7.0.68: Saving in Eagle format: improved transfer of vias and mounting holes
2022-12-10: 31.7.0.68: DRC: Spacing errors could be reported for solder pads that are firmly connected together inside the package
2022-12-08: 31.7.0.68: COMPONIVERSE: Components were not found, if a "/" was in the search string
2022-12-03: 31.7.0.68: Isolation milling: Added the spindle rotation speed S to the G-Code M03
2022-12-01: 31.7.0.33: Selection assistant: Added "Locked against moving"
2022-11-28: 31.7.0.27: Installation: Improved import of template projects from a possibly existing old version
2022-11-25: 31.7.0.27: At the bottom of the context menu with M2: Show the selected component or package directly in the component database
2022-11-25: 31.7.0.27: When selecting lines and polylines, the total length is displayed in the status bar
2022-11-24: 31.7.0.27: Bill of materials (BoM): Variants can be selected in the list and can thus be compared
2022-11-23: 31.7.0.27: Deleting: Query if also elements are selected that are locked against moving
2022-11-21: 31.7.0.27: Import from the clipboard in the PCB: Only necessary layers are additionally switched visible
2022-11-17: 31.7.0.14: Improved "Push onto the grid"
2022-11-16: 31.7.0.14: A problem occurred in V31.6.0.66 when using MySQL
2022-11-14: 31.6.0.66: DRC: Checking hostile copper against drill holes without a copper ring (also for padstacks with unused inner layers)
2022-11-11: 31.6.0.66: Eagle import: Improvement for the pin numbers
2022-11-11: 31.6.0.66: Eagle export: Although there are no component technologies in TARGET, each component needs one in Eagle
2022-11-11: 31.6.0.66: "LoadAllProperties" is now executed only once per day, which significantly speeds up program startup
2022-11-10: 31.6.0.66: DRC: "Quick DRC" is always used
2022-11-10: 31.6.0.66: STEP export: Lines and arcs in a copper layer are output even if they do not belong to a signal
2022-11-10: 31.6.0.66: Eagle export: Equal symbols but with changed pin names were summarized despite that
2022-11-07: 31.6.0.65: Padstacks can be defined as "completely drilled through" even if not both outer copper layers are used
2022-10-31: 31.6.0.65: XGerber output: Improved solder paste reduction for rectangular pads with rounded corners
2022-10-28: 31.6.0.65: DRC: Spacing addition in padstacks better taken into account for inner layers without copper
2022-10-24: 31.6.0.65: DRC: Single elements in the copper can be excluded from the spacing checks (Preview V32)
2022-10-19: 31.6.0.65: Polygonal breadboard area: The auras of "hostile" elements are taken into account as spacing if desired
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: The buttons for the layer sets forgot to update the working layers above in the sidebar and on top in the toolbar
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: Back view: The working layers (copper and painting) were not "mirrored" accordingly
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: Back view: The buttons for the layer sets in the sidebar were not "mirrored" internally
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: Back view: Elements locked against moving did not follow
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: Back view: The red panel on the top right was sometimes not on the current PCB window
2022-10-18: 31.6.0.43: By typing [s] like select and directly typing [d] for displace the selected element could be moved off the grid
2022-09-29: 31.6.0.43: Bitmaps in rectangles with negative width could cause an error during project loading
2022-09-22: 31.6.0.43: Close front panel toolbar - also remains closed the next time (see also menu "View / Toolbars")
2022-09-22: 31.6.0.43: Reference symbol with signal name selection: With [OK] the name is taken from the list (upper/lower case!)
2022-09-11: 31.6.0.43: Dual screen: Improved workflow, if an additional window is opened as a component editor
2022-09-08: 31.6.0.43: STEP export: The color of the PCB and the tracks can be changed
2022-08-31: 31.5.0.57: Opening the component browser and immediately typing [Return] uses the selected component directly
2022-08-31: 31.5.0.57: "Locked against moving" for elements in the PCB that do not belong to a package
2022-08-30: 31.5.0.57: DXF output ignored the solder paste reduction and rounding for rectangular pads
2022-08-25: 31.5.0.57: Color of the pad numbers is not adjusted when loading a project (no more complementary color to the background)
2022-08-25: 31.5.0.57: Added menu point "Actions / Logo as component..."
2022-08-19: 31.5.0.57: Merging signals sometimes did not take all signal polygons along (also when renaming signals)
2022-08-17: 31.5.0.57: DXF import: Resolution can be increased when converting arcs to chords
2022-08-16: 31.5.0.57: STEP export reports if a package with an embedded STEP model is faulty
2022-08-07: 31.5.0.57: Bitmaps in rectangles limited to max. 1016 dpi (40 pixels per mm)
2022-08-06: 31.5.0.57: Added two menu points "Settings / Project signals / <signal> / Pins" and "... / Pads"
2022-08-06: 31.5.0.57: Improved display in the menu if toolbars are visible
2022-08-06: 31.5.0.57: Switching units in dialogs failed with unit inch "
2022-07-30: 31.5.0.57: Simulation: Subcircuit generator ignored symbols that were placed on another schematic page before
2022-07-17: 31.5.0.30: Isolation milling: Mirror axis selectable, if only copper bottom is output and without fidicial drills
2022-07-12: 31.5.0.30: The BOM outputs the first distributor found if no primary distributor is set
2022-07-12: 31.5.0.30: The primary distributor can also be set in the component database (preferred order number)
2022-07-05: 31.5.0.12: Component browser: List of most recently used components has now 50 entries (instead of 20)
2022-07-05: 31.5.0.12: Autorouter "FreeRouting" from Alfons Wirtz et al. now usable
2022-06-28: 31.5.0.12: Layer dailog: Buttons for 8 and 10 layers have not set the layers above number 34
2022-06-27: 31.5.0.12: Eagle export: Improved output of rotation and mirroring of sysmols in the schematic
2022-06-26: 31.5.0.12: Dialog for open rectangles can toggle units too (mil - mm)
2022-06-21: 31.5.0.12: Improved reorganisation for mixed uppercase and lowercase prefixes (Rx1, Rx2, Rx5)
2022-06-17: 31.5.0.12: Introduced text funktion "Maximum page number"
2022-06-14: 31.5.0.12: Improved DXF import of ellipses
2022-06-06: 31.5.0.12: Layout: Change bend mode with key [ ] (spacebar) changes from "autorouter" to "orthogonal first"
2022-06-06: 31.5.0.12: Schematic: Change bend mode with key [ ] (spacebar) changes from "autorouter" to "vertical first"
2022-06-06: 31.5.0.12: LayerSet buttons in sidebar now also save active copper working layer and active drawing layer
2022-06-06: 31.5.0.12: [,] changes also the active copper working layer
2022-06-02: 31.5.0.12: Reduction of solder paste for SMDs up to 50% possible instead of up to 25%.
2022-06-02: 31.5.0.12: In the Settings and Options dialog, nonsense could be entered as unit
2022-06-01: 31.5.0.12: 3D view of the PCB: traces could protrude into a pad with a drilled hole
2022-06-01: 31.5.0.12: Properties dialog warns about duplicate properties
2022-05-26: 31.4.0.46: Placement of components: Total length of the airwires and number of intersections is displayed in the status bar
2022-05-19: 31.4.0.46: Eagle export: Names of DeviceSets are only incremented, if symbols or packages are not identical
2022-05-19: 31.4.0.46: Pick&Place: Rotation of packages with REEL_ORIENTATION is normalized to 0...<360°
2022-05-17: 31.4.0.46: Print script: Instead of the variant's name, also the variant's number can be entered with "Variant="
2022-05-15: 31.4.0.46: Dual screen: Main menu on top comes along onto the active screen
2022-04-27: 31.4.0.46: Eagle export: Package names are incremented only if the property PACKAGE_RIPPED_UP=TRUE
2022-04-26: 31.4.0.46: Releasing the mouse wheel after M3H outside the window sometimes blocked the mouse. [ESC] helps
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: Moving the sheet with M3H or with [Ctrl] + M2H jittered at times
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: Moving the sheet with M3H or with [Ctrl] + M2H can always be canceled with [ESC]
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: Opening projects in a read-only folder failed
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: DRC: Avoid the error message "Pin missing" with "PCB without schematic"
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: Menu "Modules / Select a module..." sometimes caused an error message
2022-04-25: 31.4.0.46: Added menu item "Window / Screens info..."
2022-04-24: 31.4.0.46: Improved the reaction to mouse wheel movements in the 3D view
2022-04-22: 31.4.0.46: Error markers: Tooltips show error information
2022-04-22: 31.4.0.46: Arrow-shaped error markers are better selectable
2022-04-22: 31.4.0.46: Menu item to remove all error markers
2022-04-22: 31.4.0.46: Signal polygon: Improved the appearance of the ground planes around drill holes
2022-04-15: 31.4.0.46: Printing and PDF export: Signal names are output too, if set
2022-04-15: 31.4.0.46: Improved zooming, if the window is not the active window (e.g. with Dual Screen)
2022-04-14: 31.4.0.46: Comments as multiline text unintentionally became normal text when changed
2022-04-11: 31.4.0.46: Realtime DRC generates no error markers against ground planes (signal polygons)
2022-04-11: 31.4.0.46: DRC: Error markers can also be arrows
2022-04-07: 31.3.0.58: Modules export: Signal polygons can be contained in modules
2022-04-07: 31.3.0.58: Edition "discover" did not start without an internet connection
2022-04-07: 31.3.0.58: When creating tooltips for dialog buttons (hints), an error could occur under certain circumstances
2022-04-06: 31.3.0.58: Isolation milling: The fiducial drills can also be inside the PCB if the distance is negative
2022-04-03: 31.3.0.58: Menu "Settings" / "Project components" and "Project signals": Very long lists are partitioned
2022-03-30: 31.3.0.58: Toggling mm/mil in the dialogs was setting the checkmarks in front of the properties like real value changes do
2022-03-29: 31.3.0.58: MID: Packages mounted on the Backside in 2D PCB view were shown 180° rotated on the MID body
2022-03-29: 31.3.0.58: MID: A click onto the MID body could sometimes cause an access violation
2022-03-23: 31.3.0.58: STEP Output: Faded out components with embedded STEP model were visible in the lower left corner
2022-03-23: 31.3.0.58: Fill closed polylines in the PCB: Menu "Actions / Special Functions"
2022-03-23: 31.3.0.58: Improved calculation of airwires when a signal was subsequently assigned to a painting polygon
2022-03-18: 31.3.0.58: Convert PCB with schematic into PCB without schematic: For some pads the signal association disappeared
2022-03-07: 31.3.0.27: Improved Eagle import: <drawing> and </schematic> sometimes caused problems
2022-03-04: 31.3.0.27: DRC: Orphan packages with pads with pin number but without symbol in the schematic are mentioned: "Pin missing!"
2022-03-03: 31.3.0.27: Panelization: When changing the name ABC.T3001 to ABC_Panel.T3001, ABC.T3001 was not logged out correctly (OPEN)
2022-03-02: 31.3.0.27: Panelization: Zero breaking points horizontally or vertically caused an error message
2022-02-27: 31.3.0.27: LicenseCounterFile can also be 'https://server.ibfriedrich.com/licenseCheck/licenseCounter.php'
2022-02-25: 31.3.0.27: Component database: Output of a meaningful message if deletion can not be executed
2022-02-16: 31.3.0.19: Change component number: If the desired number is already occupied, the affected components can move up as well
2022-02-16: 31.3.0.19: OpenGL: Padstacks with large negative addition for several layers were displayed incorrectly
2022-02-15: 31.3.0.19: Improved the use of template files when creating user packages
2022-02-04: 31.3.0.19: Button [Show error list again] sometimes stayed left top even if the project was already closed
2022-01-31: 31.3.0.19: TIFF export with free format: Height and width may have been mixed up
2022-01-28: 31.3.0.19: Eagle import: Implemented the tags <polygonshape>, <polygonoutlineobjects> and <polygonoutlinesegments>
2022-01-06: 31.2.0.53: Menu "Modules": Show modul, add elements, remove elements
2022-01-05: 31.2.0.53: Electra DO-File: "select all nets + unprotect selected" replaced by "unprotect all wires"
2022-01-05: 31.2.0.53: Electra DO-File: "select all nets + unselect net <name>" replaced by "lock net <name>"
2022-01-05: 31.2.0.53: Electra DO-File: "cost layer Cx forbidden" replaced by "unselect layer Cx"
2022-01-03: 31.2.0.53: Layer-Dialog: Buttons for 8-fold and 10-fold multilayer
2022-01-02: 31.2.0.53: Printing and PDF: Light background colors were not output despite the check mark
2022-01-02: 31.2.0.53: Back view: Components that are locked against moving did not flip along
2022-01-02: 31.2.0.53: Command line parameter -pp for Pick&Place list
2021-12-30: 31.2.0.53: Modules: Special colors of elements are saved in CXF and MXF files
2021-12-23: 31.2.0.40: Projects saved in back view had problems with some layer functions
2021-12-22: 31.2.0.40: Back view is undone first before saving and before all possible output functions
2021-12-22: 31.2.0.40: Reo assigns duplicate component names a new number
2021-12-22: 31.2.0.40: Import MXF modul: Counting of the component names/numbers sometimes got mixed up
2021-12-16: 31.2.0.40: Back view: Improved handling of signal polygons
2021-12-14: 31.2.0.40: Menu "Settings": limited menus for project components, signals and free elements
2021-12-06: 31.2.0.22: Front panel: A panel in the layout of the price calculator was displaced
2021-12-04: 31.2.0.22: Multiline texts can also have the text function "Comment"
2021-12-04: 31.2.0.22: Texts in PDF output: Avoided wide gaps between words
2021-12-03: 31.2.0.22: Improved handling of right-aligned multiline text
2021-12-02: 31.2.0.22: Improved multiline text regarding the handling of projects from older versions
2021-12-02: 31.2.0.22: Import MXF: For texts with a user-defined text function the token "PROPERTY" was not recognized
2021-12-02: 31.2.0.22: Export MXF: With multi-layer PCB the inner copper layers were not always denoted correctly
2021-12-02: 31.2.0.22: Alignment assistant sometimes placed the 3D package onto the wrong PCB side for components from CXF imports
2021-11-29: 31.2.0.22: Back view: Improvement with many copper layers and take-along of the active working layers (copper and drawing)
2021-11-23: 31.2.0.6: TARGET 3001! V30 stands still, the current version is now V31
2021-11-21: 30.7.0.5: Signal polygons: "Un-fill all polygons" with shortcut key [-]
2021-11-20: 30.7.0.5: Modules can be saved and loaded as MXF (Module eXchange Format) for design reuse (preview V31)
2021-11-17: 30.6.0.24: "Modules" in top main menu
2021-11-16: 30.6.0.24: Background color in the 3D view can be set using the context menu
2021-10-24: 30.6.0.24: After placing a via, one of the 4 most recently used layers can be chosen using key [,] (type several times)
2021-10-21: 30.6.0.24: Removed query for info on MCADs after STEP output
2021-10-21: 30.6.0.24: If there are 4 copper layers, they are all shown in the top toolbar and not layer 99
2021-10-19: 30.6.0.24: Flipping the PCB to the back side keeps the zoomed area (preview V31)
2021-10-17: 30.6.0.24: 3D view: Viewing angle adjustable in context menu (tele to wide angle, preview V31)
2021-10-15: 30.6.0.8: Proportional rectangles can also be dragged at their corners (small black boxes)
2021-10-10: 30.6.0.8: Insulation milling: Big drill diameters can be milled as break-outs with the PCB outline (preview V31)
2021-10-08: 30.6.0.8: Menu "Service": Homepages of the listed service companies can be opened directly
2021-10-06: 30.6.0.8: Milling a front panel with Excellon: With thin material and chamfer on the outline, still run two height steps
2021-10-03: 30.5.0.35: Solved problems with update and preview functions: Refer to the Wiki: "No connect yet."
2021-10-03: 30.5.0.35: Rectangles can remain proportional (fixed aspect ratio i.e. height/width ratio, preview V31)
2021-10-01: 30.5.0.35: STEP output greatly accelerated
2021-09-27: 30.5.0.35: Pick&Place output: The variable "SMD" can be SMD or THT for "through hole technology"
2021-09-18: 30.5.0.32: Front panel milling: Cutouts and outline are milled in 3 steps for panel thicknesses greater than 3 mm
2021-09-11: 30.5.0.23: Closing a window did not always come up with the question "Save project first?"
2021-09-09: 30.5.0.23: Change of layer e.g. by placing a via switches the new working layer visible, if it was faded out previously
2021-09-08: 30.5.0.18: Command line parameter -g: May not have outputted all relevant files in every case
2021-09-02: 30.5.0.18: Gerber X2: Improved output of component and signal names with special characters "*", "%" and ","
2021-09-01: 30.5.0.18: Insulation milling: Set spindle rotation speed (EMC² / G-Code)
2021-09-01: 30.5.0.18: Pick&Place: Mirroring did not work when using handle crosses as reference
2021-08-21: 30.5.0.5: Flip PCB and edit it from the back side: Key [|], menu "View/Rear view" or new button in the sidebar
2021-08-09: 30.4.0.66: The STEP output from inside the 3D view can omit the components that are switched invisible
2021-08-09: 30.4.0.66: Copying component packages between projects also takes 3D STEP models along (within the same TARGET session)
2021-08-09: 30.4.0.66: Improved multi-level deletion when signal polygons are involved
2021-08-05: 30.4.0.66: Improved drilling plan with pictograms
2021-07-28: 30.4.0.57: Rename component, e.g. R17 -> R8: If number is already used, all the available numbers are proposed
2021-07-27: 30.4.0.57: Sidebar in PCB view: White component list at the bottom extends if space is available
2021-07-25: 30.4.0.57: Panelisation: When copying signal polygons, the new field "Aura" was not always copied correctly
2021-07-15: 30.4.0.57: Subsequent insertion of a 2- or 3-pole component (e.g. series resistor) splits the signal hit (preview V31)
2021-07-15: 30.4.0.57: BOM: Selection of component properties is remembered during the session
2021-07-15: 30.4.0.57: BOM, summarize components: Prefix and former search name in the database can be ignored
2021-07-12: 30.4.0.57: Starting a track and typing key [2] at the same position anew toggles the copper layer used
2021-07-08: 30.4.0.37: "Show signal names" in menu "View"
2021-07-07: 30.4.0.37: In many element dialogs the unit of the coordinates can be toggled by mouseclick (mm/mil, preview V31)
2021-07-06: 30.4.0.37: "Drillholes as pictograms" in menu "View"
2021-07-05: 30.4.0.37: Toggle Crosshairs: Dashed or solid (Settings/INI or Grid dialog)
2021-07-04: 30.4.0.37: MID: Coordinates of the vias can be exported as a list
2021-07-03: 30.4.0.37: MID: Vias are available, when having tracks on both sides on the 3D body
2021-07-02: 30.4.0.37: Lengthen segment (in context menu of small black box): Sometimes the wrong end was changed
2021-06-26: 30.4.0.37: 3D view: Lattice with key [#] also works with STEP models (as triangles)
2021-06-23: 30.4.0.37: Signal resistor in menu item "Show signal lengths" ignored copper thickness
2021-06-23: 30.4.0.37: Object inspector did not show last suggestion for coordinates (example: "copper thickness")
2021-06-16: 30.4.0.29: Drilling Plan with Pictograms: Drill holes that are not plated through are marked with an additional half-circle
2021-06-16: 30.4.0.29: 3D view: Properties "Plugged Via", "Capped Via" and "solder stop varnish" are taken into account for solder pads
2021-06-15: 30.4.0.29: Panelisation: Turnover panels sometimes had problems if the lower left corner was not in the origin
2021-06-15: 30.4.0.29: Nutzen setzen: Wendenutzen hatte unter Umständen Probleme wenn linke untere Ecke nicht im Ursprung lag
2021-06-14: 30.4.0.29: Lines, splines and tori can be converted to polygons using the small black boxes
2021-06-08: 30.4.0.29: Documented the SPICE commands in the Wiki and the TARGET Spice text editor has a link to that now
2021-06-04: 30.4.0.29: "Group as a module" in schematic view also groups the respective tracks in layout view
2021-05-20: 30.4.0.29: Introduced "Comment" as a new text function. Comments are not printed
2021-05-19: 30.4.0.16: Changing "Individual properties of the selected" sometimes caused an access violation
2021-05-18: 30.4.0.16: Added links to a Gerber viewer and to a GCode viewer
2021-05-17: 30.4.0.8: Calculation of the track resistance in the status bar considers "Thickness copper" of the project settings
2021-05-17: 30.4.0.8: Component browser: Import for KiCad Libraries
2021-05-08: 30.4.0.8: Settings (INI): The path for template project files can be set
2021-05-05: 30.4.0.8: Component Browser: Package selection shows Package-ID in the package image
2021-05-04: 30.4.0.8: More accurate solder paste reduction for SMD pads in %
2021-05-02: 30.4.0.8: Improved "Change round bend into sharp bend"
2021-05-02: 30.4.0.8: Changing of multi-line text sometimes caused problems
2021-04-30: 30.3.0.82: Signal polygons: Aura introduced, as a distance against other polygons with lower rank
2021-04-30: 30.3.0.82: Front panel: Contour detection improved
2021-04-29: 30.3.0.82: Component browser: Improved the contrast of SMD pad numbers in the package preview (white)
2021-04-27: 30.3.0.82: Settings (INI): Pilot router in PCB view at program launch
2021-04-23: 30.3.0.75: Menu "Packages" point "Change pitch of packages..." to change the length e.g. of wired resistors
2021-04-22: 30.3.0.75: Signal polygona, adjust auras: Problems occurred when different polygons overlap each other
2021-04-20: 30.3.0.75: Load old projects: PROPOSED_PACKAGE empty, but USED_PACKAGE existant: Repair PROPOSED_PACKAGE
2021-04-20: 30.3.0.75: DRC: Solder pads rotated by 45° could raise false short circuit error messages
2021-04-17: 30.3.0.75: Show signal names: Improved contrast
2021-04-17: 30.3.0.75: 3D view: Changed coordinates in the status bar to be the eye position
2021-04-15: 30.3.0.75: Schematic: Placing component pins onto ends of signal traces connects immediately or on demand
2021-04-13: 30.3.0.75: Isolation milling: Drills at the end of the process were mirrord wrong if no fiducial drills were used
2021-04-04: 30.3.0.59: Change the signal of signal traces in schematic: Take all copper tracks along, if the signal was changed completely
2021-04-03: 30.3.0.59: Gerber Output: Button [Standard] makes all drill files have the extention *.DRL
2021-04-01: 30.3.0.59: Bill of Material (BoM): "Summarize equal components" can be separated according to the assembly side
2021-03-30: 30.3.0.56: Gerber X2 information also for the drill tools in the Excellon file (ViaDrill, ComponentDrill, MechanicalDrill...)
2021-03-27: 30.3.0.56: Improved Gerber X2 and X3 output
2021-03-25: 30.3.0.56: GenCAD: Solder paste and solder mask are output as well
2021-03-25: 30.3.0.56: GenCAD: Arcs in the PCB outline are split into short chords, because some viewers do not implement ARCs
2021-03-25: 30.3.0.56: GenCAD: Shapes of pads are output more accurately
2021-03-25: 30.3.0.56: GenCAD: Signal polygons are passed as PLANEs
2021-03-25: 30.3.0.56: Panelisation: Improved the input of the number of ligaments and drills
2021-03-23: 30.3.0.56: "Look over my shoulder" in menu "Help" for improved customer service
2021-03-21: 30.3.0.56: Eagle export: Oblong pads sometimes were rotated by 90°
2021-03-16: 30.3.0.56: 3D view: With M2 on the top left button the view can be set parametrically
2021-03-11: 30.3.0.39: Gerber X3: Internal connection lines are no longer output as package lines
2021-03-09: 30.3.0.39: Gerber X3: Improved output data
2021-03-08: 30.3.0.31: Gerber X3: Manufacturer, distributor and order number are exportet
2021-03-08: 30.3.0.31: Signal length measuring: A via is recognized with the PCB thickness
2021-03-08: 30.3.0.31: Package generator: Colors as parameters can also be selected
2021-03-05: 30.3.0.31: XGerber output: The new Gerber-X3 files for pick-and-place are created
2021-03-05: 30.3.0.31: XGerber output: Gerber-X2 information also transfers signal and part assignment
2021-03-05: 30.3.0.31: IPC D-356 output: Pads are always listetd, even if they are already mentioned in the component
2021-03-05: 30.3.0.31: IPC D-356 output: Coordinates are based on the lower left corner of the PCB, as XGerber coords also do
2021-03-04: 30.3.0.31: Draw spirals: Clockwise did not work
2021-03-03: 30.3.0.21: Cancelled changing is not entered into undo list
2021-03-03: 30.3.0.21: New in the context menu: Convert drawing lines, tori and splines into signal tracks
2021-02-20: 30.3.0.19: Meander differential Pairs parametrically: The original tracks were not always shortened correctly
2021-02-19: 30.3.0.19: For circular PCBs, the ground plane could be cut horizontally under certain circumstances
2021-02-19: 30.3.0.19: XGerber output: Tori with non-rounded ends could cause problems
2021-02-19: 30.3.0.19: XGerber output: Special file extentions can also be defined for self created layer functions
2021-02-18: 30.3.0.15: Creating a rectangle with coordinate data ignored a relative origin
2021-02-18: 30.3.0.15: IPC356: For pads the column 38 was missing for " "=SMD, "P"=Plated oder "U"=Unplated
2021-02-18: 30.3.0.15: Change tori: With several selected tori and "Diameter" instead of "Radius", the radius was always changed
2021-02-12: 30.3.0.9: Bill of Material (BoM): Added fields "Distributor" and "Order number"
2021-02-10: 30.3.0.9: Component symbol dialog (schematic): Added a distributor and order number manager with online search
2021-02-05: 30.3.0.9: Component database: listing of packages significantly accelerated
2021-02-05: 30.3.0.9: Component database: Components can easier be removed from favorites lists
2021-02-02: 30.3.0.9: Differential pairs: Improved connecting at the end after [ESC]
2021-02-01: 30.2.0.91: XGerber output: "#" in the filename of "Copper top / bottom" always replaced by null (0)
2021-02-01: 30.2.0.91: Triangles, rectangles and slices without signal may have displayed their aura too small
2021-02-01: 30.2.0.91: Differential pairs: Place vias with key [.]
2021-02-01: 30.2.0.91: Differential pairs: Improved routing
2021-01-28: 30.2.0.91: Differential pairs: The previously set airwires are displayed again afterwards
2021-01-28: 30.2.0.91: Differential pairs: Lengthened tracks were sometimes connected inaccurately
2021-01-26: 30.2.0.91: DRC: Under certain circumstances, non-existing short circuits were reported
2021-01-16: 30.2.0.83: Panelization: Predetermined breaking points can be generated automatically
2021-01-13: 30.2.0.83: Component browser: The flag "My" for favorite components does not cover information any more
2021-01-12: 30.2.0.83: Commandline parameter -356 lets TARGET create an IPC-356 netlist automatically
2021-01-11: 30.2.0.83: DRC: The minimum widt for layers was ignored sometimes
2021-01-07: 30.2.0.83: Improved changing of multiline texts
2021-01-06: 30.2.0.83: Derive new signal name from pin name: If the signal name is already used, a cypher ist appended: _2, _3, ..., _9
2020-12-21: 30.2.0.66: XGerber output: Text function "Version" was ignorerd
2020-12-14: 30.2.0.63: 3D view: Round PCBs and round components were not always displayed correctly
2020-12-14: 30.2.0.63: 3D view: Sometimes tracks were omitted
2020-12-13: 30.2.0.63: Cross-probe (F3) with an component not yet placed in the PCB could cause a problem
2020-12-09: 30.2.0.63: Polygonal pads can be shown in the editior using the same rotation with wich they are used
2020-12-07: 30.2.0.63: TIFF in the print dialog: Several schematic pages can be exported as TIFF
2020-12-03: 30.2.0.63: Slow DRC did not detect several spacing violations under certain circumstances
2020-11-29: 30.2.0.51: Menu "Actions / Preparatory work": Added Convergence Pad
2020-11-27: 30.2.0.51: Print PCB: The predefined layer sets are selectable with button [Visible Layers]
2020-11-22: 30.2.0.51: Extend / shorten line: End hit or opposite end selectable
2020-11-22: 30.2.0.51: Cross probe with [F3]: Layers in the PCB are only switched on if the package would otherwise be completely invisible
2020-11-22: 30.2.0.51: Settings (INI): New entry "Show layers when searching"
2020-11-18: 30.2.0.51: Windows code page is checked on startup and is also selectable (Umlaute / Greek / Cyrillic etc.)
2020-11-17: 30.2.0.51: Move package: Phantom image shows at the handle cross whether placed on top or bottom of the PCB
2020-11-16: 30.2.0.51: DO-File for Specctra/Electra: At the end unprotect singly the signals that are fixed to a layer
2020-11-16: 30.2.0.51: DO-File for Specctra/Electra: After power routing -> forbid layers or increase costs
2020-11-16: 30.2.0.51: DO-File for Specctra/Electra: FanOut at the beginning if applicable
2020-11-16: 30.2.0.51: Pick&Place: Output restrictable to ASCII characters and "." as decimal separator
2020-11-14: 30.2.0.51: Display signal names: Use smaller font size for long names on short signal segments
2020-11-14: 30.2.0.51: Tooltips also show the module name, if available
2020-11-14: 30.2.0.51: Isolation milling: Settings for fiducial drills and RubOut are remembered
2020-11-14: 30.2.0.51: Pick&Place: If only components on the bottom side are placed, mirroring of coordinates can be switched off
2020-11-12: 30.2.0.51: DO file of the Specctra/Electra interface: 'select net "abc"' and 'unselect net "abc"' at the same time is prevented
2020-11-12: 30.2.0.51: Draw track in PCB: Key [-] places a via at the end of the track and terminates the mode witout changing the layer
2020-10-29: 30.2.0.26: Display signal names: White on dark traces, black on light traces
2020-10-29: 30.2.0.26: Display signal names: Do not show long names on short trace segments
2020-10-26: 30.2.0.26: DRC: "Wrong connection" treated non-rounded tracks like rounded tracks
2020-10-21: 30.2.0.26: Create signal polygon: The checkbox "also for vias" was ignored, if "Adjust auras" was clicked
2020-10-16: 30.2.0.26: Improved Eagle import regarding component names and signal names
2020-10-13: 30.2.0.18: Measuring and meander - controlled with the arrow keys of the keyboard - showed wrong values at the cursor
2020-09-28: 30.2.0.7: Added SnapEDA as source für component data in the component browser
2020-09-24: 30.2.0.7: DRC: Polygonal pads could cause wrong complaints about short circuits
2020-09-23: 30.2.0.7: 3D view could omit traces under certain circumstances
2020-09-15: 30.1.0.85: Script in package generator: Stacked IFs did not work
2020-09-09: 30.1.0.85: Isolation milling: The height before turning over the PCB is equal to the height at the very end (G-Code + NCP)
2020-09-09: 30.1.0.85: Isolation milling: For the output file, "Manual tool change with M00" can be selected for G-Code
2020-09-08: 30.1.0.85: 3D view: Inner copper layers could cause problems
2020-09-07: 30.1.0.85: Insulation milling with G-Code: Added the possibility for manual tool change with M00
2020-09-07: 30.1.0.85: Reo: Double signal segments are removed also if the width/aura is different; the larger width/aura remains
2020-08-31: 30.1.0.85: Added text function "Version"
2020-08-31: 30.1.0.85: Integrated a version management into the Info dialog
2020-08-26: 30.1.0.62: Edition "viewer" caused an error message at startup
2020-08-16: 30.1.0.62: Accelerated drawing of the grid in GDI+ enormously
2020-08-10: 30.1.0.40: Track fine-tuning with key [7] better considers copper additions in padstacks
2020-08-10: 30.1.0.40: PCB without schamatic: Pilot router did not connect certain pads
2020-08-10: 30.1.0.40: M2 onto a package button at the bottom of the PCB sidebar could possibly cause an error message
2020-08-10: 30.1.0.40: 3D view: Components with internal connections could possibly cause problems
2020-08-10: 30.1.0.40: XGerber output for NC version: Warning about commercial use sometimes inflated the output files
2020-08-07: 30.1.0.40: Tracks, signal tori and signal splines on layer 100 are also displayed in the 3D view on all copper layers
2020-08-06: 30.1.0.38: Signal tracks, tori and splines can keep their aura even in a signal polygon with the same signal
2020-08-04: 30.1.0.38: Project version can be stored in the "File Summary Info" of an NTFS drive
2020-08-03: 30.1.0.38: Moving of more than 500 elements shows only the overall outline (faster)
2020-08-01: 30.1.0.36: TARGET only noticed which monitor it was on, if it was not maximized when closing
2020-07-31: 30.1.0.33: DRC: Check for shortcuts in the PCB is independent of the grid size
2020-07-30: 30.1.0.33: Pilot router shows the remaining length of the signal als a circle at the cursor (length from the signal class)
2020-07-30: 30.1.0.33: OpenGL: Color of a single pin is no longer ignored
2020-07-29: 30.1.0.27: Interactive meandering for lenght matching of signals
2020-07-23: 30.1.0.27: Pilot router also works on round PCBs
2020-07-22: 30.1.0.20: PCB: Added manual "pilot router" as a bending mode
2020-07-21: 30.1.0.20: When saving a project, the IS_SMD property for some components may have been deleted
2020-07-19: 30.1.0.20: Fiducial marks can be automatically kept free from solder resist, even with an expansion
2020-07-16: 30.1.0.20: STEP output: Teardrops at component pads or test points were sometimes not output
2020-07-14: 30.1.0.17: TARGET 3001! V20 stands still, the current version is now V30
2020-07-12: 20.7.0.32: Component symbol buttons in the sidebar collect the favourite components in their context menu (Preview V30)
2020-07-12: 20.7.0.32: Pick&Place: For panelized boards the fiducials can be output for the first PCB only
2020-07-11: 20.7.0.32: DigitalTest DIF output: Identical packages are bundled together
2020-07-10: 20.7.0.32: Panelisation: PCBs can also be copied to the right and to the top
2020-07-09: 20.7.0.25: Fine tuning: With key [7] the selected tracks are optimized and tautened (Preview V30)
2020-07-08: 20.7.0.25: Component Database: Added field "SMD" in dialog package properties
2020-07-08: 20.7.0.25: Isolation milling: Added field "End height" for the parking height at the end of the NC program
2020-06-23: 20.7.0.24: Import from Ultra Librarian: If a pin width = 0, 0.3 mm is taken
2020-06-23: 20.7.0.24: Import from Ultra Librarian: If a pin number = 0, it is derived from the respective pad
2020-06-22: 20.7.0.24: Prefix reorganisation works, if component prefixes are written differently: Ref and REF
2020-06-22: 20.7.0.24: Search list on top of the sidebar is sorted alphanumerically now
2020-06-17: 20.7.0.24: Selection with [Shift] + M1 also works through nodes and vias (Preview V30)
2020-06-10: 20.7.0.15: Extremely complex 3D STEP models can be used by reduction of complexity (Preview V30)
2020-06-06: 20.7.0.15: For solder pads and vias the generation of ligaments for thermal pads can be suppressed (Preview V30)
2020-06-06: 20.7.0.15: Oblong drill holes could vanish with undo
2020-06-06: 20.7.0.15: Quick DRC: Message if a mounting drill hole touches an aura
2020-06-06: 20.7.0.15: XGerber import: Aperture macros (AM) with higher complexity can be read in
2020-06-05: 20.7.0.15: Cross probe with [F3]: A single pin selects it's corresponding pad and vice versa (not always the whole component)
2020-06-03: 20.7.0.15: Printing: Inserted warning if TrueType font size mismatched when printing
2020-06-03: 20.7.0.15: OpenGL: TrueType font size better matched in relation to GDI+
2020-05-27: 20.6.0.88: Small black boxes: Added "Extend segment" to the context menu
2020-05-27: 20.6.0.88: DXF import: improved ellipses
2020-05-25: 20.6.0.88: Selection assistant: added solder stop and solder paste
2020-05-24: 20.6.0.88: Added point "100%" in menu "View" and in the zoom palette
2020-05-23: 20.6.0.88: Tooltips also show the pin name (=function) for pins and pads, if it is available
2020-05-18: 20.6.0.88: TIFF output: Added height and width as input fields
2020-05-15: 20.6.0.88: "Reload component properties from the database": The property COMPONENT_VALUE becomes the new component value
2020-05-14: 20.6.0.88: Improved Eagle export
2020-05-13: 20.6.0.88: Text on a copper layer was shown in 3D view on the Z-height of the silk-screen
2020-05-12: 20.6.0.68: Problems occurred with all changes when relative coordinates were used
2020-05-10: 20.6.0.64: Toggle tooltips with a button on the right in the sidebar
2020-05-10: 20.6.0.64: Tracks dialog: Possible copper layers can be clicked directly
2020-05-10: 20.6.0.64: Tooltips are displayed in the element dialogs
2020-05-07: 20.6.0.64: Pad numbers of SMD pads are however displayed if no copper layer is visible at all
2020-04-29: 20.6.0.55: Tooltip shows the elements hovered by the mouse (Settings / INI) (Preview V30)
2020-04-25: 20.6.0.55: BOM: Inserted checkbox: "Shall order numbers known at IBF be reloaded online?"
2020-04-20: 20.6.0.49: Projects with old ground planes cannot be changed and saved anew any more
2020-04-20: 20.6.0.49: Signal classes can have special spacings among each other (Preview V30)
2020-04-07: 20.6.0.44: Component import: Project variables are created, if they are referenced by texts with Funktion=Special
2020-03-25: 20.6.0.34: Creating test points had problems with signal polygons that were already filled
2020-03-24: 20.6.0.34: Filling of signal polygons under certain circumstances reduced the aura of pads
2020-03-24: 20.6.0.34: XGerber output: Triangles for filling ground planes sometimes overlapped too much
2020-03-19: 20.6.0.34: Scripts for the BOM output: "Numeric=Yes/No" for numbers as numbers in Excel (xlsx)
2020-03-18: 20.6.0.27: DXF files may start with blank lines
2020-02-28: 20.6.0.27: XGerber export: Triangles for filling ground planes overlap now (overcome an UCAMCO rendering error)
2020-02-25: 20.6.0.27: Command line -i for info: Added line "Pads" that shows the number of soldering pads on the PCB
2020-02-25: 20.6.0.27: XGerber output: One decimal place more accuracy (3.6 instead of 3.5)
2020-02-20: 20.6.0.27: Electra: Sometimes vias had no aura
2020-02-19: 20.6.0.23: Unfilled signal polygons are only selected if the area plane is switched to visible
2020-02-19: 20.6.0.23: DRC: Extra error message, if a signal polygon is filled too thin
2020-02-17: 20.6.0.21: Front panel started erroneously with schematic view
2020-02-16: 20.6.0.21: Improved PDF output, if the whole sheet is inverted
2020-02-11: 20.6.0.20: Added PCB outlien assistant to the magic wand in PCB view
2020-02-11: 20.6.0.20: Signal polygons: Also vias can be provided with thermal ligaments like thermal pads
2020-02-09: 20.6.0.20: PCB view: Component list right lower corner in the sidbar is sorted alphanumerically: R1,R2,R11,R12,R100
2020-02-07: 20.6.0.18: As of edition economy also 4-layer board as a default template for new projects
2020-02-07: 20.6.0.18: BOM and Pick&Place: Origin (0|0) left bottom of the PCB or absolute or relative Coordinates
2020-02-06: 20.6.0.18: Excellon output for front panel milling: Pre-drilling is now only optional
2020-02-02: 20.6.0.18: Check project: Improved the detection of short circuits in the schematic
2020-01-30: 20.6.0.18: Quick DRC: Star-shaped ground was ignored for the spacing cheks with signal polygons
2020-01-24: 20.6.0.4: 3D editor: Improved the editing of extruded polygons
2020-01-24: 20.6.0.4: Meanders of differential pairs can be edited and removed
2020-01-19: 20.6.0.4: Quick DRC: Under certain circumstances overlap of signal polygons with the same rank were not detected
2020-01-19: 20.6.0.4: Quick DRC: Under certain circumstances the layer of an error was not specified correctly
2020-01-16: 20.6.0.4: Background color when importing transparent PNGs and GIFs is white now instead of black
2020-01-09: 20.6.0.4: LicenseCounterFile: Computer is only removed, if the closing TARGET is the last running instance on the computer
2019-12-31: 20.5.0.73: Differential pairs can be meandered together
2019-12-17: 20.5.0.73: Added "Capped" and "Plugged" for vias in the selection assistant
2019-12-15: 20.5.0.73: Check project: Errors can be deleted manually in the error list
2019-12-15: 20.5.0.73: Front panel: Breakthroughs could wrongly be marked as "from behind" (back)
2019-12-03: 20.5.0.73: PCB-POOL calculator: TARGET uploads the project file directly (optional)
2019-11-23: 20.5.0.73: A differential pair can be routed if there are more than 2 pads on the signal (e.g. with a suppressor diode)
2019-11-15: 20.5.0.73: The layers of signal polygons were not handled correctly when moving layers up or down in the layer stack
2019-11-12: 20.5.0.73: Mirroring in PCB view also regards padstacks now
2019-11-11: 20.5.0.73: Front panel milling: Conical countersinks were not prepared by flat millings
2019-11-07: 20.5.0.73: Front panel milling: Cut-outs with an edge length < 10 mm or a surface < 9cm² are completely chipped
2019-11-04: 20.5.0.73: Signal class with length specification: Circle shows remaining length during track routing
2019-11-04: 20.5.0.73: DXF import can cope with degenerated NURB splines
2019-11-02: 20.5.0.73: In Circuit Test (ICT): Considerably improved the generator for test adapters
2019-10-31: 20.5.0.73: Automatic test points on top were not set if the board outline was created as a component
2019-10-28: 20.5.0.73: Command line, parameter -i: Text file contains more information on the project
2019-10-28: 20.5.0.73: Dual-screen operation: Numbers of Windows screens may be wildly mixed
2019-10-24: 20.5.0.73: DRC: Quick checking may have reported spacing errors, despite of star-shaped ground
2019-10-23: 20.5.0.73: DRC: Quick checking may have showed errors with padstacks that were no real errors
2019-10-11: 20.5.0.23: Improved the dragging of the corners of polygons
2019-10-11: 20.5.0.23: Eagle export could cause double pin names in the schematic
2019-10-10: 20.5.0.23: DXF import: Comment lines (999) at the very beginning of the DXF file could cause problems
2019-10-04: 20.5.0.22: Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments are at least as wide as the filling width and at most double as wide
2019-10-04: 20.5.0.22: Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments for SMDs are max 2/3 of the thin side
2019-10-04: 20.5.0.22: Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments for drilled pads are max 2/3 of the drill hole
2019-09-24: 20.5.0.16: Eagle import: "&ndash;" in XML caused problems and is now replaced by "-"
2019-09-18: 20.5.0.8: Variant chosen for Pick&PLace does not affect the variant shown in the schematic
2019-09-18: 20.5.0.8: Cross probe did not work in all cases
2019-09-13: 20.5.0.8: Change package, Assign symbol: Selection box, if component name comes from schematic symbol or name of PCB package
2019-09-10: 20.5.0.8: Signal polygons: The ligaments of thermal pads could be created too thin in certain cases
2019-09-10: 20.5.0.8: OpenGL: The opacity for "Colormix" can be adjusted for transparent layers
2019-09-06: 20.5.0.8: 3D view regards variant components: assembled / unassembled, different values
2019-09-05: 20.4.0.87: Component exchange: The fonts for importing components are used (see Settings/INI)
2019-09-04: 20.4.0.87: Componiverse: Components with several pins stacked in the same location were not uploaded sometimes
2019-08-28: 20.4.0.81: PDF output: Mirrored right-aligned texts may have been displaced
2019-08-23: 20.4.0.75: PANEL-POOL accessories: The name of the accessory part from the eStore is displayed
2019-08-21: 20.4.0.70: Import Eagle libraries: Improved the layer assignment
2019-08-21: 20.4.0.70: Eagle import: Tracks on layer "Pads" caused problems
2019-08-21: 20.4.0.70: XGerber output: Replaced the deprecated %IN...*% (Image Name) by G04...* (comment)
2019-08-21: 20.4.0.70: Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments are max. 2/3 of the thin side of the pad but min. the filling width
2019-08-21: 20.4.0.70: Signal polygons: Thermals are also created if the pad aura is smaller than the minimum spacing
2019-08-20: 20.4.0.67: BOM: Combining identical parts and outputting rotation, position and side are mutually exclusive
2019-08-20: 20.4.0.67: DRC: Improved the quick checking and set it as default
2019-08-15: 20.4.0.67: Two components can be declared as connected to avoid airwires - e.g. 2 connectors by a cable
2019-08-15: 20.4.0.67: Excel output: Fields with numbers are also formatted as numbers (e.g. for a BOM)
2019-08-10: 20.4.0.67: DRC: When the computation of airwires was switched off, unrouted signals were not always reported
2019-07-29: 20.4.0.46: Computation of airwires with overlapping signal polygons of the same signal sometimes caused problems
2019-07-26: 20.4.0.46: TIFF files can also be created using a print script
2019-07-25: 20.4.0.46: When ordering a front panel from Beta-LAYOUT, accessories from their eStore can also be ordered
2019-07-19: 20.4.0.46: When opening a project file also backups and autosaves show up directly. E.g.: *.BK1 and *.T3001A
2019-07-18: 20.4.0.41: Improved deriving of polygonal pads
2019-07-14: 20.4.0.41: Dual screen display: Status bar shows under the active window
2019-06-12: 20.4.0.18: Program launch with double click on a project file: Position of the sidebar sliders was not remembered
2019-06-12: 20.4.0.18: Filling complex signal polygons could cause "Out-Of-Memory"
2019-06-09: 20.4.0.18: The coordinates unit of a window for editing a symbol depends on the previously open schematic window
2019-06-03: 20.4.0.18: Printing and PDF scripts: Introduced "QUIET" (suppress several unimportant messages)
2019-05-22: 20.3.0.100: Harmonization in highlighting of unrouted signals and the calculation of airwires
2019-05-22: 20.3.0.100: Signal polygons: Improved computation of thermal pads and airwires
2019-05-22: 20.3.0.100: During printing several graphical elements were erroneously enlarged slightly
2019-05-14: 20.3.0.92: Push&Shove: Improved graphics when pushing tracks
2019-05-04: 20.3.0.92: Insulation milling: Too much was milled away around the outline of signal polygons
2019-04-17: 20.3.0.52: Signal polygons: Improved the connection with thermal pad ligaments for skew pads
2019-04-16: 20.3.0.47: Menu Point "Settings / Project signals / Signal name / Properties"
2019-04-16: 20.3.0.47: PovRay: Single texta in the silkscreen were sometimes omitted
2019-04-11: 20.3.0.44: Thick tracks have attracted new segments so much during their placemant that those were not placed at all
2019-04-11: 20.3.0.44: Pads centers, that are located somewhere inside a thick track, are regarded as connected
2019-04-05: 20.3.0.44: Electra interface can handle auras as minimum spacings or not
2019-03-27: 20.3.0.44: Signal polygon: An element is considered connected when its center point touches the filled polygon
2019-03-24: 20.3.0.44: Added a confirm message before deleting many elements
2019-03-22: 20.3.0.44: Added a message before a PCB order if unfilled signal polygons can be found
2019-03-22: 20.3.0.44: Elements without signal now alwas have an aura of 0.15 mm min. if they are on a copper layer
2019-03-21: 20.3.0.44: Improved Pick&Place, if the PCB was panelized
2019-03-20: 20.3.0.44: Accelerated and improved the XGerber output
2019-03-20: 20.3.0.44: Front panel: Chamfer on outer contour possible
2019-03-20: 20.3.0.44: Insulation milling: Added SVG as format for laser plotters
2019-03-20: 20.3.0.44: DRC: Improved the check for too narrow slot holes
2019-03-19: 20.3.0.44: Signal polygons: With "Adjust auras" also component pads without pin number can become thermal pads
2019-03-13: 20.3.0.27: Insulation milling: Move up and then to center before tool change
2019-03-13: 20.3.0.27: Insulation milling: Engraved texts in copper layers were milled away again with RubOut
2019-03-09: 20.3.0.22: Measuring: Measure is shown as cursor hint
2019-03-07: 20.3.0.4: An error could occur during copying if polygons were present in a concerned signal
2019-03-07: 20.3.0.4: DRC: Violet airwires in the schematic could cause short-circuit error messages
2019-03-05: 20.2.0.97: Accelerated the placement assistant enormously
2019-03-04: 20.2.0.97: Insulation milling: Optimized the paths during insulation
2019-03-02: 20.2.0.97: Remove a signal from a signal class: The minimum width and spacing are reset to the standard values
2019-03-01: 20.2.0.97: Electra interface can handle differential pairs
2019-03-01: 20.2.0.97: Element to the front / into the background works with polygons
2019-02-28: 20.2.0.86: Groundplane separation works with the new signal polygons now
2019-02-28: 20.2.0.86: Insulation milling: Fixed problem with RubOut
2019-02-26: 20.2.0.86: XGerber output: Addition and reduction of solder paste and solder stop mask also work with polygonal Pads
2019-02-25: 20.2.0.86: GenCAD can export packages also without FLIP in the SHAPE call
2019-02-20: 20.2.0.72: A problem filling signal polygons was fixed
2019-02-20: 20.2.0.72: Handle crosses for symbols and packages must be set with an M1 click
2019-02-20: 20.2.0.72: Pressed middle mouse button (mouse wheel) moves the sheet
2019-02-19: 20.2.0.72: Insulation milling completely revised: RubOut new and PCB outline with automatic radius correction
2019-02-12: 20.2.0.57: Panelisation: Turnover panel had sometimes problems with padstacks
2019-02-12: 20.2.0.57: Vias are handed over to Electra with better size adjustment
2019-02-03: 20.2.0.57: Sometimes the component browser hid behind the main window and blocked everything
2019-02-02: 20.2.0.57: Excange component: Component can no longer get ripped up
2019-01-30: 20.2.0.39: DXF import: Unexpected group codes could lead to errors
2019-01-29: 20.2.0.39: Percentage reduction of solder paste also works with polygonal solder pads (convex centered polygons)
2019-01-27: 20.2.0.31: Panelisation: Turnover panels possible (right-left or top-bottom)
2019-01-23: 20.2.0.31: For torus, circle, disk, node and centering marks: Toogle between radius and diameter
2019-01-23: 20.2.0.31: Removed dark theme user interface (was experimental)
2019-01-23: 20.2.0.31: Button [Show error list again] left top is removed, if the project closes or if another project gets active
2019-01-23: 20.2.0.31: Black window background color: Cursor for drawing tracks gets white
2019-01-22: 20.2.0.31: Black window background color: The small black boxes for movements get white
2018-12-30: 20.2.0.22: Key [,] during track routing switches to the last recently used copper layers (type several times)
2018-12-18: 20.2.0.22: Direct connection to the component databases Ultra Librarian and SamacSys
2018-12-17: 20.2.0.20: DRC: "Track segment awry" depends on the length/width relation
2018-12-10: 20.2.0.16: Push&Shove: Reduced flickering and the wait cursor is not flashing up steadily
2018-12-07: 20.2.0.14: DRC: Check for spacing has been accelerated significantly
2018-12-07: 20.2.0.14: Sometimes the result of Push&Shove was not accepted
2018-12-04: 20.2.0.10: Push&Shove shows in the status bar below, if a collision is detected
2018-11-26: 19.8.0.94: TARGET 3001! V19 stands still, the current version is now V20
2018-11-26: 19.8.0.94: Added Push&Shove routing as V20 preview
2018-11-25: 19.8.0.94: Select a part of a track string: Click the first segment with M1 and the last with [Shift] + M1
2018-11-21: 19.8.0.89: Airwires Dialog displays the number of airwires per signal and the sum
2018-11-21: 19.8.0.89: XGerber output via command line might have caused problems with the generation of thermal pads
2018-11-20: 19.8.0.89: Selection assistant: Elements with set color can be selected
2018-11-19: 19.8.0.89: Added the cross hairs to the grid dialog
2018-11-15: 19.8.0.89: Settings (Project): The date format can be set for the project
2018-11-12: 19.8.0.85: Reorganisation sometimes caused problems with the signal polygons
2018-11-12: 19.8.0.85: Connect a signal to a bus: The bus segments were devided inncorrectly
2018-11-07: 19.8.0.85: Signal polygons: Texts as deletion in copper planes keep their inner "unconnected" islands
2018-10-23: 19.8.0.71: Cross probe from schematic to PCB: Sometimes question "Place missing package?" did not pop up
2018-10-16: 19.8.0.71: Bill-Of-Material: When summarizing also differences of the selected properties from the listbox are regarded
2018-10-11: 19.8.0.71: Added button [Show active copper layer always on top] in the sidebar - also with key [q]
2018-10-10: 19.8.0.60: Signal polygons (ground planes) are displayed in 3D view
2018-10-09: 19.8.0.60: Added the text property "Right-aligned" in the selection assistant
2018-10-08: 19.8.0.60: Right-aligned component names and values could be displaced when opening existing projects
2018-09-30: 19.8.0.47: Improved the appearance of right-aligned text
2018-09-28: 19.8.0.32: Block diagram: Signals in blocks can be renamed more easily
2018-09-14: 19.8.0.32: Thermals in signal polygons: The ligaments can be at most as wide as the smaller dimension of the pad
2018-09-13: 19.8.0.32: Optimized size of pad numbers for printout
2018-09-13: 19.8.0.32: Accelerated calculation of signal polygons and reduced file size
2018-09-12: 19.8.0.9: After filling and un-filling a signal polygon the correct thermal ligaments remain
2018-09-12: 19.8.0.9: Under extreme circumstances, a signal polygon was filled incorrectly
2018-09-03: 19.7.0.87: Eagle import: Ground planes are converted to signal polyons now
2018-09-03: 19.7.0.87: Eagle import: Arcs in signal polygons are converted with a higher precision
2018-09-01: 19.7.0.87: "Painting" polygons without a signal: Improved the function of the menu points on the small black boxes
2018-08-30: 19.7.0.87: Texts with function "component value": The component property COMPONENT_VALUE is displayed, if available
2018-08-22: 19.7.0.73: Pinswap: For components with prefix K, J or C with 4+ pins the pin names do not have to be swapped
2018-08-20: 19.7.0.73: Normal mounting holes and breadboard holes do not count as pins/pads
2018-08-20: 19.7.0.73: PCB outline assistant: Select whether origin is in the center or bottom left
2018-08-17: 19.7.0.73: Sometimes wrong airwires versus the coordinates origin were displayed
2018-08-14: 19.7.0.73: Dual screen mode is saved in the project
2018-08-13: 19.7.0.73: PCBs as In-Circuit-Test adapters (ICT) can be generated automatically for test points (top and bottom)
2018-07-27: 19.7.0.73: A click into the title bar of a child window often unintentionally maximized this window
2018-07-24: 19.7.0.73: ASCII IO interface: Added cammand "Page" for the names of the schematic pages
2018-07-22: 19.7.0.73: Signal polygons: Overlapping polygons with different ranks also show correctly in unfilled state
2018-07-18: 19.7.0.56: PCB view: Key [<] hides all signal polygons, [>] fills all signal polygons anew
2018-07-18: 19.7.0.56: [Ctrl] + [a] did not select the signal polygons correctly
2018-07-17: 19.7.0.56: DRC: By the filling of the signal polygons all respective copper layers were switched visible
2018-07-12: 19.7.0.56: MID: Pin 1 or the cathode can be marked for manual assembly
2018-07-12: 19.7.0.56: MID: The names or values of the components can be displayed for manual assembly
2018-07-11: 19.7.0.45: After installation in English language: Enter screen diagonale in inch not in millimeters
2018-07-10: 19.7.0.45: Signal polygons: Roundings are no longer frayed
2018-07-10: 19.7.0.45: Several components can derive their variant info from another variant component (V20 preview)
2018-07-10: 19.7.0.45: Very unsymmetric polygonal pads sometimes caused problems with connection
2018-07-09: 19.7.0.45: Saving of projects with password could under certain circumstances lead to problems
2018-07-06: 19.7.0.39: XGerber: Standardized file extensions for Gerber files
2018-07-05: 19.7.0.39: Problems could arise with Text in the clipboard from Word or Excel
2018-07-02: 19.7.0.39: After the creation of a signal polygon, Undo/Redo didn't work properly
2018-06-27: 19.7.0.32: Depth can also be set for Autosaves from 0 ... 9: T3001A, T3001B ... T3001I
2018-06-16: 19.7.0.26: The COMPONIVERSE is enhanced by the BUILDER (online component designer)
2018-06-15: 19.7.0.26: Reverse engineering: When loading images into the background, the PCB outline can be used as size
2018-06-15: 19.7.0.26: Images (in rectangles) can be displayed more ore less opaque on the screen (transparency)
2018-06-12: 19.7.0.26: Signal polygons: Airwire computation and DRC can ignore unconnected islands
2018-06-12: 19.7.0.26: Signal polygons: Inserted the list of all signal polygons into the menu
2018-05-24: 19.7.0.9: Route track: M3 places a via, exactly like key [.]
2018-05-18: 19.7.0.4: A PCB track or via started inside a signal polygon inherits the signal of the polygon
2018-05-15: 19.6.0.88: Improved "Reverse Engineering"
2018-05-08: 19.6.0.77: GenCAD: Alphanumeric pad names instead of only the pin number
2018-05-06: 19.6.0.77: Signal polygons always regard the special spacings for single copper layers
2018-05-05: 19.6.0.77: Improved 3D representation with padstacks
2018-05-03: 19.6.0.57: Improved Panel-POOL calculator (also V17 and V18)
2018-05-03: 19.6.0.57: Improved PCB-POOL calculator (also V17 and V18)
2018-05-01: 19.6.0.55: XGerber output: Improved output of oval pads with a multiple of 90° as rotation
2018-04-26: 19.6.0.53: XGerber import: Polygonal pads can be imported
2018-04-23: 19.6.0.53: Isolation milling: G-Code now has a comment with the tool description after each tool change command
2018-04-22: 19.6.0.53: Drawing-polygons do not decompose into triangles and can be handled more easily
2018-04-19: 19.6.0.53: Move signal torus: Width and minimal spacing are shown
2018-04-05: 19.6.0.18: Isolation milling: non-rounded ends with signal tori were ignored
2018-04-05: 19.6.0.18: Improved computation of airwires if signal polygons are involved
2018-04-05: 19.6.0.18: Isolation milling: Engraver bit calculator worked only on tab "copper top"
2018-04-03: 19.6.0.12: XGerber output: Additional GerberX2 information can be switched off
2018-03-28: 19.6.0.12: Dialogs "Change symbol" and "Change package" added the package name in field "Component"
2018-03-16: 19.5.0.99: Interface to the Aisler PCB calculator
2018-03-14: 19.5.0.99: Fill signal polygons: Padstacks with a negative Adding could lead to shortcuts
2018-03-14: 19.5.0.99: XGerber output: Added GerberX2 FileFunction information
2018-03-12: 19.5.0.99: XGerber and Excellon output: Addition possible for the drill diameter of plated-through pads and vias
2018-03-08: 19.5.0.99: PDF gereration: Command "NewPage" starts a new page within the PDF
2018-03-06: 19.5.0.82: Signal polygons: Thermals are only generated, if the filling width is smaller than height and width of the pad
2018-03-01: 19.5.0.69: Panelize PCBs: The single copies are eache grouped as a module and the airwires are switched off
2018-02-28: 19.5.0.69: New PCB-POOL calculator
2018-02-22: 19.5.0.69: Placing of vias in polygons of thesame signal: "No aura for these layers:" is adjusted
2018-02-14: 19.5.0.53: When editing with key [e] only single signal polygons can be changed (sequentially)
2018-01-30: 19.5.0.26: Replace/update component: "Replace properties completely" saved some properties from the old component
2018-01-23: 19.5.0.19: MID: An offset occurred, if a PCB outline was on layer 23 additionally to the 3D MID body
2018-01-22: 19.5.0.19: Printing: TARGET remembers "fit to page"
2018-01-21: 19.5.0.19: Alignment assistant: Accept the package properties for "Package without schematic symbol"
2018-01-21: 19.5.0.19: Accelerated display of signal polygons on the screen
2018-01-18: 19.5.0.19: MySQL database: 3D STEP models may be bigger than 1 MB
2018-01-17: 19.5.0.19: Isolation milling via HPGL: Line's end can be CR or CRLF
2018-01-02: 19.4.0.85: Integrated a new memory manager, which significantly accelerates many actions
2017-12-26: 19.4.0.27: PCB-POOL frontpanel: Corrected price calculation for engraving with anodized aluminum blue, green and red
2017-12-21: 19.4.0.17: Schematic: Added menu point "Update old components..."
2017-12-20: 19.4.0.17: Introduced an additional viewer password
2017-12-11: 19.4.0.11: Assembly with PCB-POOL checks again for identicalness of the order numbers
2017-12-08: 19.4.0.11: Thermal pads with signal polygons: Ligaments were not created if the aura was smaller than the minimum spacing
2017-12-07: 19.4.0.11: Component browser: Improved the import of user defined parameters from CSV files
2017-12-05: 19.4.0.5: Under certain circumstances the reorganisation caused a memory overflow
2017-12-03: 19.4.0.5: Improved DXF import for Entities with a negative Z value in "Extrusion Direction"
2017-12-03: 19.4.0.5: MID view: Button left top for standard alignment shows size of MID body left side in the status bar
2017-12-02: 19.4.0.5: Symbol dialog: Added button [Datasheet]
2017-12-02: 19.4.0.5: Signal polygons: Inserted point "Entire PCB area..." in menu "Actions / Ground planes"
2017-12-02: 19.4.0.5: Signal polygons: Menu point on small black boxes: "Enter coordinates" like with key [+]
2017-11-27: 19.3.0.85: DRC: Ligaments of thermal pads could cause an unrecognized short-cut under certain circumstances
2017-11-22: 19.3.0.80: MID: Flattened and accelerated air wires
2017-11-17: 19.3.0.80: DRC: Overlapping signal polygons with equal rank could cause an unrecognized short-cut
2017-11-15: 19.3.0.80: Component browser: Extra: Generate components from CSV
2017-11-13: 19.3.0.69: Airwire dialog: Introduced field "Fill polygons always anew"
2017-11-10: 19.3.0.69: Loading a project file: Sometimes the assignment of a signal to a signal class was not remembered
2017-11-09: 19.3.0.62: Undo after changes could still cause errors if airwires were involved
2017-11-08: 19.3.0.62: Create PDFs directly: The image was shifted to the left, when mirroring; thus it was often even invisible
2017-11-06: 19.3.0.59: Signal polygons: Possibility to disable automatic thermal pads for pads that are connected manually
2017-11-02: 19.3.0.59: Component browser: Menu "Extra" point "Reload properties from CSV..." loads component properties
2017-10-30: 19.3.0.59: Reo: A track is split, if a pad/via of the same signal is placed in the middle on it
2017-10-30: 19.3.0.59: Create PDFs directly: Box "Texts as drawings" makes texts more exact, but PDF files bigger and not searchable
2017-10-26: 19.3.0.59: Signal polygons with a very chunky filling grid do not forward the signal
2017-10-25: 19.3.0.59: Thermal pads: The junction of the ligaments to the polygon could cause unesthetic spikes
2017-10-23: 19.3.0.46: Trim lines: Circles are cut correctly also if several lines are involved
2017-10-23: 19.3.0.46: Isolation milling: Tools can be predefined according to a tool magazine
2017-10-21: 19.3.0.46: Improved the preparation of an MID
2017-10-18: 19.3.0.41: Undo after changes could cause errors if airwires were involved
2017-10-13: 19.3.0.41: Undo/redo list when right-clicking onto the [Undo]/[Redo] buttons in the toolbar
2017-10-13: 19.3.0.41: Undo info as hint on the [Undo]/[Redo] buttons
2017-10-13: 19.3.0.41: Improved handling of printer problems
2017-10-10: 19.3.0.41: Accelerated Reo and DRC
2017-09-23: 19.3.0.21: DRC: Field "No aura for these layers:" with pads and vias was ignored by the spacing check
2017-09-21: 19.3.0.21: CXF import: The manufacturer information was deleted
2017-09-14: 19.3.0.9: PDF output: Several viewers showed stripes with texts
2017-09-12: 19.3.0.9: Move package with hidden name or value: Suppressed ripup message
2017-09-04: 19.2.0.96: PDF output via script: #X is replaced by path of the current worfile
2017-09-04: 19.2.0.96: Signal polygon: Improved conversion of old polygons with inner breakouts
2017-09-01: 19.2.0.96: Viewer: Accelerated loading of projects
2017-09-01: 19.2.0.96: Improved password protection
2017-08-31: 19.2.0.96: New signal polygons can have a different color
2017-08-31: 19.2.0.96: New signal polygons: Ligaments with thermal pads up to twice as wide as the line width of the polygon
2017-08-31: 19.2.0.96: DXF output: Drill holes can be output as open circles (Options)
2017-08-29: 19.2.0.69: New signal polygons: Copy&paste caused problems (also panelisation)
2017-08-29: 19.2.0.69: PDF direct: Improved height an lenght of texts with TrueType fonts
2017-08-24: 19.2.0.69: OpenGL: TrueType text looked bad, if color mixing was switched off
2017-08-24: 19.2.0.69: OpenGL: Zooming with the mouse wheel during selecting with [s] created double images
2017-08-24: 19.2.0.69: DXF import: Sometimes texts and triangles caused problems
2017-08-24: 19.2.0.69: Printing polygons or exporting them to a PDF: Closed the gaps between the tringles ("beams")
2017-08-23: 19.2.0.69: New signal polygons: Introduced control of changing of auras
2017-08-23: 19.2.0.69: New signal polygons: Solved problems with padstacks when converting old polygons
2017-08-23: 19.2.0.69: Accelerated DRC
2017-08-23: 19.2.0.69: Arcs (tori) can be converted to line segments: Menu "Actions / Special functions"
2017-08-22: 19.2.0.49: The question for converting old polygons could raise an error
2017-08-21: 19.2.0.44: [Internal connections] in package dialog: Sometimes selected clusters were not accepted
2017-08-21: 19.2.0.44: Settings / Options: Lenght units not only in mm
2017-08-21: 19.2.0.44: New signal polygons: Hatched filling sometimes had errors
2017-08-18: 19.2.0.44: DRC spacing violation: TARGET shows the source of the minimum spacing value: DRC / Signal / Layer / Aura
2017-08-17: 19.2.0.44: Create PDFs directly: Improved color management
2017-08-16: 19.2.0.39: New signal polygons: Accelerated computation of ground plane polygons tremendously
2017-08-16: 19.2.0.39: OpenGL, transparent view: Triangle borders in new ground planes invisible
2017-08-16: 19.2.0.39: Rename signals: Dialog resizable, improved use of mousewheel
2017-08-16: 19.2.0.39: Improved rotation of multiline text
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Crosshairs stippled
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Package selection in the sidebar lower right: Position of the recently placed package is remembered
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Package selection: Improved position of the button with the green [+] (Create new package)
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Edit package from the database: Message "Rip component up?" abandoned
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Rename signal: Improvement if several subsequent signals shall be renamed
2017-08-13: 19.2.0.35: Airwire computation: Improvement with connections using the new signal polygons
2017-08-11: 19.2.0.35: Rename signal: Improvement for right-aligned signal names
2017-08-10: 19.2.0.22: A password can be assignd to a projekt file or the installed license
2017-08-10: 19.2.0.22: A via fence for RF shielding can be defined along a polyline
2017-08-10: 19.2.0.22: A polygonal breadboard area can be defined in the PCB
2017-08-06: 19.2.0.22: DRC: Spacing check with tori failed under certain circumstances
2017-07-31: 19.2.0.16: Direct PDF creation (not via a "PDF printer")
2017-07-28: 19.1.0.3: TARGET 3001! V18 stands still, the current version is now V19
2017-07-25: 18.9.0.31: New signal polygons: Automatic spacing to the PCB edge
2017-07-25: 18.9.0.31: Toast notofications (small orange windows) always brought TARGET to the Windows foreground
2017-07-06: 18.9.0.21: Polygonal pads editor: Included mirror hor/ver and rotation in button [Special]
2017-07-05: 18.9.0.21: Copy & paste in the schematic: Sometimes names of REF pins were assigned erroneously
2017-07-05: 18.9.0.21: Isolation milling: Calculator for the engraving bit (V19 preview)
2017-07-02: 18.9.0.17: Improved XGerber import for arcs (also in G36/G37 regions)
2017-06-30: 18.9.0.17: BOM header: Project variable "AUTHOR" is used and all variables starting with "BOM-" (V19 preview)
2017-06-29: 18.9.0.17: The aura of triangles is now obviously rounder with the calculation of ground planes into lines (V19 preview)
2017-06-26: 18.8.0.72: MID: mm grid and helping-ray for exact positioning
2017-06-26: 18.8.0.72: New signal polygon functions as V19 preview
2017-06-12: 18.8.0.61: Insert a reference symbol: Select signal with double click (M11)
2017-06-11: 18.8.0.61: Improved the management of Differential Pairs
2017-05-29: 18.8.0.61: Filled rectangles, triangles and circles in symbols are always drawn in the background
2017-04-26: 18.8.0.41: Ground plane computation: Reduction of pad size using a padstack was not regarded for the aura's size
2017-04-24: 18.8.0.41: Optimisation of collinear track segments sometimes cut-off pads in the middle
2017-04-15: 18.8.0.41: Hide and show component name or value: Position and size of the texts remain
2017-04-10: 18.8.0.41: BOM: Select modules: Additional entry "remaining components"
2017-03-17: 18.8.0.41: Printing: Diameter of centering drill holes adjustable
2017-03-03: 18.7.0.76: Under certain circumstances the message "Computation of air wires takes too long"
2017-03-03: 18.7.0.76: Under certain circumstances the "phantom image" during the movement of components was not displayed
2017-01-09: 18.7.0.62: Command line option -g creates XGerber and Excellon automaticaly: TARV18.EXE "FilePath" -g
2017-01-04: 18.7.0.62: Input fields for coordinates may contain "+", "-", "*" and "/" as computational operators
2016-11-29: 18.7.0.21: "Replace components..." in schematic menu "Components" ignored the rotation and mirroring of the symbols
2016-11-23: 18.7.0.17: Roll out of edition TARGET 3001! MID (Molded Interconnect Device)
2016-11-15: 18.7.0.13: Document name for PDF printers: "_SCH" is appended for a schematic, "_PCB" for a PCB
2016-11-13: 18.7.0.13: XGerber output: A distinct file extension can be assigned to milling layers (default: *.Mill)
2016-10-25: 18.5.0.88: Dialog "Rectangle of 4 lines" also works with relative coordinates
2016-10-18: 18.5.0.88: Export into the DB of a completly new package with STEP model lost this model
2016-10-17: 18.5.0.88: Vias in exposed pads in SMD packages were erroneously counted as real pads
2016-10-13: 18.5.0.88: Decoupled layer for dimensioning from normal drawing layer. Introduced project variable "DIMENSIONING_LAYER"
2016-10-07: 18.5.0.64: Track selected: Status line also shows the width of the tracks (if uniform)
2016-10-06: 18.5.0.64: Package dialog: With [Exchange package] initially the already used package is selected in the list
2016-10-06: 18.5.0.64: Rename user-defined layer functions easily
2016-10-03: 18.5.0.64: Bill-Of-Material: SMDs and THTs can be aoutput separately
2016-09-30: 18.5.0.64: Menu "Settings" poins "Project signals" and "Project components" multi-column
2016-09-27: 18.5.0.56: Ground plane assistant: Continuous connection of THTs, SMDs and vias (instead of pads and vias only)
2016-09-27: 18.5.0.56: Improved the opload to and the download from the COMPONIVERSE
2016-09-22: 18.5.0.52: Dragging the end of a bridge only dragged the via, not the bridge itself
2016-09-21: 18.5.0.52: Print sharp black/white: Lettered rectangles were completely black
2016-09-20: 18.5.0.47: Added button [One question...] in several dialogs for user questions
2016-09-01: 18.5.0.41: CONRAD component order: Ordernumbers with the entry <known> are determined properly
2016-08-31: 18.5.0.41: XGerber, rounded rectangular pads, soldermask-plus: Roundings in the soldermask sometimes too small
2016-08-25: 18.5.0.41: Place tracks: Magnetic snap-on-pad markers cannot get smaller than 20x20 pixels
2016-08-25: 18.5.0.41: Dragging of elements in der Silkscreen could sometimes also drag copper tracks
2016-08-24: 18.5.0.41: X-Ray view: Texts, pads and vias show a little cross at their origin point
2016-08-24: 18.5.0.41: When zooming in or out whithout any mouse movement the cursor stays exactly on the same position
2016-08-23: 18.5.0.41: Improved output of triangles in XGerber
2016-08-22: 18.5.0.27: Settings(INI): Under "Display" there is a new entry "Size of error markers (PCB)"
2016-08-19: 18.5.0.27: Improved padstacks, if they do not appear on all copper layers: Display, X-Gerber, DRC
2016-08-16: 18.5.0.27: Improved output of texts in XGerber
2016-08-11: 18.5.0.27: Improved changing of "Right-aligned" with texts
2016-08-10: 18.5.0.27: Pick&Place: More than one user defined properties can be output: "Prop=MYPROP1","Prop=MYPROP2"
2016-08-09: 18.5.0.27: Edit selected pin names in a text editor: Improvement for right-aligned texts
2016-07-12: 18.5.0.27: Settings/Options: One-Pixel-Line can also be thicker (for HD monitors)
2016-07-11: 18.5.0.27: The reorganisation resetted mounting drill holes with padstack to layer 100
2016-07-10: 18.5.0.27: Measures: Define line width and color
2016-07-06: 18.4.0.86: DRC: Error "Island without REF" was reported erroneously under certain circumstances
2016-07-04: 18.4.0.84: Introduced "Plugged" and "Capped" for vias and pads (e.g. for thermal vias)
2016-06-30: 18.4.0.84: Pin names in schematic symbols can also have the signal name as text function (e.g. for a RS232 D-sub 9)
2016-06-22: 18.4.0.84: Improved handling in dialog "Rename Signal"
2016-06-13: 18.4.0.66: Polygonal pads: Increased visible resolution
2016-06-01: 18.4.0.66: Toolbar: Palette "Tracks". Programmed buttons also affect tracks that are still to be started
2016-05-10: 18.4.0.24: Symbol generator: Pin numbers also alphanumerical (A1, A2 ... B1 ...)
2016-05-10: 18.4.0.24: Inserted a search field in the settings dialog (object inspector)
2016-04-18: 18.4.0.4: The prefix in component names can also incluse cyphers
2016-04-18: 18.4.0.4: Maximum area naow 2m x 2m or 6.5ft x 6.5ft (experimental at first)
2016-04-13: 18.3.0.91: Print: Centering drills only: 1/3 of drill but never smaller than 0.3 mm and never bigger than 0.5 mm
2016-04-04: 18.3.0.80: Free Update: Always update all new files
2016-03-30: 18.3.0.80: Improved copying of the PCB as WMF vector graphic to the clipboard (for MS-Word and OpenOffice)
2016-03-26: 18.3.0.80: Double click M11 onto a line of an open rectangle: Change rectangle properties
2016-03-21: 18.3.0.55: Menu point "Insert text rectangle" in menu "Elements" (for text tags)
2016-03-17: 18.3.0.55: Menu point "Derive package from existing package" in toolbar "Edit package"
2016-03-17: 18.3.0.55: Menu point "Derive symbol from existing component" in toolbar "Edit component"
2016-03-17: 18.3.0.55: Menu point "Define open rectangle by coordinates"
2016-03-17: 18.3.0.55: Menu point "Create new packge" in menu "Packages"
2016-03-10: 18.3.0.55: Edit component symbols: The handle cross shows the symbol number and the symbol suffix
2016-03-10: 18.3.0.55: Edit component symbols: Moving pins to be owned by other symbols
2016-03-09: 18.3.0.53: Clipboard as GDI metafile (e.g. for MS Word or OpenOffice) did not work with OpenGL activated
2016-03-09: 18.3.0.53: Point "Create new component" in menu "Components" and in the component browser
2016-03-09: 18.3.0.53: Improved symbol generator
2016-02-28: 18.3.0.53: Memory leak found and repaired
2016-02-12: 18.2.0.89: Component database also works with MySQL 5.7
2016-02-11: 18.2.0.89: DRC: Improved spacing check for rounded rectangular pads with rather big drill holes
2016-02-10: 18.2.0.89: Clipboard: Improvement if two or more multiline texts are copied
2016-02-10: 18.2.0.89: Symbol dialog: Improved function of the button [Change value or type]
2016-02-10: 18.2.0.89: PCB outline assistant: Rectangular PCBs are recognized as rectangles (small black boxes)
2016-02-02: 18.2.0.75: XGerber import: Signal tracks on copper layers and free lines on other layers
2016-01-25: 18.2.0.60: Polygonal pads editor: Oblong drill hole is displayed
2016-01-25: 18.2.0.60: Polygonal pads editor: Excahanged mouseclicks M1 and M2
2016-01-21: 18.2.0.51: Improved export of projects to Eagle XML
2016-01-21: 18.2.0.51: Printing: Variant components with rectangles needed a very long time. Even in the preview
2016-01-20: 18.2.0.51: XGerber: Thermal snippets for thermal pads are minimally lengthened
2016-01-18: 18.2.0.51: Place pads: Phantom image of the pads is more precise (not always only oval)
2016-01-15: 18.2.0.51: IPC-D-356 also contains onboard resistors
2016-01-14: 18.2.0.51: Polygonal pads editor: Added a selection box for the size: 1 cm - 10 cm
2016-01-14: 18.2.0.51: Polygonal pads editor: Entire polygon can be moved
2016-01-14: 18.2.0.51: Hybrid autorouter: Improved connection of new tracks to manually prerouted tracks
2015-12-29: 18.2.0.34: Autoplacer: Component packages needed a REO to become visible
2015-12-23: 18.2.0.30: DRC: Sometimes error markers were placed on wrong positions
2015-12-22: 18.2.0.30: Ground planes: Triangles and rectangles touching each other in the area layer do not have an airwire any more
2015-12-22: 18.2.0.30: Improved catching coordinates with [+] for big layouts
2015-12-22: 18.2.0.30: REO: Very short airwires near pads are replaced by short tracks
2015-12-16: 18.2.0.18: DRC: Improved position of the error markers
2015-12-16: 18.2.0.18: DRC: Info dialog for error markers can be closed with [ESC]
2015-12-16: 18.2.0.18: DRC: Improved spacing check for tori (arcs)
2015-12-14: 18.2.0.18: Save projekt as template: Enter filename only, no path
2015-12-14: 18.2.0.18: Symbol dialog: [Change value or type]: Improved component replacement
2015-12-11: 18.2.0.14: Repaired: The V17 suddenly had huge delays with the P2P schematic autorouter (Bending mode)
2015-12-11: 18.2.0.14: The V17 Autoplacer was working incorrectly. Update and Reo resolves the problem in V17 and V18
2015-12-09: 18.2.0.7: Improved filling of closed polylines ("Fill open polygon", context menu of lines)
2015-12-09: 18.2.0.7: DRC: Improved spacing check for rectangular pads with rounded corners
2015-12-08: 18.2.0.7: Improved the connection of the snippets of thermal pads to converted ground planes
2015-12-05: 18.2.0.7: Added output format IPC-D-356 for testing adapters or flying probers
2015-12-02: 17.8.0.33: Internal connections in components are regarded for schematic airwires
2015-12-01: 18.2.0.5: BOM: "Also components without package" only exports components that have a proposed package
2015-12-01: 18.2.0.5: TARGET 3001! V17 stands still, the current version is now V18
2015-11-27: 18.2.0.5: Moving components: Sometimes signals were ripped off from their connected pins
2015-11-26: 18.2.0.5: Accelerated computation of airwires enormously using a heuristic
2015-11-26: 18.2.0.5: Accelerated computation of ground plane filling enormously
2015-11-26: 18.2.0.5: Ground plane filling also possible with triangles instead of lines
2015-11-23: 17.8.0.7: Block diagrams: Facilitated the ex-post creation for an existing schematic
2015-11-23: 17.8.0.7: PCB without Schematic: Improved handling of components with internal bridges
2015-11-22: 17.8.0.7: Snap-on-Pin/Pad when wiring signals now also works with keyboard keys [Return] and [2]
2015-11-22: 17.8.0.7: Inverted printing also on printers without RasterCaps
2015-11-17: 17.8.0.7: Schematic symbols show, if it is rotated and/or mirrored
2015-11-12: 17.8.0.7: Dimensioning: Number of decimals adjustable
2015-11-12: 17.8.0.7: Groundplane separation: Signal name of islands is assigned, if tracks or vias without an aura lie inside
2015-11-11: 17.7.0.29: BOM: Summarize components only if property field "COMPONENT_NAME" is identical too
2015-11-10: 17.7.0.26: Added the symbol generator
2015-11-10: 17.7.0.26: Dialog "Change lines": Length and Angle can be entered
2015-11-01: 17.7.0.26: Added toolbar "Edit component" easing the creation of component symbols
2015-10-13: 17.7.0.12: Select package from database: Search for names starts only 0.5 sec after the last key press
2015-10-01: 17.7.0.12: The Layer dialog sometimes took a long time to close
2015-09-28: 17.6.0.58: DXF import: Arcs with their center outside of +/-60 cm are converted to chords
2015-09-24: 17.6.0.58: Printing: New button [Rel.]: Relative origin of the circuit gets left lower corner of the printed image
2015-09-21: 17.6.0.58: Improved lenght information with extremely long signals
2015-09-15: 17.6.0.42: GDI: "Canvas does not allow drawing" could appear after long usage
2015-09-09: 17.6.0.42: Layer dialog: Added a checkbox "Mix colors" bottom right
2015-08-08: 17.6.0.42: The orange activity panel in the screen center is now only on top of the TARGET windows, not on top of all others
2015-08-04: 17.6.0.42: OpenGL: Anti aliasing can be switimched off
2015-08-03: 17.6.0.7: Gate swap: Pin names may have the suffix of their symbol: OutA <-> OutB
2015-07-28: 17.6.0.5: Improved the computation of the text length of TrueType fonts
2015-07-28: 17.6.0.5: Improved pin ordering according to a processor scheme for multifunctional pins: RB7/ASCL1/PMCS2/RPI74
2015-07-21: 17.6.0.5: Improved the dragging of connected traces when moving or rotating elements
2015-07-14: 17.5.0.50: "Change symbol" dialog: New button [Change value or type] sometimes lost the pin names
2015-07-14: 17.5.0.50: Connecting to a signal trace with an appended signal name, the signal name sometimes was rotated by 45°
2015-07-14: 17.5.0.50: Sometimes big and unused STEP or STL data was stored in project files
2015-07-14: 17.5.0.50: Autosave does not wait for the next click after a working pause, but saves X minutes after the first change
2015-07-09: 17.5.0.44: Projects from a NC licence sometimes "infected" other projects with NC
2015-07-09: 17.5.0.44: Zooming out: Sometimes parts of the circuit were left out
2015-07-09: 17.5.0.44: DXF import filter can read splines (NURBS)
2015-06-25: 17.5.0.29: Improved OpenGL view in schematic and layout
2015-06-25: 17.5.0.29: Place PCB tracks: The coloured mouse cursor was displayed incorrectly on several computers
2015-06-24: 17.5.0.25: Oblong holes in pads can be nibbled when output with Excellon
2015-06-22: 17.5.0.19: "Change package" dialog: New button [Replace package] to change the package (e.g. DIL => SMD)
2015-06-22: 17.5.0.19: "Change symbol" dialog: New button [Change value or type] to replace the component
2015-06-16: 17.5.0.19: GenCAD output: Under certain circumstances some packages (Shapes) were left out
2015-06-15: 17.5.0.12: XGerber output: Improved fiducial 2/4 (centering mark)
2015-06-12: 17.5.0.9: Menu Package / Replace or update package: Position and Size of component name and value can be kept
2015-06-08: 17.5.0.9: Delete Ref component and Undo: Red pin remained invisible
2015-06-06: 17.5.0.9: Pick&Place checkbox: Only export the first PCB if a panelization was performed
2015-06-02: 17.5.0.9: Import DXF: Improved bulges in POLYLINE and LWPOLYLINE
2015-05-26: 17.4.0.40: Several overlapping schematic pins of a component display their pin numbers separated with commas
2015-05-25: 17.4.0.40: Clipboard: Bitmap image can be imported in schematic and PCB directly
2015-05-20: 17.4.0.36: Package elements on inner layers appear on the respective inner layer after import from the component database
2015-05-20: 17.4.0.36: Sometimes nodes were not set during signal placement (T-junction)
2015-05-20: 17.4.0.36: DXF Output: TrueType chars can be hatched or can be unfilled
2015-05-18: 17.4.0.35: XGerber output: Improved output of circlic fiducial marks
2015-05-11: 17.4.0.31: XGerber output: Numbering of copper layers top-down can be switched off (= bottom-up) in "Settings (INI)"
2015-05-11: 17.4.0.31: Drills for Padstacks were not always exportet with the new version
2015-05-08: 17.4.0.24: Rectangle, Triangle, Circle: The working mode remains active after dragging with mouseclick M1H
2015-05-07: 17.4.0.24: XGerber output: Reversed numbering of copper layers: L1 = top, L2, L3... = inner layers, counted top-down, Ln = bottom
2015-05-06: 17.4.0.24: Converting ground planes into lines: Padstacks: Additions for deletion layers were used in a wrong way
2015-05-04: 17.4.0.12: Print "sharp black/white" using scripts: Tracks wer printed with minimal blackness only
2015-05-02: 17.4.0.12: Oblong holes as "drill holes" in pads available
2015-05-02: 17.4.0.12: OpenGL: Pads on layer 100 were displayed too dark when color mixing (blending) is active
2015-04-29: 17.4.0.12: "Push onto the grid" works with symbols now also during creation/editing
2015-04-29: 17.4.0.12: Padstack in ground plane: Aura + addition in layer without copper gives aura + addition as isolation around the drill hole
2015-04-27: 17.4.0.12: The multiplication by 10 for the grid must be switched on extra
2015-04-22: 17.4.0.12: The color of the error markers in schematic view is adjustable using the color dialog
2015-04-17: 17.3.0.85: The autoplacer can also place the components sorted by component name
2015-04-16: 17.3.0.85: The spacing of the displayed grid is multiplied by 10 from a certain zoom step
2015-04-13: 17.3.0.85: Symbol assistant: Standard script for normal ICs 1,2,3,4,... and BGAs A1,A2,A3,...B1,B2,...
2015-04-04: 17.3.0.84: OpenGL as rendering engine with hardware acceleration: Settings(INI), experimental
2015-04-03: 17.3.0.84: GenCAD: Selectable coordinates unit (inch, mil, mm)
2015-03-23: 17.3.0.84: GenCAD: Improved the output for components on the bottom side
2015-03-06: 17.3.0.67: DRC: The closed error list can be reopened without checking anew
2015-02-27: 17.3.0.52: Tori can also have non-rounded ends
2015-02-23: 17.3.0.52: Bill of material: Component property "BILL_OF_MATERIAL=YES" forces a component to be listed
2015-02-19: 17.3.0.52: BOM output also regarding moduls
2015-02-13: 17.3.0.52: Different colors for grid lines and grid points
2015-02-05: 17.3.0.52: Selecting a signal or component also fills the search field (topmost in the sidebar)
2015-02-04: 17.3.0.52: When deleting signal segments in schematic, sometimes needless junctions were not deleted
2015-02-03: 17.3.0.52: Impoved auras for non rounded tracks and rectangles. Also for converting ground planes to lines
2015-01-23: 17.3.0.20: Deleting a package did not remove entry "USED_PACKAGE" from the component (reg. BOM)
2015-01-19: 17.3.0.20: Package export dialog: Size of dialog can be changed and is remembered
2015-01-14: 17.3.0.20: Isolation milling: Insert arbitrary commandlines after a tool change
2014-12-20: 17.3.0.2: Improved PCB-POOL calculator
2014-12-18: 17.2.0.91: Improved handling with "Differential Pairs"
2014-11-30: 17.2.0.88: Reference symbol: Text function "Signal pages" didn't always work correctly when copying REFs
2014-11-30: 17.2.0.88: Zoom with MouseWheel: Under Linux sometimes the zoom worked only backwards
2014-11-27: 17.2.0.88: GenCAD + FabMaster: Signals made of only one single track segment were not exported unter certain circumstances
2014-11-24: 17.2.0.69: Copy once and then paste several times remembers rotation and mirroring
2014-11-24: 17.2.0.69: Introduced text function "Component usage" for the component property "COMPONENT_USAGE"
2014-11-24: 17.2.0.69: HPGL: CR after each command
2014-11-23: 17.2.0.69: Message "Rip signal off?" appeared two times
2014-11-23: 17.2.0.69: Search with switching of the schematic page didn't always zoom in the elements found
2014-11-23: 17.2.0.69: Create BGA pins: Schematic menu "Components / Special functions / Create pins for BGAs..."
2014-11-21: 17.2.0.69: Pad and via dialog: Programmable buttons on the right also save field "No aura for these layers"
2014-11-20: 17.2.0.69: Selecting with M1, editing with M11 and zoom with the mousewheel ignore the grid; the actual mouse position counts
2014-11-20: 17.2.0.69: Collinear segments were sometimes combined, even though a pad lay on the "bend"
2014-11-19: 17.2.0.69: Check: "Second REF needed", if a REF has the Property "NEED_2ND_REF=True"
2014-11-19: 17.2.0.69: Scale: Button [100%] also centers the image
2014-11-05: 17.2.0.52: Pick&Place: Introduced component properties REEL_ORIENTATION, REEL_OFFSET_X and REEL_OFFSET_Y
2014-11-03: 17.2.0.49: Eagle import: Polygons with bulges
2014-10-15: 17.2.0.41: Pick&Place: Improved output line
2014-10-15: 17.2.0.41: Improved XGerber output for padstacks with additions in deletion layers
2014-10-13: 17.2.0.35: Eigenschaften-Dialog: Einträge können alphanumerisch sortiert werden
2014-10-01: 17.2.0.26: Imroved Eagle import regarding ground planes
2014-10-01: 17.2.0.26: Implemented STEP import for 3D models of the components. In TARGET, database and COMPONIVERSE
2014-09-26: 17.2.0.26: Teardrops: TARGET regards pad stacks with different additions on several layers
2014-09-12: 17.2.0.26: Renaming a component prefix did not always register the new prefix in the project
2014-09-08: 17.2.0.26: TIFF output: With "sharp black-white" the field "copper blackness" [%] was ignored
2014-08-11: 17.1.0.79: Improved the context menus of the small black boxes of lines and rectangles
2014-08-01: 17.1.0.79: Package generator: Debug now with the possibility to set variables manually
2014-07-29: 17.1.0.79: TIFF output now also knows #Q for the variant's revision
2014-07-29: 17.1.0.79: TIFF output with variable file path can now also create new subfolders
2014-07-29: 17.1.0.79: BOM also as Excel XLSX format possible
2014-07-23: 17.1.0.79: BOM also as Excel XML format possible
2014-07-21: 17.1.0.49: Improved isolation milling, if groundplanes were already converted into lines
2014-07-18: 17.1.0.49: Improved spiral tracks, aura as fixed spacing. Also inner and outer spirals possible
2014-07-17: 17.1.0.49: Polygonal pads: Editor has now 50 steps Undo with [Backspace] or [Ctrl]+[z]
2014-07-14: 17.1.0.47: Excel BOM: User is asked, whether fields with more than 255 chars shall be cut
2014-07-03: 17.1.0.45: Search order numbers: Under certain circumstances the new ordernumbers were not saved
2014-06-27: 17.1.0.45: Panelisation: X and Y spacing can be differnet
2014-06-25: 17.1.0.31: Little black box also in the middle of lines, tori and splines
2014-06-25: 17.1.0.31: 8 little black boxes for closed rectangles and new open rectangles
2014-06-24: 17.1.0.31: Bound key [p] for pan (panorama) to the middle mouse button M3
2014-06-14: 17.1.0.31: Download of COMPONIVERSE components that have been selected ther as logged-in user
2014-06-12: 17.1.0.24: Snapping on existing element coordinates with key [+] creates a new mouse-reachable "grid point"
2014-06-11: 17.1.0.24: Pick&Place: One user defined property can also be output: "Prop=MYPROP"
2014-06-11: 17.1.0.24: Meanders regard mounting drills without copper
2014-06-05: 17.1.0.22: Added a swift search function for ordernumbers into the component management
2014-06-05: 17.1.0.22: Implemented "COMPONIVERSE" as sharing platform for components
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: Impedance calculator for Strip Lines and Micro Strips (RF)
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: Meandering of tracks (RF)
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: New DXF import with blocks and coordinates calibration
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: Pin ordering according to a processor scheme
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: Differential pairs (RF)
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: Package generator
2014-06-04: 17.1.0.17: TARGET 3001! V16 stands still, the current version is now V17
2014-05-23: 16.7.0.92: Improved the continuation of differential pairs that had aleady been started
2014-05-21: 16.7.0.92: Saving a new project: The user directory is proposed as location
2014-05-21: 16.7.0.92: TIFF paper format is saved in the INI file
2014-05-19: 16.7.0.92: Improved collapsing the sidebar
2014-05-15: 16.7.0.92: Track and then via with [.]: A track width manually set with [o] is remembered
2014-05-13: 16.7.0.92: Automatic dimensioning of the PCB: If available, the relative origin is used for the coordinates
2014-05-13: 16.7.0.92: Menü "File / In-Output / Testadapter": Write test points to text file
2014-05-12: 16.7.0.92: Preview on V17: New DXF import with blocks and coordinates calibration
2014-04-30: 16.7.0.92: Package import: Every element in a copper layer gets an aura, not the pads only
2014-04-27: 16.7.0.92: Pick&Place: Improved the handling for deriving the package reference point
2014-04-27: 16.7.0.92: XGerber-In: An Excellon file read into a layer "Other" result in filled circles, not in drills
2014-04-27: 16.7.0.92: Place tracks: Mouse cursor shows color of the active copper layer
2014-04-26: 16.7.0.92: Scaled the TARGET program icon up to 256 x 256 pixels
2014-04-19: 16.7.0.92: Convert ground plane to lines: Layer 0 was switched visible unintentionally
2014-04-16: 16.7.0.22: XGerber: The aura of polygonal pads was output too big under certain circumstances
2014-04-09: 16.7.0.8: #R in print sripts didn't work always
2014-04-09: 16.7.0.8: PCB automatically starts with unit "mil" instead of "mm": Only with Windows country = USA
2014-04-03: 16.6.0.90: Improved menu point "Components / Replace components..."
2014-03-20: 16.6.0.65: Edit package dialog: Buttons to hide and show component name and value in the package
2014-03-20: 16.6.0.65: Edit symbol dialog: Buttons to hide and show component name and value in the symbol
2014-03-14: 16.6.0.65: Using Padstacks: Moving schematic elements sometimes dragged elements on other schematic pages
2014-03-13: 16.6.0.65: PDF output with scripts and FreePDF-XP: FreePDF dialogs are remote-controlled
2014-03-08: 16.6.0.65: A new front panel always starts with unit mm (not mil), even with Englisch language chosen
2014-03-05: 16.6.0.65: Pad stacks: Extra addition for copper layers also increases the size of the deletion in ground planes (aura)
2014-02-26: 16.6.0.65: Measuring (dimensioning): Text font can be set
2014-02-20: 16.6.0.65: Component search: The parameters of a component are displayed directly underneath the search result
2014-02-19: 16.6.0.65: Changed Calculators to SEPA
2014-02-13: 16.6.0.18: WITH "Omit 3D output" (NO3D=TRUE) the silkscreen of the package is shown on the PCB nevertheless
2014-02-13: 16.6.0.18: Added checkbox "Omit 3D output" in package dialog
2014-02-12: 16.6.0.18: Update user defined properties: Can work with components that are not identified exactly
2014-02-11: 16.6.0.18: Introduced a text editor for "pinnames only" into the symbol assistant
2014-02-10: 16.6.0.18: Selection assistant: Improved selection of symbols in the
2014-02-06: 16.5.0.101: Selection assistant: Can also distinguish components regarding the PCB variants now
2014-02-05: 16.5.0.97: Printing scripts: Replacement in file name: #N instead of $N$ etc.
2014-02-03: 16.5.0.91: Select-more-and-more with M1 can be turned off (s. 05.12.2013)
2014-01-30: 16.5.0.91: Teardrops: Improved automatic removing
2014-01-28: 16.5.0.91: 3D editor: Dialogs for the different primitives with double click (M11) onto text line
2014-01-28: 16.5.0.91: 3D editor: Added Buttons for the different primitives: New solid, cylinder, arc, text ...
2014-01-20: 16.5.0.70: MySQL DLL was not found at times
2014-01-17: 16.5.0.70: 3D syntax editable easier: Dialogs for double-click on 3D line
2014-01-17: 16.5.0.70: Moved list of open document windows from menu "File" to menu "Window"
2014-01-16: 16.5.0.70: Acceleration of the signal handling in big projects
2014-01-15: 16.5.0.70: Alignment assistent radial: 10 parts from 0°...360°: The last is placed at 324° instead of 360°
2014-01-15: 16.5.0.70: PCB-POOL Calculator: Single-sided PCBs also as "series XXS"
2014-01-15: 16.5.0.70: PCB-POOL Calculator: Single-sided PCBs also as IMS with aluminium core
2014-01-14: 16.5.0.70: Preview on V17: Pin ordering according to a processor scheme
2014-01-14: 16.5.0.70: Preview on V17: Differential pairs
2014-01-04: 16.5.0.66: Menu point schematic/components: Edit selected pin names in a text editor
2014-01-04: 16.5.0.66: 3D arcs, cylinders and spheres are displayed smoother
2014-01-04: 16.5.0.66: Preview on V17: Package generator
2014-01-04: 16.5.0.66: Greek omega possible as Ohm sign in texts in many different fonts
2013-12-20: 16.5.0.66: Mounting holes in packages can have signals, even without pin number
2013-12-14: 16.5.0.55: Editor "Polygonal pads": Context menu on a node: Chamfer corner + round corner
2013-12-10: 16.5.0.55: Pick&Place: Revision of the current variant can be written
2013-12-10: 16.5.0.55: BOM: Revision of the current variant can be written
2013-12-10: 16.5.0.55: Printing scripts: New variables in filenames: $V$ for variant and $R$ for revision
2013-12-10: 16.5.0.55: Printing scripts: File path can be set for PDF printer "FreePDF XP"
2013-12-10: 16.5.0.55: 3D syntax: Cylinder can be rounded
2013-12-05: 16.5.0.55: Select signal segment with M1 and click it again: Extend the selection scope: Single -> Branch -> Island -> Signal
2013-11-26: 16.5.0.50: XGerber import: Rectangular apertures possible with rectangular draw commands (D01 not only with round apertures)
2013-11-25: 16.5.0.50: Component database: New SQLite3.dll up to 3 times faster
2013-11-21: 16.5.0.42: "Produce PCB as 3D dummy" in menu "File"
2013-11-20: 16.5.0.42: Printing scripts: The last script used is automatically saved in the project file
2013-11-20: 16.5.0.42: Printing scripts: During a script one can toggle now between schematic and PCB
2013-11-19: 16.5.0.42: Calculation of airwires: Sometimes a part of the airwire was suppressed
2013-11-15: 16.5.0.36: 3D STEP Export also fully colored
2013-11-15: 16.5.0.36: DRC: Package overlap: Curves in package drawing are regarded
2013-11-13: 16.5.0.36: Moving components in the schematic: Autorouter can be turned off (Settings / INI)
2013-11-13: 16.5.0.36: Moving components in the schematic: Autorouting doesn't create loops any more
2013-11-04: 16.5.0.21: Implemented image gallery in component browser
2013-10-17: 16.5.0.21: Select nothing (Unselect, Deselect) with [Esc] in pointer-mode
2013-10-04: 16.5.0.11: Improved moving and dragging of ends of very short track segments
2013-09-26: 16.4.0.71: XGerber Import: Import of external aperture tables: Improved proceeding; save a TARGET apterture file
2013-09-26: 16.4.0.71: Moving components in the schematic: Improved autorouting
2013-09-20: 16.4.0.71: Improved "Assign symbol" (for free packages without symbol)
2013-09-20: 16.4.0.71: Improved Eagle XML import, libraries and projects
2013-09-18: 16.4.0.71: Excellon: Padstacks from copper bottom to copper top are also exported into an extra file, if desired
2013-09-03: 16.4.0.60: Measure and text also with M1h; close polygon also with M2
2013-09-03: 16.4.0.60: [ESC] closes all 3 autorouters
2013-08-28: 16.4.0.60: Improved "Redo"
2013-08-28: 16.4.0.60: Moving components in the schematic: Connected traces are routed
2013-08-21: 16.4.0.57: Implemented 2 switchable messages for Vias by [.] and flipping packages by mirroring
2013-08-20: 16.4.0.57: Implemented a switchable message regarding the checkboxes in front of properties in change dialoges
2013-08-19: 16.4.0.57: Implemented 3 switchable messages for X-ray-mode, for selecting single elements and for the rotation center
2013-08-19: 16.4.0.57: Bitmap as component: Also colored BMPs, TIFs, GIFs, PNGs and JPGs can be used
2013-08-07: 16.4.0.57: Viewer: Improved cross probe with signals from PCB view back to schematic view
2013-08-06: 16.4.0.57: Blue busses always cover the green signal lines, gray symbol drawings always cover the red pins
2013-08-01: 16.4.0.57: Instead of zooming: The mouse wheel scrolls vertically with [Ctrl] and horizontally with [Shift]
2013-07-15: 16.4.0.45: Tori of teardrops do not count for the signal length shown in the status bar
2013-07-10: 16.4.0.38: Key [Alt] sometimes deleted several buttons and texts in dialogs
2013-07-06: 16.4.0.33: Improved DXF import: POLYLINE can also include arcs (bulges)
2013-07-04: 16.4.0.33: Plated-through pads and vias can be covered with solder paste too, if wanted
2013-06-28: 16.4.0.33: Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks
2013-06-20: 16.4.0.33: Introduced the 3D output format *.OBJ (Wavefront Technologies)
2013-06-17: 16.4.0.33: Reo sometimes deleted tracks from teardrops
2013-06-11: 16.4.0.6: Convert projekt into "PCB without schematic": The component values can be erased too
2013-06-10: 16.4.0.6: Bill of material: New checkbox: Also components without package can be listed
2013-06-10: 16.4.0.6: Isolation milling: Increased overlap for rub-out from 2/100 mm to 5/100 mm
2013-06-06: 16.4.0.6: Areas in ground layers can be divided by lines in deletion layers and can thus have different signals
2013-05-29: 16.4.0.6: Property dialog: Position and size are adjustable and remembered during the session
2013-05-28: 16.3.0.42: STEP export: Sometimes parts of tracks were missing
2013-05-28: 16.3.0.42: XGerber: Text with TrueTypeFont sometimes was not converted correctly
2013-05-18: 16.3.0.42: Improved DRC regarding spacing violations
2013-05-17: 16.3.0.33: Setting "Outlines only" (X-ray mode) is no longer saved in the INI file
2013-05-16: 16.3.0.33: "Trimming of lines and tori" works with more than two selected elements
2013-05-16: 16.3.0.33: Problems could occur with texts in several languages (EN,FR,GE). Start Reo once
2013-05-03: 16.3.0.31: XGerber created self-intersecting polygons for texts in several fonts
2013-04-29: 16.3.0.31: XGerber: Italic fonts were output non-italic in some cases
2013-04-23: 16.3.0.20: Polygonal pads: Mirroring (with or witout flipping) sometimes rotated the direction of the pads
2013-04-21: 16.3.0.20: XGerber: Proposal for output into a subdirectory of the project's directory (for new projects)
2013-04-18: 16.3.0.19: Bill of material BOM: Property "Package is SMD" selectable (sometimes project REO necessary first)
2013-04-17: 16.3.0.19: Pad dialog: Solder paste can be reduced by 5% up to 25%
2013-04-12: 16.3.0.19: Place a new and selected symbol with [F3] in layout view
2013-04-12: 16.3.0.19: Mirroring components with texts in schematic view: Text property "Align right" is handled correctly
2013-03-22: 16.3.0.4: 3D view: Under certain circumstances teardrops were not displayed correctly
2013-03-20: 16.3.0.4: Pick&Place: With several PCBs in one project a single PCB can be selected
2013-03-01: 16.2.0.73: Chenge package: Group package pins as "internally connected" (cluster)
2013-02-26: 16.2.0.64: Improved and accelerated the import of projects from before V15
2013-02-26: 16.2.0.64: Polygonal pads: Improved computation of the pad's rest ring during DRC
2013-02-26: 16.2.0.64: Polygonal pads: Improved computation of spacing during DRC
2013-02-22: 16.2.0.64: 3D view: Sometimes the inner copper layers were not drawn
2013-02-13: 16.2.0.41: Introduced minimal width and minimal spacing in layer dialog
2013-02-06: 16.2.0.41: Dialog "Import package for": Component selection box scrolls to the last recently used line
2013-02-05: 16.2.0.41: Polygonal pads in 3D view
2013-02-05: 16.2.0.41: 3D view: Position and size of the window are kept during the session
2013-02-05: 16.2.0.41: 3D editor: [Ctrl] + [s] saves
2013-01-31: 16.2.0.31: Polygonal pads: Introduced a function for automatic arcs (arcs made of chords)
2013-01-21: 16.2.0.31: Set dialog "Import database" to an initial height of 800 pixels (was too high for some monitors before)
2013-01-17: 16.2.0.14: Menu "File / Close project": This menu point sometimes caused a program crash
2013-01-14: 16.2.0.14: [Shift] + [Ctrl] + M1: Select single elements of components (additionally), even if "components always completely" is set
2013-01-14: 16.2.0.14: [Shift] + M1 or [Ctrl] + M1: Select elements or components additionally (s. 07.03.2009)
2013-01-04: 16.2.0.12: Dual-Screen: Also works with more than 2 monitors in line
2013-01-04: 16.2.0.12: Dual screen: Schematic window can also be displayed on the right side
2013-01-04: 16.2.0.12: Polygonal pads also available in CXF
2013-01-04: 16.2.0.12: Improved CXF import and export
2012-12-18: 16.2.0.12: If TARGET was launched erroneousely: A prompt [ESC] stops TARGET
2012-12-17: 16.2.0.7: Component database and settings were not always inherited correctly from predecessor versions
2012-12-14: 16.2.0.6: Single airwires were not displayed in seldom cases
2012-12-14: 16.2.0.6: Vias and pads often were created octagonal erroneously
2012-12-11: 16.1.0.15: Improved dual screen behavior
2012-12-11: 16.1.0.15: Cross highlighting: Invisible parts are shown (page, layer, zoom/pan)
2012-12-09: 16.1.0.15: Cross probe [F3] towards the schematic: Component or signal on several pages cause a selection dialog
2012-12-08: 16.1.0.15: Polygonal pads: Improved DXF output
2012-12-08: 16.1.0.15: Polygonal pads: Improved PostScript output
2012-12-07: 16.1.0.15: Move a package: Recompute only the airwires of the affected signals
2012-12-06: 16.1.0.13: Launch of the selection assistant: Acceleration, if there are ground planes converted into lines
2012-12-06: 16.1.0.13: Polygonal pads: Use clipoboard with text format
2012-12-06: 16.1.0.13: Inserted standard pad forms in polygon editor
2012-12-05: 16.1.0.10: Exporting a symbol with [x] without preceding [y]: Removed wrong Message "Double pin numbers"
2012-12-05: 16.1.0.10: Polygonal pads may have an aura
2012-12-03: 16.1.0.10: Polygonal pads possible. Polygon editor included
2012-12-01: 16.1.0.10: Reference symbol: The symbol can list the pages where the respective signal is also used
2012-11-27: 15.9.0.58: Extremely accelerated the computation of complex airwires
2012-11-25: 15.9.0.58: Computation of the airwire takes too long: Dialog for cancelation appeared 3 times
2012-11-25: 15.9.0.58: Accellerated by a factor 10: Check whether a signal's routing is complete
2012-11-23: 15.9.0.58: Ground planes: Converting into lines sometimes caused wrong airwires
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Front panels: Double sided treatment possible
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Printing: The visible layers can be selected in the printing dialog
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Several pads in a package can better be connected internally in a conductive way
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Menu File / Input-Output / Data exchange: Export drill list
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Cross highlighting (schematic - PCB)
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Export single symbol to database: Odd free elements are added to the symbol
2012-11-21: 15.9.0.58: Created first V16
2012-10-31: 15.9.0.43: MySQL component database: Improved performance
2012-10-31: 15.9.0.43: MySQL component database: BLOBs > 64kB were truncated sometimes
2012-10-19: 15.9.0.43: Moving tracks sometimes showed a message "Rip component up?"
2012-10-18: 15.9.0.43: Assembly PCB-POOL: Adjusted calculation of the delivery times
2012-10-12: 15.9.0.28: Eagle XML import: Unused copper layers are set to function "Other"
2012-10-12: 15.9.0.28: MySQL migration was not executed, if packages had extrem big blobs (>97kB)
2012-10-11: 15.9.0.28: Pick&Place: Fiducials were not always enumerated
2012-10-10: 15.9.0.22: MySQL Datbase Server: Online update now possible
2012-09-26: 15.9.0.11: Pick&Place: Berechnung der Bauteilmitte alternativ: Lötpunkte, Gehäuse-Linien oder Griffkreuz
2012-09-26: 15.9.0.11: Pick&Place: Computation of components centers uses pad outlines instead of using only their centers
2012-09-24: 15.9.0.11: Improved the loading of V14 projects
2012-09-14: 15.8.0.95: Convert GND planes to lines: Padstacks with extra additions on deletion layers were not always regarded correctly
2012-09-14: 15.8.0.95: Via dialog: Edit padstack selects directly the padstack used
2012-09-14: 15.8.0.95: Convert GND planes to lines: Holes in the planes were sometime too small
2012-09-12: 15.8.0.95: DXF output: Sometimes square pads were drawn as round
2012-09-04: 15.8.0.95: Design check: Component younger: Introduced 1 minute of grace, as entries in the database are rounded
2012-08-28: 15.8.0.80: The search dialog and the selection assistant can search for signal classes too
2012-08-15: 15.8.0.76: MySQL support for multiuser access to one shared component database
2012-08-14: 15.8.0.76: Package locked against movements: Name or value can be moved individually in spite of that
2012-08-06: 15.8.0.64: Front panel: Added Pressfit thread bolts and nuts
2012-08-02: 15.8.0.58: Sometimes TIFF files were not created
2012-08-02: 15.8.0.58: DXF import: Inserted checkbox "Position automatically"
2012-08-01: 15.8.0.58: Sometimes all component prefixes became "0": Database update in component browser necessary
2012-06-25: 15.8.0.44: Eagle XML libraries can be imported
2012-05-25: 15.8.0.38: TIFF output: #D can be used as a variable for the project file's directory
2012-05-05: 15.8.0.7: PCB: Menu Actions: Center component names and values over package handles
2012-05-05: 15.8.0.7: PCBout: XGerber output stores the destination directory and the checked layers in the project file
2012-05-05: 15.8.0.7: Groundplane assistant: Dialog doesn't close after every action
2012-05-05: 15.8.0.7: Schematic: Menu Actions: Center component names and values over symbol handles
2012-05-05: 15.8.0.7: BOMs: Universal scripts can now control the output
2012-05-02: 15.8.0.7: Printing scripts: "Variant=Clear" resets all variants
2012-04-19: 15.8.0.3: Only the banner ads themselves are click sensitive
2012-04-12: 15.7.0.98: Dimensioning with selection of the layer and font Arial
2012-04-12: 15.7.0.98: Hybrid-Router sometimes didn't work
2012-04-05: 15.7.0.94: Import of Eagle XML projekts
2012-04-05: 15.7.0.94: Component browser: Possibility to import exported databases
2012-04-03: 15.7.0.94: Printing: Universal scripts can now control the printing
2012-04-02: 15.7.0.94: Program update now using special Updater.exe with UAC (User Access Control)
2012-04-01: 15.7.0.94: DXF import: Any layer can be chosen as import layer in PCB view
2012-04-01: 15.7.0.94: DXF import: OffsetX and OffsetY are regarded in every case
2012-03-31: 15.7.0.94: Pick&Place: Dialog recalls all settings
2012-03-30: 15.7.0.94: Settings / Options:  Show signal names (Schematic) displays those also for pins
2012-03-23: 15.7.0.64: Sidebar PCB: After Drag&Drop from the component list below, the cursor steps to the next component of the list
2012-03-12: 15.7.0.50: Featured all EXE programs and installer with a digital signature
2012-03-12: 15.7.0.50: Mirrored texts on the bottom side of the PCB rotates according to the standard (readable from the right side)
2012-03-02: 15.7.0.50: Selection assistant racalls it's settings during program run
2012-03-01: 15.7.0.50: Change texts: Change only X- or(!) Y-coordinate for several selected texts
2012-02-29: 15.7.0.50: Autoplacer did not place all possible components under certain circumstances
2012-02-15: 15.7.0.9: Design check: Addes checkbox for "Ground is not converted into lines"
2012-02-15: 15.7.0.9: Design check: Added checkbox "REF without name"
2012-02-13: 15.7.0.9: Isolation milling: Rubout ignored the entry "no aura for layer X" with pads
2012-02-13: 15.7.0.9: Improvement of the handling of user layer functions in the component database
2012-02-08: 15.6.0.81: Importing rest symbols of a component: The symbols's component was not set properly
2012-02-05: 15.6.0.79: Alternative grid, toggle with [Shift]+[F6]
2012-02-01: 15.6.0.79: Pad: Property "These layers have no aura" are also adjusted when mirroring or shifting layers
2012-01-30: 15.6.0.79: Info dialog (ToDo list / project logbook): Size of window variable
2012-01-26: 15.6.0.79: Settings: Active layer always on top: Show always drillholes and pad numbers
2012-01-25: 15.6.0.79: Drill plan (as pictogramms) can also be exported as DXF
2012-01-25: 15.6.0.79: Isolation milling: PCB outline: Output of huge arcs: Chord length max. 1 mm
2012-01-24: 15.6.0.79: Improved displacement: Sometimes ends of lines were drawn along twice as far
2012-01-20: 15.6.0.51: Improved installation under Win 7
2012-01-18: 15.6.0.51: Improved handling of signal classes for new signals
2012-01-18: 15.6.0.51: Front panel calculator: The price for laser engraving on black alu was too high
2012-01-04: 15.6.0.51: DRC: Warning if REF's name invisible and signal name is not "GND"
2012-01-02: 15.6.0.51: Deletion of schematic pages (using the sidebar) did not work in all cases
2012-01-02: 15.6.0.51: Renaming padstacks did not work in all cases
2011-12-29: 15.6.0.51: Isolation milling: Improved output EMC2: Coordinates, comments, file extension *.ngc
2011-12-28: 15.6.0.51: Texts can be oriented "align right"
2011-12-23: 15.6.0.11: Front panel designer: New materials: Alu raw, alu chromated, FR4 and acryl glass red transparent
2011-12-19: 15.6.0.2: Datasbase directory was torn in several cases
2011-12-08: 15.5.0.82: Improved printing of several schematic pages and introduced button [all]
2011-12-06: 15.5.0.82: Replace component in schematic: Improved recognition of rotation angle
2011-11-25: 15.5.0.70: Front panel: D breakout also double sided
2011-11-22: 15.5.0.67: Introduced revision nummbers for variants
2011-11-20: 15.5.0.67: Introduced signal classes
2011-11-14: 15.5.0.53: Changed visual appearance of toolbars
2011-11-09: 15.5.0.53: PCM menu "Elements": Via without track: Place via only, do not continue with a track. Key [,]
2011-11-07: 15.5.0.53: Input/output, Data exchange: Convert bitmap directly to database component
2011-11-03: 15.5.0.53: XGerber: Component names and values on extra layers can be integrated into one Gerber file
2011-11-01: 15.5.0.53: Selection assistant: Added properties "Package needed" and "Package placed"
2011-10-29: 15.5.0.53: Rectangle in ground layer (e.g. layer 0): Ask for ground signal, autom. adjust auras of the contained elements
2011-10-29: 15.5.0.53: Context menu at line ends: Unfilled polyline can automatically be filled (polyline to polygon)
2011-10-02: 15.5.0.26: Print PCB: Ground planes that are converted into lines can be hidden via a switch
2011-09-27: 15.5.0.17: Schematic: Automatic nodes (junctions) are also removed again automatically, if they become obsolete
2011-09-23: 15.5.0.16: Improved function "Drag" once again: Current copper layer is preferred
2011-09-22: 15.5.0.12: Opening the dialog "Edit symbol" could last a long time
2011-09-13: 15.5.0.6: Improved function "Drag"
2011-09-13: 15.5.0.6: Inserted "Derive variant" into menu "Settings / Project variants"
2011-09-06: 15.4.0.98: PCB-Pool front panel order: Fields for creditcard sometimes were shifted out of the dialog
2011-08-24: 15.4.0.96: Introduced user folder in start dialog
2011-08-23: 15.4.0.96: DRC: New Message: Ground plane not converted into lines
2011-08-20: 15.4.0.84: PostScript remembers the selected layers using the project variable POSTSCRIPT_LAYER
2011-08-19: 15.4.0.84: Pad names of vias editable, e.g. for test point names
2011-08-16: 15.4.0.84: [Del] in PCB now 4-step: Groudplane elements first, if selected, then other 3 steps, like before
2011-08-15: 15.4.0.77: Printing: Centering holes always 0.5 mm for manual drilling
2011-08-15: 15.4.0.77: The first component was missing in the Pick&Place list in certain cases
2011-08-09: 15.4.0.69: Improved import of components that use several inner copper layers
2011-08-03: 15.4.0.68: Front panel: Import of milling figures from the database: Sometimes figures were not found properly
2011-08-01: 15.4.0.68: Assembly with PCB-POOL: Improved assignment of components that can be ordered with PCB-POOL directly
2011-07-26: 15.4.0.64: Integrated the package selection into the component browser
2011-07-26: 15.4.0.64: Improved the organisation of the tabs in the component browser
2011-07-24: 15.4.0.64: Abort snap-on-element with [+]: Previous Cursor form is restoted
2011-07-22: 15.4.0.62: Message "Package ripped up" can be switched off
2011-07-21: 15.4.0.62: Sometimes the air wires were not displayed
2011-07-21: 15.4.0.62: Online update of the component database: Redundant IBF components and IBF packages can also be deleted
2011-07-20: 15.4.0.62: Sidebar: "Layer for tracks" sometimes failed
2011-07-14: 15.4.0.59: Isolation milling: Added format EMC² LinuxCNC
2011-07-13: 15.4.0.59: Undo after copying with clipboard in PCB: Sometimes rests of tracks remained
2011-07-13: 15.4.0.59: XGerber export, Apertures: APR and WHL file also contain the angle for pads and the radius for RoundRect
2011-06-21: 15.4.0.45: XGerber export: Skew pads are exported as pads and are not crayoned instead with a small aperture
2011-05-20: 15.3.0.122: Strength of the crosshair adjustable: Settings (INI), 1..255
2011-05-20: 15.3.0.122: Isolation milling: Under certain circumstances RubOut could cut corners of tracks and pads off
2011-05-20: 15.3.0.122: After some time the message "Canvas does not allow drawing" could appear
2011-05-12: 15.3.0.97: Display of internal connections in packages suppressible (thin lines)
2011-05-05: 15.3.0.85: Improved calculation of air wires
2011-05-05: 15.3.0.85: Improved online update of the component database
2011-04-28: 15.3.0.85: Message "Wrong grid in schematic" suppressible in Settings (INI)
2011-04-27: 15.3.0.85: Undo a "Replace package" could raise an exception in certain cases
2011-04-23: 15.3.0.85: Assembly BOM: Property ORDER_NAME overwrites the type name, under which the component was found in the database
2011-04-22: 15.3.0.85: Testpoints bottom were sometimes checked against obstruction by components top instead of components bottom
2011-04-06: 15.3.0.65: Reo can also delete double signal segments in schematic
2011-04-05: 15.3.0.65: Snap-on-element with [+] also works directly in the pointer mode (s. status line)
2011-04-05: 15.3.0.65: Clipboard: If the mouse is outside the selected elements, the moving reference is set to the centre
2011-04-04: 15.3.0.65: Component ID, Package ID and manufacturer can be exported with the bill of material (BOM)
2011-03-31: 15.3.0.49: Select component in schematic + [F3] = Place package directly in PCB
2011-03-31: 15.3.0.49: Name of IBF and user package identical: The IBF package was preferred
2011-03-30: 15.3.0.49: Improved import of Eagle libraries
2011-03-30: 15.3.0.49: [Shift] + [F5] opens the grid dialog
2011-03-24: 15.3.0.49: Printing: Options "Background color" and "sharp black/white" exclude each other
2011-03-24: 15.3.0.49: Color dialog: E.g.: Window background color button [Standard color] sets the TARGET Standard-Color
2011-03-15: 15.3.0.30: TARGET starts without database file
2011-03-15: 15.3.0.30: Improved mirror under 3D components
2011-03-03: 15.3.0.21: Ground plane assistant: Generate ground plane: Connect pads and/or vias fully to the plane
2011-03-03: 15.3.0.21: Coordinate entry with [+] instead of mouse click: Intersection points of crossing lines are also regarded
2011-03-01: 15.3.0.21: Printing: Centering holes 1/3 of the drill diameter but minimum 0,3 mm and maximum 1,0 mm
2011-02-20: 15.3.0.14: Improved DXF output
2011-02-14: 15.3.0.7: [Ctrl] + [t] turns (rotates) one step backwards
2011-02-13: 15.3.0.7: Automatic airwires in schematics can be switched off in "Settings (INI)"
2011-02-08: 15.3.0.7: In PCB view: Restored menu point "Replace package"
2011-02-08: 15.3.0.7: In schematic view: Restored menu point "Replace component"
2011-02-08: 15.3.0.7: Component Names and Values Extra: Also applies for components that are imported afterwards
2011-02-07: 15.3.0.7: Property "variant" of components in a project is copied along during copy&paste and during panelization
2011-02-01: 15.2.0.106: Coordinate entry with [+] instead of mouse click: Crosshair shows catch position in background when selected
2011-02-01: 15.2.0.106: Status line: Better readable character font
2011-01-27: 15.2.0.106: [Ctrl]+[F7] or [Shift]+[F7] zooms only the circuit, not e.g. the page frame
2011-01-25: 15.2.0.87: Under certain circumstances the schematic view displayed wrong violet air wires
2011-01-18: 15.2.0.87: Converting ground planes to lines sometimes enlarged the planes and caused spacing violations
2010-12-20: 15.2.0.64: Umlauts (äöüÄÖÜ) in the Windows username inhibited the program start
2010-12-03: 15.2.0.8: Components copied in the schematic could sometimes not be imported into the layout correctly
2010-12-02: 15.2.0.8: [o] for options sometimes switched into another operation mode
2010-11-30: 15.1.0.98: V14 component import sometimes cancelled without notice
2010-11-30: 15.1.0.98: PCB outline assistant: "Change unit" might have caused problems
2010-11-26: 15.1.0.98: Delivered first V15
2010-10-30: 15.1.0.59: Start screen with time and date request appears now only just once a day
2010-10-19: 15.1.0.59: Snap on existing element coordinates with keys [+] or [*] also works with relative coordinates
2010-10-17: 15.1.0.59: Images in rectangles can be loaded from the following files: BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, TIFF
2010-10-17: 15.1.0.59: Images in rectangles have a better quality when zooming
2010-10-17: 15.1.0.59: Images in rectangles are saved as JPEG with quality 80 in the project file instead of bitmap (speed improvement)
2010-10-07: 15.1.0.59: Future vias for wire bridges are always free of solderstop and solder paste
2010-10-06: 15.1.0.59: Excellon coordinates are always output with a colon and fixed number of trailing zeroes
2010-09-19: 15.1.0.59: Automatic test points can be placed on solder and component side
2010-09-18: 15.1.0.59: Automatic test points were computed erroneously latterly
2010-09-18: 15.1.0.59: Signal traces can be drawn dotted and dashed in schematic
2010-09-15: 15.1.0.59: Counting the pins/pads was erroneously unter certain circumstances
2010-09-01: 15.1.0.59: The function of text elements can be changed easier
2010-08-26: 15.1.0.59: Pressing ':' during track placement shows a menu for vias
2010-08-25: 15.1.0.59: Width and height of the screen in [mm] are obtained from Windows during the first launch or after change of screen
2010-08-10: 15.1.0.59: Dragging with a small black box concerns only the respective tracks of the same signal
2010-08-10: 15.1.0.59: [Ctrl] + [F1] = Start DRC
2010-08-05: 15.1.0.59: DXF output uses hatches for tracks and areas instead of thick lines
2010-06-07: 15.1.0.59: Some oblong pads were misformed when printing mirrored
2010-06-01: 15.1.0.59: DRC also warns against tracks on layer 100 (or higher)
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: DRC also checks, whether a package was ripped-up
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: Bitmaps, JPEGs and other image formats can directly be invoked into schematics and PCBs
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: Rectangular pads can have percentaged rounded corners
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: A great many of installed fonts delayed the program launch enormously
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: Polygons with signals can be used as connections. Signal tracks inside of polygons are no more necessary
2010-05-31: 15.1.0.59: Contiguous polygonal chains (without a signal) can also be selected together as one trace
2010-04-15: 14.8.0.79: Double click (M11) is only recognized, if the mouse is still near the first click position
2010-03-25: 14.8.0.79: Setting (INI): Double click message is processed extra. For programmable mouses
2010-03-15: 14.8.0.12: Isolation milling: DIN/ISO G-Code: After tool change: Move to X/Y mid coords first or to Z speed height
2010-03-03: 14.7.0.83: Snap on existing element coordinates with keys [+] or [*]
2010-03-03: 14.7.0.83: Gerber and Excellom export do not contain umlaute any more (äöüÄÖÜßçáéíóú...)
2010-03-02: 14.7.0.83: Excellon import also reads the "R" command (Repeat)
2010-02-17: 14.7.0.45: DRC: Whether a signal is seen as completly routed, is now independent of the grid settings
2010-02-13: 14.7.0.45: Moved the creation of nooks in corners into the context menu of the black selection rectangles
2010-02-10: 14.7.0.33: Added Conrad component calculator
2010-02-10: 14.7.0.33: Added new front panel designer
2010-02-09: 14.7.0.33: DRC: A signal with only one pin connected is provided with an error marker at the pin (Not connected...)
2010-02-09: 14.7.0.33: M11 in the TARGET window also works with an artificial doubleclick generated by the mouse driver (WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK)
2010-02-03: 14.7.0.20: Viewer also searched for the path with the libraries
2010-01-12: 14.6.0.81: DRC with splines as tracks sometimes led to an access violation
2009-12-07: 14.6.0.50: Added [Stop] button to top toolbar
2009-11-25: 14.6.0.50: Short air wires are drawn with triple pen width
2009-11-20: 14.5.0.80: DRC: The aura of elements can be taken into account with spacing checks
2009-11-19: 14.5.0.80: Mouse wheel also works with mouses with zDelta<120
2009-11-17: 14.5.0.72: XGerber: Lines that are too thin are reported during export. Now also including the layer number
2009-11-17: 14.5.0.72: DRC: Single copper layers can have their own constraints: Minimal track width and spacing
2009-11-13: 14.5.0.72: Set text near to a component: All component properties are possible as text functions
2009-11-10: 14.5.0.53: REFs and block diagrams are not tested for "library missing" etc.
2009-11-07: 14.5.0.53: Sped up computation of air wires (rats-nest) significantly
2009-10-25: 14.5.0.39: Settings (INI): Mouse with [Ctrl] zooms but scrolls without [Strg]
2009-10-21: 14.5.0.39: Cross hair [F8] doesn't conceal lines any more
2009-10-19: 14.5.0.39: Pressing [ESC] in the welcome dialog halts the program directly
2009-10-19: 14.5.0.39: Corners of tracks can be moved inwards, angles are preserved (nooks, ears)
2009-10-16: 14.5.0.39: Ground plane assistant: Existing auras can also be reduced in size
2009-10-16: 14.5.0.39: Package dialog: Inserted Buttons: [Display name] and [Display value]
2009-10-02: 14.4.0.98: With nearly square screen pixels, the value of the visible screen height is not adjusted stealthily
2009-09-20: 14.4.0.98: Platine: Menüpunkt "Aktionen / Länge der Signale anzeigen..." eingefügt
2009-09-17: 14.4.0.85: Move several selected elements in schematic: Signals do not rip off any more
2009-09-14: 14.4.0.85: Numbers of SMD pads are only visible, if the respective copper layer is visible
2009-09-09: 14.4.0.79: TARGET.INI saves, on which side components shall be placed (SMD top/bottom, THP top/bottom)
2009-09-07: 14.4.0.79: Bend menu: Added vertices are now always on the grid
2009-09-07: 14.4.0.79: Added angle indicator into line dialog and track dialog
2009-09-04: 14.4.0.79: Info dialog: Updated information about the local computer
2009-09-04: 14.4.0.79: Project: Component properties from database: "CmpName" counts as the component name (IC5, R12, C23)
2009-09-04: 14.4.0.79: PCB background: blach => dark grey; white => light grey
2009-08-30: 14.4.0.62: Menu "Edit / Move to other page..." moves the selected schematic elements to an other schematic page
2009-08-27: 14.4.0.58: 3D view: Several signals and components can be selected with [Ctrl] + M1 and show in different colors
2009-08-26: 14.4.0.58: DRC: Introduced error "Drill missing" for pads on layer 100 or for padstacks having several copper layers
2009-08-26: 14.4.0.58: Sidebar: Entering words in the search field: The keyboard key "down" leads into the selection filed, if visible
2009-08-26: 14.4.0.58: Dragging on layer "copper top" only touches lines on layer "position top" if these are bridges
2009-08-24: 14.4.0.58: Improved schematic autorouter (point-to-point router)
2009-08-23: 14.4.0.58: Isolation milling: Added "Excellon" as milling format
2009-08-23: 14.4.0.58: Dragging the small black box of a line end now always uses the layer of the selected line, not the active copper layer
2009-08-21: 14.4.0.58: Pictures of the packages in the library browser have realistic pad forms now
2009-08-10: 14.4.0.27: PCB outline assistant with Undo and the outline created can be selected as one (block)
2009-08-09: 14.4.0.27: Object inspektor: Double click toggles boolean field
2009-07-29: 14.4.0.24: Inserted menu point "Ground planes / Spacing to PCB edge"
2009-07-05: 14.4.0.20: New project: Several personal project templates are possible
2009-07-02: 14.4.0.20: DRC: List of errors disappears when double clicking an error, a button on the left top gets the list back
2009-06-19: 14.3.0.138: Signal names can now also be displayed in PCB view: Menu "Settings / Options"
2009-06-19: 14.3.0.138: Starshaped signals also possible in schematics
2009-06-18: 14.3.0.138: Starshaped signals in PCB: Menu point "Actions / Ground planes", e.g. allow to connect AGND + DGND manually
2009-06-10: 14.3.0.126: Select nothing (Deselect) with [Shift]+[Esc]
2009-06-08: 14.3.0.120: Inserted menu point: "Delete all autorouted tracks"
2009-06-08: 14.3.0.120: Printing offset can also refer to the PCB outline, even if this layer ist switched invisible
2009-06-06: 14.3.0.120: Inserted menu point: "Insert two corners" in corner menu
2009-05-30: 14.3.0.112: Signal names in starshaped signals can also contain ','
2009-05-27: 14.3.0.112: Schematic: Bring element to back or front (in context menu)
2009-05-25: 14.3.0.112: Selection assistant: Whole components can be selected. E.g. "Component prefix is-equal R" selects all resistors
2009-05-14: 14.3.0.103: Isolation milling: Optimization of the rub out function
2009-05-05: 14.3.0.86: Inserted resistor slektor: as menu point and if one clicks on the resistor symbol in the sidebar
2009-05-05: 14.3.0.86: Pick&Place with a variable line format
2009-04-22: 14.3.0.74: When swapping the bend mode, sometimes rest were remaining on the screen
2009-04-22: 14.3.0.74: Check: Component not found: Absolute paths are not used, but library names only
2009-03-31: 14.3.0.74: Ground plane assistant: An existing aura of "hostile" tracks is never diminished
2009-03-30: 14.3.0.74: Component search below in the sidebar: Component once searched for was sometimes always searched again
2009-03-19: 14.3.0.48: Moving bus segments: The connected signals are dragged along
2009-03-08: 14.3.0.30: Cross probe [F3] with a symbol with no package directly starts the component selector in PCB view
2009-03-07: 14.3.0.30: M1 with [Ctrl]: Select elements additionally
2009-03-07: 14.3.0.30: M1 with [Shift]: Select single elements of components (additionally), even if "components always completely" is set
2009-03-04: 14.3.0.19: Printing: White triangles, rectangles and disks are not printed in schematic when using "sharp black/white"
2009-03-03: 14.3.0.19: Snap-on-pad sometimes captured the cursor when working with cursor keys
2009-03-03: 14.3.0.19: Concatenating one signal completely with another in schematic also takes along all tracks in the PCB
2009-03-02: 14.3.0.2: V13 can read libraries of the V14 (new V14 coponents from IBF are blank, selfdrawn components work)
2009-02-20: 14.2.0.95: Customers with an umlaut vowel in their windows user name sometimes had problems with their libraries
2009-02-20: 14.2.0.95: Bill of material: Summarizing components and sorting according to names possible
2009-02-19: 14.2.0.95: Copy&Paste in schematic sometimes created erros
2009-02-19: 14.2.0.95: DRC: [ESC] closes error list
2009-02-18: 14.2.0.79: Possibility to have several separated PCBs in one project file
2009-02-18: 14.2.0.79: Component export: [New library] also selects the new library directly
2009-02-13: 14.2.0.74: Menu "Help": Contents lead to a new overview
2009-02-13: 14.2.0.74: Cirles and tori can be dashed too
2009-02-12: 14.2.0.68: Copying of gouped modukes increments the module names
2009-02-09: 14.2.0.68: HPGL: Improved export of circles, end point matches start point exactly
2009-02-05: 14.2.0.61: Size of the sliders in the sidebar is saved
2009-01-30: 14.2.0.61: DRC: "Multiple Supply" wurde zu oft angezeigt
2009-01-28: 14.2.0.61: Improved the position of the pin numbers in schematic
2009-01-26: 14.2.0.61: Bill-Of-Material with overwite request
2009-01-26: 14.2.0.61: Insert texts with component property "Special" near the component's grip cross ex post
2009-01-26: 14.2.0.61: Optimisation of the indexing of the libraries (TARLibs002.txt)
2009-01-20: 14.2.0.57: Path for library information adjustable (TARLibs001.txt)
2009-01-20: 14.2.0.57: TARGET.INI: Permitted variables in path names
2009-01-20: 14.2.0.57: Save settings: Accelerated access to INI files
2009-01-20: 14.2.0.57: DRC: The error list stays in forground and the different errors are clickable
2009-01-19: 14.2.0.57: The Grid can be displayed in foreground or in background
2009-01-19: 14.2.0.57: HPGL generic output: Font DIN-ISO-ANSI is supported
2009-01-16: 14.2.0.57: New for of fiducial (positioning mark): Slice (filled circle)
2009-01-13: 14.2.0.38: Pure mounting holes are selectable more easily
2009-01-13: 14.2.0.38: PCBout: Excellon with Inches generated oversized coordinates sometimes
2009-01-02: 14.2.0.34: Text dialog: Pin names were sometimes changed into !PIN
2008-12-23: 14.2.0.31: Improved handling of linked libraries *.SYM3001LNK and PCK3001LNK
2008-12-18: 14.2.0.29: [F8]: Cross hairs are shown directly
2008-12-18: 14.2.0.29: Check: Message "Multiple Supply" also creates error markers in schematic
2008-12-15: 14.2.0.18: Selecting a signal island does not toggle layers visible unintentionally
2008-12-12: 14.2.0.17: Sidebar: The buttons for the bend modes (orthogonal, diagonal...) also automatically switch to the mode "place signal"
2008-12-12: 14.2.0.17: Sidebar: The buttons for the drag modes (bent,arc,spline) also automatically switch to the mode "drag"
2008-12-11: 14.2.0.15: Sidebar: Box "Pins also" didn't work under all circumstances
2008-12-11: 14.2.0.15: 3D text editor lost keyboard focus, if the mouse was moved across the 3D image
2008-12-11: 14.2.0.15: Schematics: Improved Point-to-Point router
2008-12-10: 14.2.0.14: PCBout: Lines of the PCB outline are always drawn with a small aperture, even if their width is zero
2008-12-09: 14.2.0.14: PCBout: Thinner tracks are not replaced by the "Thinnest aperture", but the warning remains
2008-12-05: 14.2.0.9: Schematics: Point-to-Point router can be disabled in settings (INI file)
2008-12-03: 14.2.0.9: Component assistants: The scripts can now be edited with a text editor directly
2008-12-03: 14.2.0.9: Schematic symbols can now also be imported scaled from a library (property "SCALED")
2008-12-02: 14.1.0.96: Konverter for Eagle components: Rotated filled rectangles were converted errouneously sometimes
2008-12-02: 14.1.0.96: Standard track width and standard track spacing from "Settings (Project)" were ignored sometimes
2008-11-26: 14.1.0.93: Libraries: Sometimes German component names were displayed
2008-11-26: 14.1.0.93: Isolation milling: HPGL: Added switch for Drills: Drills as very short lines
2008-11-26: 14.1.0.93: Sidebar: The buttons [L] and [S] for the layer sets didn't always work properly
2008-11-13: 14.1.0.82: PostScript: BoundingBox also includes the width of the elements shown
2008-11-11: 14.1.0.67: Sidebar: Layers are toggled visible/invisible directly
2008-11-11: 14.1.0.67: Bill of material BOM: If the entry "Output file(s)" is empty, "#D\#N.XLS" is assumed
2008-11-11: 14.1.0.67: Drag with [g]: Nothing hit: TARGET doesn't enter the drag mode
2008-11-07: 14.1.0.67: Toggling layers visible: The visible layers of the sidebar were not always adjusted
2008-11-07: 14.1.0.67: Changing pages with [Q]: The active page in the sidebar was not always adjusted
2008-10-28: 14.1.0.64: Exporting a component to the library often caused all library index files to be updated
2008-10-28: 14.1.0.64: Fast switching of the tab-sheets in library browser sometimes generated error messages
2008-10-28: 14.1.0.64: Reo reconstructs deleted property COMPONENT_VALUE out of the library
2008-10-28: 14.1.0.64: Property COMPONENT_VALUE was deleted under special circumstances
2008-10-22: 14.1.0.62: Sidebar: Naming new schematic pages sometimes renamed the wrong page
2008-10-21: 14.1.0.59: Pick&Place: Alternativly also relative coordinates as origin
2008-10-19: 14.1.0.57: Sped up browsing in the libraries
2008-10-08: 14.1.0.40: Symbol import: Closing the dialog "Import component" with [X] really cancels the whole import
2008-10-07: 14.1.0.30: Isolation milling: Rubout now works in a meandering way
2008-10-02: 14.1.0.28: Removed the pointer toolbar and the layer toolbar
2008-10-02: 14.1.0.28: Inserted the sidebar
2008-09-23: 14.1.0.25: Speeded up the selection of modules
2008-09-21: 14.1.0.22: In the dialogs "Line, Track, Torus and Spline" the length of the resulting element is displayed "live"
2008-09-19: 14.1.0.22: Isolation milling: Rubout sometimes created milling lines all across the board
2008-09-12: 14.1.0.22: Decomposing a module (group) decomposed all modules
2008-08-28: 14.1.0.15: Grid color also adjustable in grid dialog
2008-08-28: 14.1.0.15: [Strg] + [Pos 1] lets you manually enter the relative origin as coorinates
2008-08-28: 14.1.0.15: Lines without round line caps sometimes caused problems when convertig ground planes into lines
2008-08-28: 14.1.0.15: If many teardrops were created at once, undo worked individually only
2008-08-27: 14.1.0.15: Importing Eagle libraries: In packages sometimes bent lines were missing
2008-08-20: 14.1.0.15: In entry fields for coordinates now also "+" and "-" can be used as math. operators. E.g. "7.25+3" meaning 10.25
2008-08-19: 14.1.0.15: The aura of a pad can be suppressed on one or on several layers
2008-08-17: 14.1.0.15: Mechanical construction: Introduced trimming of lines and tori
2008-08-12: 14.1.0.11: Introduced schematic autorouter: Point-to-point router
2008-08-11: 14.1.0.11: Layout: [2], [o], change track width and aura. [OK]. The following validation dialog now shows the correct future aura value
2008-08-07: 14.1.0.11: Pad and via dialog: X and Y coordinates can be adjusted separately
2008-08-04: 13.5.0.115: Lines without a signal can now also have an aura against the ground plane
2008-07-30: 13.5.0.115: Online component search: Search also for pad count available
2008-07-28: 13.5.0.115: Online component search: Search also for component value available
2008-07-25: 13.5.0.115: Changing a component value also changes the internal variable COMPONENT_VALUE for 3D and SPICE simulation
2008-07-23: 13.5.0.115: Online component search: Search also for manufacturer available
2008-07-22: 13.5.0.115: Old V3 projects sometimes opened at the illegal page 0 and thus didn't show the schematic
2008-07-15: 13.5.0.115: Isolation milling: HPGL now really makes a minimal step in drill holes (see 07.09.2007)
2008-07-01: 13.5.0.115: Placing PCB tracks: With key [.] the now following via is initially only shown as a phantom
2008-06-27: 13.5.0.115: Isolation milling also exports spline curves to PCB outline
2008-06-20: 13.5.0.90: Empty text elements are not shown as small empty rectangles when printing
2008-06-20: 13.5.0.90: Online component search has several entry fields
2008-06-12: 13.5.0.90: Import Eagle libraries: EDIT command possible with apostrophes
2008-06-12: 13.5.0.90: 3D resitors can show their color code, new command RC in 3D model
2008-06-12: 13.5.0.90: Acceleration of 3D gerneration
2008-06-11: 13.5.0.80: Bus assistant hung up, if start and end number were identcal, e.g. A2 to A2
2008-06-11: 13.5.0.80: English and French version: Sometimes names of components in libraries were changed unwantedly
2008-06-06: 13.5.0.74: The menu can be displayed in the external autorouter (Electra)
2008-06-04: 13.5.0.70: Moduls can now together be directly selected with a M1 click, an extra switch was added
2008-06-03: 13.5.0.70: Converter for Eagle libraries: Pads with alphanumeric pad names only get incremented pin numbers now
2008-05-30: 13.5.0.66: Undo after changing component properties sometimes caused access violations
2008-05-30: 13.5.0.66: Sometimes filled elements were not displayed
2008-05-27: 13.5.0.66: Packages locked against any movement: Deletion and reinsertion caused problems
2008-05-27: 13.5.0.66: Property dialog can now always be confirmed using [Return]
2008-05-27: 13.5.0.66: With importing old Gerber files (RS274D) now several aperture list formats can be decoded semi-automatically
2008-05-26: 13.5.0.58: Inserting packages sometimes generated access violation errors
2008-05-21: 13.5.0.56: Flat triangles and rectangles without height or width are shown now as lines
2008-05-21: 13.5.0.56: Empty text elements are shown as small empty rectangles
2008-05-14: 13.5.0.56: Text elements in schematic were erroneously shown mirrored when [m] was pressed during paste
2008-05-12: 13.5.0.56: The "vertical line" character "|" in a signal name starts and ends an overline for inverted signals
2008-05-04: 13.5.0.49: Elements can be concatenated as moduls: Context menu, menü "Edit" and search
2008-05-04: 13.5.0.49: The "vertical line" character "|" in a pin name starts and ends an overline for inverted pins
2008-05-02: 13.5.0.49: After copy/paste of PCB parts sometimes pads were cut off in isolation milling
2008-04-29: 13.5.0.49: TARGET 3001! viewer is available
2008-04-28: 13.5.0.49: TIFF output: Added information on resolution again and reduced file size of B/W TIFFs
2008-04-27: 13.5.0.49: Scale dialog: Inserted [100%] button
2008-04-25: 13.5.0.49: Check function can give warnings if a component in the project is older than in the respective library
2008-04-24: 13.5.0.49: Dual screen systems: Hints are displayed on the correct screen
2008-04-23: 13.5.0.49: Components in library: Symbols can be automatically reloaded from other equvalent components
2008-04-15: 13.5.0.8: Selection assistant always preselects "Element type" as first property
2008-04-14: 13.5.0.8: Alignment assistant also copies the 3D model from the library
2008-04-14: 13.5.0.8: TIFF output of big pictures with high resolution caused problems
2008-04-14: 13.5.0.8: When toggeling a layer visible using the layer toolbar, often static crosshairs remained on the screen
2008-04-11: 13.5.0.8: Mounting drills of packages may be assigned to a signal (e.g. GND) without a schematic representation of that fact
2008-04-08: 13.4.0.82: Pressing [Shift] while dragging a sharp bend, enforces it to be a 45° bend
2008-04-07: 13.4.0.82: Texts can be visible or invisible depending on the selected variant
2008-04-07: 13.4.0.82: Display of the PCB surface area in the info dialog in menü "help"
2008-04-07: 13.4.0.82: When reloading component properties from the library, the existing properties are not deleted first
2008-04-02: 13.4.0.82: Corrected auras of pads from before V12.2.0.28 (2005-11-23), if the copper was smaller than the drill hole
2008-04-01: 13.4.0.82: Bill of material: Several variants can now be exported in different files in one go
2008-03-31: 13.4.0.82: Extended the list of last recently used projects to 30
2008-03-31: 13.4.0.82: Saving a project sometimes forgot to remember which layers were just toggled visible or not
2008-03-28: 13.4.0.82: Pictograms of the drilling plan: Pictograms are saved with the project data
2008-03-28: 13.4.0.82: Pictograms of the drilling plan: The legend of drill symbols keeps position, size and layer
2008-03-26: 13.4.0.82: Pictograms of the drilling plan: The legend of drill symbols is added on the right side beside the PCB
2008-03-20: 13.4.0.56: Component import: The future font weight in percent can also be defined
2008-03-20: 13.4.0.56: PostSript: Drill holes of pads without copper (Height=0, Width=0) were not always displayed
2008-03-18: 13.4.0.56: Box for variants on the right top gets longer if one clickes on it (for long variant names)
2008-03-18: 13.4.0.56: Settings (Project): The font DinIsoAnsi was missing in the lists
2008-03-13: 13.4.0.56: Variant components could not be reset to invariant any more and were always displayed dotted
2008-03-13: 13.4.0.56: Color dialog now with hex input field
2008-03-13: 13.4.0.56: Color dialog sometimes received the wrong color
2008-03-11: 13.4.0.51: TIFF output with compression now
2008-03-06: 13.4.0.51: PostScript output: Sometimes padstacks were displayed erroneously in the schematic pages
2008-02-28: 13.4.0.41: Schematic: Component names and values can be switched invisible in menu "View"
2008-02-19: 13.4.0.36: Teardrops can now also be applied on all selected pads and vias at once
2008-02-17: 13.4.0.21: Import packages: Fonts for component names and values can be determined for the future
2008-02-17: 13.4.0.21: Import symbols: Fonts for component names and values and pin names can be determined for the future
2008-02-12: 13.4.0.14: Successive import of several components: The selected rotation and mirroring is remembered
2008-02-12: 13.4.0.14: Displacement of components: [m] for mirroring during displacement is possible
2008-02-11: 13.4.0.14: Possibility to make own components available to IBF when exporting components and in the library browser
2008-02-05: 13.3.0.166: The error message "ERROR_INVALID_AT_INTERRUPT_TIME" appeared, if the date was put forward many years
2008-02-04: 13.3.0.166: Export of self drawn components: Those can be transmitted to IBF so that all users can benefit from
2008-01-29: 13.3.0.166: Use capture window with M1 "backwards" from right to left: Touching an element is enough for selecting
2008-01-29: 13.3.0.166: Library browser: Some electrolytic capacitors were not shown in the tree view
2008-01-29: 13.3.0.166: Rename signal: If the new name is already existant, the two signals can be connected on request
2008-01-18: 13.3.0.166: 3D view: Repaired problems with TrueType fonts
2008-01-04: 13.3.0.164: Component preview in component browser: Drillholes are now displayed too
2007-12-30: 13.3.0.164: Print dialog: Centering holes always have min. 0.25 mm copper around to set the drill bit
2007-12-30: 13.3.0.164: Print dialog: Printing of background color disengageable
2007-12-18: 13.3.0.148: The aura (min. spacing) when moving vias and pads is now also shown dashed, as it is displayed for moved tracks
2007-12-18: 13.3.0.148: Using the keys [+] or [*] during the creation of elements, coordinates can easily be entered manually too
2007-12-17: 13.3.0.148: Auto-Pan during the wiring of signal traces and copper tracks available
2007-12-17: 13.3.0.148: Library browser: Tab "Library": Component selection: Enter initial chars to approach a component
2007-12-06: 13.3.0.142: Improved import of Eagle libraries
2007-11-29: 13.3.0.140: Isolation milling: Z-Height for moving adjustable
2007-11-29: 13.3.0.140: Component names are always saved without leading or trailing space characters (blanks)
2007-11-28: 13.3.0.140: PCB without schematic: The online library is now available when importing packages
2007-11-28: 13.3.0.140: DXF import: Entity ELLIPSE is now recognized
2007-11-27: 13.3.0.140: Message "Tear component to pieces" can now be set for schematic and PCB separately
2007-11-27: 13.3.0.140: Now also inner copper layers are displayed in 3D view
2007-11-21: 13.3.0.140: DXF import: Replaced short arcs having a huge radius and a center lying far out by straights
2007-11-16: 13.3.0.113: Replaced all SMTP accesses by HTTP accesses
2007-11-15: 13.3.0.113: Assign symbol to a free package: List of symbols without packages is sorted now
2007-11-13: 13.3.0.104: Symbol handles in schematics have a checkmark, if the component has already a placed package
2007-11-12: 13.3.0.104: Convert project into "PCB without schematic": 3D models vanished
2007-11-12: 13.3.0.104: DRC: Sometimes the value of the minimum spacing in the summary was wrongly zero
2007-11-09: 13.3.0.104: DRC: Error message "Drillhole in SMD Pad" switchable
2007-11-05: 13.3.0.91: DRC: Several different ground planes in one copper layer: Spacing of one plane to another is checked too
2007-10-31: 13.3.0.78: Added export of netlists in Pads-PowerPCB V3.0 format
2007-10-31: 13.3.0.78: Isolation milling: ColinBus: Bottom side is not mirrored, as ColiDrive V2.2.0.44 does that itself
2007-10-25: 13.3.0.66: Export to Eagle: Improved handover of busses
2007-10-25: 13.3.0.66: DRC: Bridges are only capable of creating short cuts with their ends
2007-10-24: 13.3.0.62: Background pin check wrongly also counted the REFs pins: This could lead to access violations (discover)
2007-10-24: 13.3.0.62: Removed hierarchy browser
2007-10-24: 13.3.0.62: Moved functions of the hierarchy browser to menu "Settings"
2007-10-20: 13.3.0.62: Highlighting selected elements: Light/dark or extra color: Separately selectable for schematic and PCB
2007-10-17: 13.3.0.62: Context menu (M2 popup): Added Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate to context menu
2007-10-15: 13.3.0.62: Text elements are now also copied additionally as text into the clipboard (Insert contents in word program)
2007-10-15: 13.3.0.62: Naming of the emerging signal islands when ripping up a signal: Improvement of the change from 21.03.2005
2007-10-15: 13.3.0.62: Selected elements are drawn last (topmost) within each layer
2007-09-25: 13.3.0.26: TrueType fonts on the screen: Improved displayed text size when zoom is low
2007-09-23: 13.3.0.16: DXF output: Solder paste (cream) was not always exported
2007-09-21: 13.3.0.16: The Windows Taskbar displays the name of the current project, instead of only "TAR3001"
2007-09-20: 13.3.0.6: The aura of rectangles, triangles, slices and texts is now also regarded for rasterization of ground planes
2007-09-20: 13.3.0.6: Improved converter for Eagle libraries
2007-09-18: 13.3.0.6: !VARNR as text function for the variant number
2007-09-17: 13.3.0.6: Redirected the help for the working modes to the Wiki
2007-09-17: 13.3.0.6: Dual screen systems: Messageboxs appear on the correct screen
2007-09-14: 13.2.0.70: Redirected the help in dialogs to the Wiki
2007-09-12: 13.2.0.66: Isolation milling for Colinbus machines
2007-09-12: 13.2.0.66: Printing dialog: Show variants with variant number
2007-09-12: 13.2.0.66: Variants dialog: Activate a component for all variants or for none
2007-09-12: 13.2.0.66: Clipboard: Also single elements of several symbols / packages can be copied
2007-09-10: 13.2.0.66: 3D view also displays tracks made of arcs and splines
2007-09-08: 13.2.0.66: Expansion of the PCB-Pool calculator for new PCB-Pool products
2007-09-07: 13.2.0.66: HPLG outputs for drill holes now execute a minimal X-movement so that they are not ignored by several HPGL viewers
2007-08-28: 13.2.0.53: TARGET sometimes didn't start, if a T3001 file was double-clicked in Windows explorer
2007-08-21: 13.2.0.53: Improved mirrored printing of texts with a TrueType font
2007-08-20: 13.2.0.53: When moving component or signal names the affilation is indicated by a line
2007-07-13: 13.2.0.53: XGerber and drill: Inserted an extra button top right in PCB view and assigned the shortcut key [F11]
2007-07-13: 13.2.0.53: Generic HPGL driver: Coordinate units can be switched: 0,025 mm and 0,0254 mm
2007-07-10: 13.2.0.8: Generic HPGL driver: Splines can be converted too
2007-07-09: 13.2.0.8: PCBout: Drill file export Excellon: Header parts "M48" and "METRIC" can be switched off
2007-07-06: 13.2.0.5: Vias as padstacks: Sometimes the signal name of such a via was not changeable
2007-07-05: 13.2.0.5: Component export: Selection of prposed package: Inserted preview picture
2007-07-05: 13.2.0.5: List of the 20 components last recently used: Inserted preview picture
2007-07-05: 13.2.0.5: Improvement of components that have different names in different languages
2007-07-02: 13.2.0.5: List of the 20 components last recently used: Button [X] did not remove a component from the List
2007-06-28: 13.2.0.3: PCBout: Notice is given, if a TrueType font is not matched exactly
2007-06-28: 13.2.0.3: Introduced property "Aura" for rectangles, triangles, slices and text elements
2007-06-26: 13.1.0.11: Mouse click M2h with key [Shift] or [Ctrl] moves the page according to mouse movement
2007-06-21: 13.1.0.7: Backups in a monthly or weekly cycle sometimes caused problems during project saving
2007-06-12: 13.1.0.7: Mil is the standard unit in the english version now (1/1000 inch)
2007-06-01: 13.1.0.7: PostScript output: Paper sizes also possible in landscape format
2007-05-29: 13.1.0.7: The appendixes _IEEE and _DIN are cut off for the component names when importing components
2007-05-24: 13.1.0.7: XGerber and Excellon import: Excellon import now also understands decimal coordinates
2007-05-24: 13.1.0.7: PCBout: Excellon output uses METRIC and decimal coordinates because of higher precision
2007-05-23: 13.1.0.7: Dialog "Settings": Inserted buttons for weekly and monthty backup
2007-05-23: 13.1.0.7: Excellon import: Command METRIC was ignored sometimes
2007-05-16: 13.0.0.44: PCBout: After cration of a new folder for the folder tree view this new folder can now be selected
2007-05-16: 13.0.0.44: XGerber import: With G36/G37 polygons an entered offset was taken twice
2007-05-10: 13.0.0.44: Symbol export: Component description in english, french or german
2007-05-09: 13.0.0.44: PCBout: Using option "G36 / G37 commands directly", adjacent triangles are combined to polygons
2007-05-08: 13.0.0.31: PCBout dialog: Long file paths are abbreviated properly
2007-05-04: 13.0.0.31: Select whole signal: Sometimes pin names on other schematic sheets were selected too
2007-05-04: 13.0.0.31: Accelerated online component search and made it more flexible
2007-05-04: 13.0.0.31: Accelerated online library update
2007-04-27: 13.0.0.31: Symbol export: The type of the component is directly sorted into the search tree
2007-04-24: 13.0.0.31: DRC: Error message for drill in a SMD padstack
2007-04-22: 13.0.0.25: PCB-Pool Calculator, Frontpanel Calkulator: Credit card "Valid thru" up to 2013 possible
2007-04-22: 13.0.0.25: WK-Mechanik Frontpanel Calculator: Silk screen color was sometimes shown different than selected
2007-04-20: 13.0.0.25: Placing signal traces in schematic ends, if something is hit
2007-04-19: 13.0.0.25: Centering marks (Fiducials) can now have a signal too
2007-04-18: 13.0.0.25: Automatic start of the autoplacer can be switched off
2007-04-18: 13.0.0.25: Automatic start of the PCB outline wizard can be switched off
2007-03-29: 13.0.0.10: Component import: If a component was not found, one can request it from IBF
2007-03-23: 13.0.0.8: PCB without placed packages: Autoplacer starts automatically
2007-03-23: 13.0.0.8: PCB with missing PCB outline: Outline wizard starts automatically
2007-03-22: 13.0.0.8: Autoplacer: Components also placeable outside obove the PCB outline
2007-03-22: 13.0.0.8: Autoplacer: SMDs also placable on bottom side
2007-03-22: 13.0.0.8: Autoplacer: Place a certain component group only (property "MODULE")
2007-03-22: 13.0.0.8: Altered HTTP calls, improved internet access (auto update etc.)
2007-03-18: 13.0.0.8: Min. width and min. spacing can now be entered for several signals together
2007-03-15: 13.0.0.1: Mirror without flipping: Package property "flipped" is not affected
2007-03-11: 13.0.0.1: Hybrid autorouter: Optimisation from pass 2 sometimes didn't have any effect
2007-03-10: 13.0.0.1: Route prohibitions now work with the hybrid autorouter even when used in padstacks
2007-03-07: 13.0.0.1: XGerber import: The files to import are displayed as texts within the dialog
2007-03-07: 13.0.0.1: XGerber import: G71* as a switch to metric coordinates did not work in all cases
2007-03-07: 13.0.0.1: TARGET 3001! V12 stands still, the current version is now V13
2007-03-02: 12.6.0.137: Font Din-Iso-Ansi: Cypher 5 closed less, to avoid a mix-up with cypher 6
2007-03-01: 12.6.0.137: XGerber output: Font Din-Iso-Ansi is completely supported, even inverted in ground planes
2007-02-23: 12.6.0.137: Isolation milling: RubOut now also deletes copper in thick auras
2007-02-23: 12.6.0.137: Librarybrowser: English and French version sometimes had too many results when searching
2007-02-20: 12.6.0.137: If a local search for components gives no results, an online search is following automatically
2007-02-16: 12.6.0.124: PCB-Pool Calculator: Computation of delivery prices sometimes selected wrong countries
2007-02-12: 12.6.0.124: Symbol export: When gathering symbols with [y] the symbol swap number got lost
2007-02-01: 12.6.0.112: French lowercase and uppercase special characters are exchanged correctly
2007-01-31: 12.6.0.93: Printing: Sometimes a scale display was not updated correctly
2007-01-30: 12.6.0.93: Launch ground plane assistant several times: Old ground planes in that layer are deleted first
2007-01-30: 12.6.0.93: WK-Mechanik Frontpanel Calculator: "Silk screen black" was not possible in some cases
2007-01-25: 12.6.0.86: PCB-Pool Calculator: New delivery computation
2007-01-24: 12.6.0.86: Introduced preview pictures in online library search
2007-01-24: 12.6.0.86: 3D model reloadable from a library package
2007-01-24: 12.6.0.86: Component properties reloadable from a library component
2007-01-24: 12.6.0.86: Treeview of components in sorted order
2007-01-23: 12.6.0.86: Assignment of copied symbols in schematic and copied corresponding packages in PCB sometimes failed
2007-01-22: 12.6.0.86: "Shift drawing into the center" sometimes damaged the rests of components that were not inserted yet
2007-01-01: 12.6.0.67: Packages can be locked against any movement
2006-12-21: 12.6.0.49: English and French versions sometimes had problems with a german name in the entry "proposed package"
2006-12-19: 12.6.0.32: XGerber import: Self intersecting G36/G37 polygons are split and displayed separately
2006-12-15: 12.6.0.32: Editing of component names in panelized boards sometimes had problems with the text content
2006-12-13: 12.6.0.24: Dragging of segment corners was slow with big projects
2006-12-12: 12.6.0.9: Improved output for PDF printers (e.g.: Adobe Acrobat Distiller or freePDFxp.de)
2006-12-12: 12.6.0.9: Improved the look of rounded line caps (which caused spikes with arcs and splines)
2006-12-11: 12.6.0.1: Placing tracks: Setting the aura with [o] like options: Aura is directly remembered
2006-12-11: 12.6.0.1: Info dialog now contains: N° of copper layers, N° of Drills, N° of SMD pads, length of PCB outline
2006-12-08: 12.6.0.1: Error markers can now be deleted like normal elements
2006-12-06: 12.5.0.156: Displacing now allows only orhogonal movements if key [Shift] is depressed
2006-12-06: 12.5.0.156: Sometimes the mouse cursors shown were wrong
2006-12-06: 12.5.0.156: Bus assistant can work with different steps: A0, A2, A4, A6, A8, ...
2006-12-04: 12.5.0.156: XGerber import: Import of arcs with wrong center point is now more tolerant (Error "Center point wrong")
2006-12-03: 12.5.0.156: Free drill holes in components (e.g. fixation holes) can now have a signal assigned
2006-12-03: 12.5.0.156: Also ground plane elements with signal that are part of a component are considered for the creation of thermal pads
2006-12-03: 12.5.0.156: Improved handling of multiline text
2006-12-03: 12.5.0.156: TIFF export output has the correct resolution information
2006-11-29: 12.5.0.156: Components with property SIM_MODEL_NEEDED=NO no longer cause a warning in the simulation (e.g. connectors)
2006-11-29: 12.5.0.156: Sometimes packages with translated names (from German to English) were not assigned to their components correctly
2006-11-22: 12.5.0.156: Some thermal pads that were generated automatically caused spacing violations
2006-11-16: 12.5.0.114: XGerber import: Polygons with circular edges possible
2006-11-16: 12.5.0.114: XGerber import: Also some self intersecting polygons with G36+G37 can be imported
2006-11-15: 12.5.0.114: WK calculator: Front panels with engraved TrueType fonts are not allowed
2006-11-15: 12.5.0.114: PCB Pool calculator: PCB smaller than 1cm² caused a division by zero error
2006-11-15: 12.5.0.114: Changed selection of the colors black and white for the checks in the layer toolbar
2006-11-14: 12.5.0.114: When editing elements or when importing packages no layers are switched visible unintentionally
2006-11-14: 12.5.0.114: Symbol and package dialog: X and Y coordinates can be adjusted separately
2006-11-13: 12.5.0.114: Key [o] also works when measuring and dimensioning
2006-11-10: 12.5.0.114: Converting a ground plane into lines sometimes caused many slight spacing violations
2006-11-01: 12.5.0.75: PCBout: Minimized the error concerning the aura of round pads
2006-10-31: 12.5.0.74: Enlarged limit for TARGET 3001! V12 discover (=demo) from 100 to 250 pins
2006-10-27: 12.5.0.74: Properties of several selected elements can now also be renamed and also be deleted
2006-10-24: 12.5.0.74: PCBout: Drill padstacks extra: Sometimes the normal drill file was empty (layer 100)
2006-10-24: 12.5.0.74: The respective view is remembered when toggling schematic sheets inside the same window
2006-10-23: 12.5.0.74: Search on online library server: Number of components displayed up to 1000 pcs
2006-10-20: 12.5.0.39: XGerber import: Several primitives possible in one aperture macro
2006-10-20: 12.5.0.39: Solved problem with DIN-ISO-ANSI text font in PostScript driver
2006-10-20: 12.5.0.39: DRC, check spacing: Improvement regarding corners of rectangular pads
2006-10-19: 12.5.0.39: Removed memory leaks in simulation model management
2006-10-10: 12.5.0.31: Design rule check: Introduced new error message: Drillhole in SMD pad
2006-10-10: 12.5.0.31: XGerber import ignored %MOMM% command, which could lead to coordinate overflows
2006-10-10: 12.5.0.31: PCBout: Layer numbers preceding every line in the selection box
2006-10-08: 12.5.0.31: Blockdiagrams: Reorganisation sometimes affected the signals of the REF pins in the blocks
2006-10-06: 12.5.0.31: Bill of material: Component property "BILL_OF_MATERIAL=NO" prevents a component to be listed
2006-10-06: 12.5.0.31: PCBout: Solder paste masks are proposed to be output automatically
2006-10-05: 12.5.0.31: Library udate: TARGET allocated more and more main memory (possible consequence was: error "out-of-memory")
2006-10-02: 12.5.0.31: Update manager: TARGET crates a copy of the old TarV12.exe, if it is updating itself
2006-10-02: 12.5.0.31: Added GenCAD as an output format
2006-09-28: 12.5.0.1: Creating ground planes: Unconnected islands can be omitted automatically
2006-09-28: 12.5.0.1: Added FABmaster as an output format
2006-09-26: 12.5.0.1: Component update via IBF online server now also adds components, that are newly declared as belonging to the standard library
2006-09-26: 12.5.0.1: Capability for AML (Active Multi Layer, Components inside the PCB)
2006-09-26: 12.5.0.1: "Component out of date" flag in library browser
2006-09-26: 12.5.0.1: Dialog "Signal wire": Focus to "Minimal width" or to "Width", instead of "Signal" (because of scroll wheel)
2006-09-26: 12.5.0.1: Blocked 0 (zero) as pin number in schematics
2006-09-19: 12.4.0.158: Copying modules / channels via clipboard: Improved assignment of packages to existing schematic symbols
2006-09-18: 12.4.0.158: XGerber import: Solved problem with missing CR/LFs
2006-09-08: 12.4.0.158: Pick&Place export and BOM now exactly have the same content for "package used"
2006-09-07: 12.4.0.158: Automatic exchange of prefixes during component import: e.g. IC=U; T=Q; K=JP
2006-08-28: 12.4.0.128: Elektra router: Signal dedicated layers can be ground plane layers or signal layers
2006-08-28: 12.4.0.128: PCB pool: Calculator uses different kind of HTTP and the SMTP server given in the registry is used
2006-08-28: 12.4.0.128: Library browser: Component renaming sometimes resulted in deletion of the component
2006-08-28: 12.4.0.128: Library browser: IEEE / DIN selectable
2006-08-25: 12.4.0.128: Variants: Several components can be assigned to different variants simultaneously
2006-08-23: 12.4.0.128: Move elements: Crosshair and phantom picture are always shown directly, not only after a mouse movement
2006-08-20: 12.4.0.110: Pick&Place export: Now centering marks (fiducials) can be exported too
2006-08-20: 12.4.0.110: Library browser: Property assistant: PROPOSED_PACKAGE_LIB and PROPOSED_PACKAGE are changeable now
2006-08-10: 12.4.0.110: Measuring: Added angle display to status line
2006-08-06: 12.4.0.110: Import of SMD components ot the solder side: Copper layer is not switched visible unintentionally
2006-07-25: 12.4.0.95: Introduced multi line text
2006-07-24: 12.4.0.95: Grid button in pad dialog also correctly works with relative coordinates
2006-07-24: 12.4.0.95: Proxy password is saved encrypted
2006-07-24: 12.4.0.95: XGerber import: Improved processing of metric XGerber data
2006-07-23: 12.4.0.95: Key [F2] for library browser also works in an empty TARGET main window, without a project opened
2006-07-21: 12.4.0.91: The teardrop funktion (teardrop shaped pads) does not cause airwires any more
2006-07-21: 12.4.0.91: Accelerated HTTP method "Sockets"
2006-07-20: 12.4.0.81: Selectable HTTP internet access method (Sockets - WinInet)
2006-07-20: 12.4.0.81: A package without Symbol can be assigned to a symbol without package retroactively
2006-07-19: 12.4.0.81: Menu "Help": Inserted dialog to report translation problems
2006-07-17: 12.4.0.73: XGerber import: Macros using variables now possible
2006-07-11: 12.4.0.68: Improved internet access (HttpOpenRequest)
2006-07-11: 12.4.0.68: Schematic: Try to keep component numbers (IC12, R37) when importing from clipboard
2006-07-10: 12.4.0.57: Put new Future Manager (Wish Manager) into operation
2006-07-04: 12.4.0.42: Range error in hybrid router lead to an access violation
2006-07-03: 12.4.0.42: Isolation milling: NCP: Height for tool change now 4 mm
2006-07-03: 12.4.0.42: Isolation milling: NCP: Movements outside the material now at height 2 mm
2006-07-03: 12.4.0.42: XGerber: New possibility for export of masses of triangles
2006-06-29: 12.4.0.32: Improved HTTP requests for proxy servers
2006-06-29: 12.4.0.32: Improved mouse wheel reaction
2006-06-29: 12.4.0.32: Import filter for netlists in Pads-Logic format (*.ASC)
2006-06-28: 12.4.0.32: Reo still united collinear track segments, even if they had different auras (s. 03.04.2006)
2006-06-26: 12.4.0.14: Put new fast Linux component server into operation
2006-06-09: 12.3.0.124: Inserted menu point "Mirror without flip" in menu "Edit"
2006-06-09: 12.3.0.124: The current working copper layer can optionally be displayed as topmost
2006-06-08: 12.3.0.124: Clipboard: TARGET assigns copies in layout view to former copies in schematic view
2006-06-05: 12.3.0.124: Saving of the buttons in layer toolbar can also work with serveral "copper inside" layers
2006-05-31: 12.3.0.124: Smallest aperture in PCBout now 0,025 mm instead of 0,05 mm (< 1 mil)
2006-05-31: 12.3.0.124: Create thermal pads: Sometimes some possible bridges were not created
2006-05-24: 12.3.0.124: Components with prefix SP caused problems when selecting connected signals
2006-05-18: 12.3.0.124: Relative coordinates also available in element dialogs
2006-05-17: 12.3.0.124: Function "Round corner" sometimes brought the wrong message "More than two lines!"
2006-05-12: 12.3.0.124: Isolation milling only bottom side: Mirroring is now vertical (using horizontal axis)
2006-05-11: 12.3.0.124: Added EasyPC as a Gerber import filter
2006-05-05: 12.3.0.124: Auto placer can also be restricted to the components of one schematic page
2006-05-04: 12.3.0.124: Selection Assistant: Errors ocurred because of the very long entries in property 3D-MODEL
2006-04-30: 12.3.0.124: Status line: Signal length of a selected signal: Only selected signal segments count (S=...)
2006-04-28: 12.3.0.124: XGerber import: Gerber lines only separated with '*' without CRLF also work by now
2006-04-27: 12.3.0.124: Block diagrams: New terminals can now be assigned to existing blocks
2006-04-27: 12.3.0.124: Accumulated bill of material (BOM) lists names of components in one cell
2006-04-25: 12.3.0.42: XGerber import: Support for "trailing zeroes omitted"
2006-04-24: 12.3.0.42: Library browser: Sorting of components in the libraries is really alpha-numerical now
2006-04-24: 12.3.0.42: Library browser: Windows focus is now directly on the selected component
2006-04-24: 12.3.0.42: Component export: Sometimes the dialog buttons did not behave correctly when overwriting existing components
2006-04-16: 12.3.0.26: Improved zooming out with the mouse wheel
2006-04-15: 12.3.0.26: Inserted menu point "Load bitmap into rectangle" into menü "Actions"
2006-04-15: 12.3.0.26: Extra colors for single elements have been disregarded if the element was highlighted
2006-04-15: 12.3.0.26: In spite of X-Ray view with [#], extreme short tracks were shown as filled circles
2006-04-15: 12.3.0.26: Added signal properties also to track dialog (min. width, min. spacing, color of airwires)
2006-04-03: 12.3.0.15: Reo united collinear track segments, even if they had different auras
2006-04-03: 12.3.0.15: Design rule check: Wrongly ground planes collided with bridges
2006-04-03: 12.3.0.15: Removed reorganisation dialog before design rule check
2006-03-22: 12.3.0.15: Interface to Electra2L router is now capable of 2 copper layers and an unlimited number of ground plane layers
2006-03-19: 12.3.0.15: PostScript: TrueType text was too wide in some cases
2006-03-16: 12.3.0.15: PCBout sometimes caused an accessviolation directly after pressing [Start]
2006-03-10: 12.3.0.15: Pick&Place: Remembers company entries and inserts the name of the variant used
2006-03-10: 12.3.0.15: Spice: Removed "INPgetTree" error in subcircuit generator
2006-03-10: 12.3.0.15: RoHS information in component properties
2006-03-03: 12.3.0.15: BOMs now available in CSV-Format (Bill Of Material, Comma Separated Value)
2006-03-01: 12.2.0.179: When importing symbols sometimes only packages were offered
2006-02-28: 12.2.0.179: Removed warning at program start concerning wrong windows font size
2006-02-16: 12.2.0.132: Improvement of the online library server regarding internet access via proxy
2006-02-13: 12.2.0.130: Zoom out with the mouse wheel does not skip around, if mouse moved meanwhile
2006-02-13: 12.2.0.130: Speed of zoom with the mouse wheel is adjustable (0=scroll instead of zoom, negative = reverse)
2006-02-13: 12.2.0.130: The small black selection boxes stayed visible though schematic page was toggled
2006-02-13: 12.2.0.130: Program help was not usable in some cases
2006-02-08: 12.2.0.125: The list of components for manually importing packages can now be sorted ascending or descending
2006-02-08: 12.2.0.125: Restricted the width of bridges of automatic thermal pads to 1/2 of the height or width of the pad
2006-02-08: 12.2.0.125: "Rest copper ring too thin" is now reported during check, even if the drill hole is bigger than the pad
2006-01-31: 12.2.0.122: When loading a package, missing layers are created
2006-01-26: 12.2.0.122: Eagle libraries can be output from library browser's context menu
2006-01-25: 12.2.0.122: Component export dialog also remembers the last recently used library
2006-01-19: 12.2.0.109: Vendor information also visible in symbol dialog
2006-01-19: 12.2.0.109: "Choose signal from bus" dialog increments signal names automatically: A0 -> A1 -> A2 ...
2006-01-19: 12.2.0.109: Cursor of "Choose signal from bus" dialog is on button [Ok] instead of [Bus assistant]
2006-01-13: 12.2.0.106: 3D models of mirrored components are shown correctly
2005-12-23: 12.2.0.96: Search and Replace a Kind of Package: 3D model was not replaced sometimes
2005-12-20: 12.2.0.96: Isolation milling: Outline milling does not lift the tool too often
2005-12-19: 12.2.0.96: Isolation milling: Fiducial drillings now possible even if exporting single sided data
2005-12-13: 12.2.0.96: LibBrowser: Deleting a component raised a wrong error message
2005-12-13: 12.2.0.96: Dialog "Settings and Options" with a new tree-view field for the selection of the library directory
2005-12-13: 12.2.0.96: Broadened "start assistant dialog", elongated "property dialog"
2005-12-09: 12.2.0.78: DRC: Error "Signal unfinished" now got coordinates
2005-12-09: 12.2.0.78: Isolation milling "CharlyRobot": Mirroring of "vopper bottom" sometimes did not work
2005-12-08: 12.2.0.78: During online program update the progressbar was not updated properly
2005-12-07: 12.2.0.74: PCB-Without-Schematic: Sometimes vias were not correctly transferred to the new signal when connecting
2005-12-06: 12.2.0.74: Isolation milling: It's possible now to mill holes inside the PCB and to cut the outline with a burin
2005-12-04: 12.2.0.65: Centering marks (fiducials) in schematic were deleted during reorganisation
2005-12-02: 12.2.0.65: Isolation milling sometimes milled all across the PCB, if the user chose "Drill at the end"
2005-11-30: 12.2.0.65: An access violation could occur after drill file export
2005-11-25: 12.2.0.28: Path for help files can now be edited in the hierarchy browser
2005-11-23: 12.2.0.28: The aura of pads now also depends on the drill hole if this is larger than the copper pad itself
2005-11-18: 12.2.0.15: Library browser sometimes used the wrong sheet on reopen
2005-11-17: 12.2.0.15: Improved installation and uninstall
2005-11-15: 12.2.0.15: Reload of component form: Often the settings of the pins were not replaced
2005-11-09: 12.1.0.210: Drills in padstacks are displayed dased if they do not touch a visible layer
2005-11-02: 12.1.0.210: Searching and zooming a big signal (e.g. GND) sometimes shrinked the view
2005-10-25: 12.1.0.170: Bill of material: Leading and trailing spaces are deleted with self defined properties
2005-10-24: 12.1.0.170: Modern, scalable dialogs for opening and saving files
2005-10-24: 12.1.0.170: Improved triangulation of polygons
2005-10-24: 12.1.0.170: Selection rectangles with context menu for dragging-deleting-inserting vertices in polygons
2005-10-20: 12.1.0.159: The help window stayed always on top
2005-10-20: 12.1.0.159: Sometimes static cross hairs remained if another window overlapped
2005-10-10: 12.1.0.146: Length of splines and tori is shown during creation and changing
2005-10-10: 12.1.0.146: Accelerated the start of TARGET, the updatemanager opens at the end of the program
2005-10-10: 12.1.0.146: Dispatch of first TARGET 3001! V12
2005-10-07: 12.1.0.146: Online access and update of libraries
2005-10-07: 12.1.0.146: Inserted 3D-View
2005-10-06: 12.1.0.146: Search and download of components from the IBF component server
2005-09-30: 12.1.0.146: Hybrid-Router: Fixed access violation with signals that only appeared in schematic
2005-09-19: 12.1.0.127: PostScript dialog: Settings are remembered as long as TARGET is running
2005-09-15: 12.1.0.127: Electra-Router: Planes with signals are regarded, e.g. ground planes
2005-09-12: 12.1.0.100: Electra-Router: Pre-routed vias are handed over with the correct size
2005-09-12: 12.1.0.100: Electra-Router: Corrected the regard of tori and splines within the PCB outline
2005-08-30: 12.1.0.27: Package dialog: Provided change of property "Rotation" with a warning hint
2005-08-26: 12.1.0.12: PCBout: Solved problem in ground planes with needle-sharp triangles
2005-08-23: 12.1.0.12: Added "Manual Placer" into menu "Actions" for linear, matrix-shaped and radial component arrangements
2005-08-21: 12.1.0.12: Under certain circumstances TARGET created very long tracks at random
2005-08-15: 12.1.0.12: Included HPGL.exe into TARGET
2005-08-13: 12.1.0.12: Included Post.exe into TARGET
2005-08-12: 12.1.0.12: Included DXF.exe into TARGET
2005-08-11: 12.1.0.12: Included GDS II into TARGET
2005-08-11: 12.1.0.12: Included Bohr.exe into TARGET
2005-08-11: 12.1.0.12: Included PCBout.exe into TARGET
2005-08-10: 12.1.0.12: Inserted point "Duplicate" into menu "Edit"
2005-08-10: 12.1.0.12: Devided menu "Input and output formats"
2005-08-09: 12.1.0.12: Isolation milling recognizes PCB type and remembers output format
2005-08-03: 12.1.0.12: Hierarchy browser: Context menu point "Show" gives no warning message any more
2005-07-29: 12.1.0.12: Electrical rule check ERC sometimes regarded those symbols of components that were not placed yet
2005-07-26: 12.1.0.12: Inserted new layer dialog
2005-07-21: 12.1.0.3: Isolations milling CharlyRobot: Before drilling now the desired immersion speed is set
2005-07-20: 12.1.0.3: Reorganisation: "Merge collinear signal segments" also regards busses
2005-07-18: 12.1.0.3: Isolation milling: New switch "Always select new tool for bottom side"
2005-07-11: 12.1.0.3: Package dialog: Provided change of property "Flipped" with a warning hint
2005-07-07: 12.1.0.3: Bill-Of-Material also exports variant properties of components
2005-07-05: 12.1.0.3: Electra-Router: No keepouts for pads
2005-07-05: 12.1.0.3: Pick&Place list also separated into SMD/THP or top/bottom
2005-07-05: 12.1.0.3: XP-Style GUI (luna) not only for window borders but also possible inside the dialogs
2005-06-30: 12.1.0.2: Create package: Two pads with the same pin number did not work properly
2005-06-30: 12.1.0.2: V11 stands still, changes and new features now for V12
2005-06-24: 11.7.1.43: Renaming a variant also renames the variant properties of components
2005-06-23: 11.7.1.43: Added Button [Variants] also in package dialog
2005-06-22: 11.7.1.43: "Check project" in certain cases did not recognize a spacing violation of a pad to a ground plane
2005-06-22: 11.7.1.43: PCBout.EXE: Holes in characters with TrueType font were displayed as filled by some CAMs
2005-06-22: 11.7.1.43: PCBout.EXE: Character width of TrueType fonts was ignored
2005-06-14: 11.7.1.16: Solder stop and solder paste now work in dialog "Via options"
2005-06-09: 11.7.1.15: Single track paths could not be copied via clipboard any more
2005-05-30: 11.7.1.11: Inserted menu point "Link to library" into library browser
2005-05-24: 11.7.1.11: DRC: Project name is used for the name of the check textfile: e.g. PIC.ERR3001 instead of TARGET.ERR3001
2005-05-24: 11.7.1.11: Inserted menu point "Select all" into menu "Edit"
2005-05-19: 11.7.1.3: Airwires of imported components are activated
2005-05-19: 11.7.1.3: Resetting elements to standard color sometimes didn't work
2005-05-19: 11.7.1.3: Programmed buttons in via dialog now also save solder stop and solder paste
2005-05-19: 11.7.1.3: Fixed again problems with length determination of text elements
2005-05-18: 11.7.1.3: Output *.dif for DigitalTest testers
2005-05-18: 11.7.1.3: Output *.tgr for Polar Instruments testers
2005-05-18: 11.7.1.3: External autorouter: Padstacks are processed too
2005-05-11: 11.6.1.45: Parts of single symbols and Packages can now be copied via clipboard
2005-05-04: 11.6.1.41: PCBout: Errormessage, if PCB outline not correct
2005-05-03: 11.6.1.41: Isolation milling: Under certain circumstances the first tool change was left out
2005-04-29: 11.6.1.41: XGerber import also reads lines that start with '*'
2005-04-27: 11.6.1.33: Isolation milling: Tracks that had no rounded ends were output too long
2005-04-27: 11.6.1.33: Improved check of pads that are not placed orthogonal (e.g. rotatiton by 45°)
2005-04-26: 11.6.1.33: Inserted Variants into Pick&Place dialog
2005-04-26: 11.6.1.33: When deleting track segments, the signal is selected for airwire showing
2005-04-26: 11.6.1.33: When loading a project, all airwires are selected for showing
2005-04-26: 11.6.1.33: Text in a copper layer is now correctly handed to the Elektra router
2005-04-26: 11.6.1.33: Self defined layer functions with endings "top" or "bottom" are now recognized as complementary
2005-04-14: 11.6.1.23: Under mysterious circumstances a symbol sometimes had more than one handle cross
2005-04-14: 11.6.1.23: Incrementing padnames now properly works in schematic too, not only in PCB mode
2005-04-12: 11.6.1.12: Airwires are not activated unintentionally
2005-04-12: 11.6.1.12: Coordinate output now uses the Windows decimal separator instead of always using ","
2005-04-12: 11.6.1.12: Coordinate output sometimes had too many decimals
2005-04-11: 11.6.1.12: IDF 3D: PCB outline was displayed incorrect sometimes
2005-04-11: 11.6.1.12: Symbol exchange: Message, if the two symbols are out of different components
2005-04-08: 11.6.1.12: Padnames are incremented during component creation, even if they have more than one character ABX9 -> ABX10
2005-04-06: 11.6.1.12: Fixed some problems with length determination of text elements
2005-04-06: 11.6.1.12: Bus dialog: New signal names may be entered again
2005-03-30: 11.6.1.12: Insertes help index into help menu
2005-03-30: 11.6.1.12: Isolation milling with HPGL uses differnt tools for isolation and PCB outline
2005-03-29: 11.6.1.12: Black background when printing without "sharp black/white" is printed
2005-03-25: 11.6.1.12: Added points "Insert page" and "Delete page" in menu "Actions"
2005-03-24: 11.6.1.12: DRC: Improved detection of "Pin not connected"
2005-03-21: 11.6.1.12: When splitting signals the smaller island directly gets an automatic name (e.g. Sig$31)
2005-03-21: 11.6.1.12: When connecting signals with automatic names (e.g. Sig$31) no more question "GND or Sig$31 ?"
2005-03-21: 11.6.1.12: Inserted warning, if DEFAULT.T3001 or DEFAULTP.T3001 are missing during creation of a new project
2005-03-10: 11.5.1.98: The recognition of the package pin grid in the library browser disregards mounting holes now
2005-03-08: 11.5.1.98: Panelisation: Sometimes TARGET also placed a copy of the PCB over the original
2005-02-24: 11.5.1.88: Pin and pad swap sometimes forgot to exchange given padnames in schematic too
2005-02-22: 11.5.1.88: Imporved handling of read-only project files
2005-02-22: 11.5.1.88: Import of Eagle libraries: improved error messages
2005-02-15: 11.5.1.74: Import XGerber & Excellon: Leading- / Trailing-Zerors sometimes were mixed up
2005-02-12: 11.5.1.74: Inserted volume discounts into WK-Mechanik Calkulator
2005-02-10: 11.5.1.74: DXF import also reads SOLIDs
2005-02-02: 11.5.1.69: Front panel calculation: Solved problem with rectangular breakouts
2005-02-02: 11.5.1.69: "Reload component" and "Reload properties" had problems with PROPOSED_PACKAGE
2005-01-26: 11.5.1.69: Isolation milling / CharlyRobot: Implemented command 17: Show message and wait for user action
2005-01-24: 11.5.1.69: Import XGerber and Excellon: Manual setting of the drill factor possible
2005-01-24: 11.5.1.69: Isolation engraving ISO/DIN: Coordinates are always in decimal now: 12.0 instead of 12
2005-01-24: 11.5.1.69: PCBout.exe: Error, if no drill hole was in the PCB
2005-01-14: 11.5.1.69: Pick&Place output prefers to use the property ORIGINAL_NAME instead of the component name
2005-01-14: 11.5.1.69: "Panelisation" creates the property ORIGINAL_NAME for copied components
2005-01-14: 11.5.1.69: [F12] created the airwires several times
2005-01-11: 11.5.1.38: Under certain circumstances the new check routines worked erroneously
2005-01-07: 11.5.1.38: The path for application data (AppDataPath) was not used correctly in some cases
2005-01-05: 11.5.1.37: Introduced "page name" as a text variable
2005-01-04: 11.5.1.36: On certain computers the hybrid autorouter could cause a blue-screen
2005-01-03: 11.5.1.36: Counting of pins/pads: Vias and reference pins do not count any more
2004-12-30: 11.5.1.36: Isolation milling: Sometimes immersion depth was wrong in DIN-ISO format output
2004-12-28: 11.5.1.36: Authentication with HTTP over a proxy sometimes failed
2004-12-17: 11.5.1.23: Isolation milling: Tori were ignored in PCB outline milling
2004-12-10: 11.5.1.23: Front panel calculator, kind of material was ignored
2004-12-08: 11.5.1.23: Sometimes different font types were missing in text dialogs
2004-12-07: 11.5.1.23: At times the error "NIL cannot be assigned to TStringList" appeared
2004-12-03: 11.5.1.23: In very special cases "pin swap" did not work
2004-11-26: 11.4.1.118: Round pads in isolation milling are no longer octagons but 16 sided polygons
2004-11-26: 11.4.1.118: Coordinates in mm were cut after the 3rd decimal digit
2004-11-20: 11.4.1.114: Snap-On-Pad only works with pads/tracks of the same signal
2004-11-18: 11.4.1.104: During blinking for [s], the key [backspace] led into an ugly system state
2004-11-17: 11.4.1.97: Itroduced unit nm
2004-11-05: 11.4.1.89: Introduced IDF 3D output
2004-11-05: 11.4.1.89: Introduced realtime DRC
2004-11-03: 11.4.1.89: Introduced special path for application settings files (AppDataPath)
2004-11-02: 11.4.1.89: Added WK front panel calculator
2004-11-02: 11.4.1.89: Added front panel designer
2004-11-02: 11.4.1.89: Added mounting drill holes as an own element
2004-10-22: 11.4.1.89: Limited buttons [:2] and [:5] in grid dialog to reasonable values
2004-10-18: 11.4.1.53: Added possibility to enter special characters
2004-10-18: 11.4.1.53: Introduced vector font "DIN_ISO_ANSI"
2004-10-10: 11.4.1.37: Backups and autosaves are stored into a subdirectory "BackupFiles"
2004-10-08: 11.4.1.37: "Search and replace comonent shape" could caused an error that prevented saving
2004-10-07: 11.4.1.37: Text with height and width up to 10cm possible
2004-09-24: 11.4.1.28: Inserted menue point "Dimension PCB" in menue "Actions"
2004-09-21: 11.3.1.126: "Import XGerber and Excellon" has now fields to enter OffsetX and OffsetY
2004-09-16: 11.3.1.126: Behr-Reo for composite signal names only for "number.number" i.e. "1.1","1.2".."2.1"..
2004-09-15: 11.3.1.126: Improved the computation of the enclosing rectangle of Windows fonts
2004-09-13: 11.3.1.125: Reorganisation of component numbers according to component position uses PCB or schematic
2004-09-13: 11.3.1.125: Component numbering uses gaps between existing components
2004-09-07: 11.3.1.120: Texts with a TrueType font can be mirrored
2004-09-06: 11.3.1.120: Added output for front panel milling to DXFout
2004-09-03: 11.3.1.120: PCBout: Polygons made of triangles sometimes caused problems
2004-08-30: 11.3.1.120: PCB outline wizard had problems with some break outs
2004-08-25: 11.3.1.98: PostScript: Instead of padnames always only pinnumbers were output
2004-08-25: 11.3.1.98: PCBout: Polygons as G36/G37 are no longer output as single triangles, but as seamless polygons
2004-08-25: 11.3.1.98: Isolation milling: Polygons made of triangles sometimes caused problems
2004-08-24: 11.3.1.98: Electrical rule check: Error "Output Error: Signal X" now with position marker
2004-08-24: 11.3.1.98: Electrical rule check: Error "Wrong REF Signal X" now with position marker
2004-08-24: 11.3.1.98: The bend mode for placing lines is saved in every window separately
2004-08-16: 11.3.1.98: Improved selection rectangles menu point "Segment into 45° grid"
2004-08-16: 11.3.1.98: Removed automatic adjustment during dragging of lines
2004-08-16: 11.3.1.98: Inserted "Linewidth" as entry down on the layer tool bar
2004-07-28: 11.3.1.85: "Centering holes only" in PostScript driver
2004-07-28: 11.3.1.85: Linewidth directly enterable below in layer toolbar
2004-07-26: 11.3.1.85: When loading a project, the components are directly adjusted to the current variant
2004-07-26: 11.3.1.85: Contour router ignored minimal width and spacing of signals (since 05.07.2004)
2004-07-19: 11.3.1.62: When using padstacks, some variant components were not shown dashed
2004-07-14: 11.3.1.48: Working with libraries sometimes caused problems or access violations since 29.06.2004
2004-07-14: 11.3.1.48: When drawing tracks, the length of the whole signal is shown in the status line (S=Xmil)
2004-07-12: 11.3.1.47: PCB layers with color "light gray" got "dark gray" when saving and reopening a project
2004-07-05: 11.3.1.40: Added "Minimum track width" and "Minimum track spacing" into dialog "Change Signal Wires"
2004-07-01: 11.3.1.30: Improved dialog "Connect signals"
2004-07-01: 11.3.1.30: Isolation milling: added output of text
2004-06-30: 11.3.1.30: Circles and tori were not seen correctly by the hybrid router
2004-06-29: 11.3.1.30: Package elements on layer 25 were always deleted during reorganisation
2004-06-29: 11.3.1.30: Accelerated creation of library index files
2004-06-29: 11.3.1.30: Accelerated export of components
2004-06-23: 11.3.1.30: Data sheet and price info in "change symbol dialog"
2004-06-17: 11.3.1.30: Sometimes texts were displayed in a wrong color
2004-06-17: 11.3.1.30: Check PCB: Renamed "Short-cut", "Wrong connection" and "Spacing violation"
2004-06-17: 11.3.1.30: Selection rectangles for tori allow to change a round bend back into a sharp bend
2004-06-16: 11.3.1.6: Apended interface to the high speed ELECTRA Shape Based Autorouter
2004-06-16: 11.3.1.6: Check project: Improved short-cut detection in schematic
2004-06-15: 11.2.1.102: Export to Eagle: Sometimes the message "Index exeeds maximum of list" appeared
2004-06-13: 11.2.1.102: Changing of component properties now also works for multiple components together
2004-06-13: 11.2.1.102: Selection assistant also selects symbols and packages according to component properties
2004-06-13: 11.2.1.102: [Enter]-key now works in property-dialog
2004-06-13: 11.2.1.102: Reference symbols are not saved in the list of the 20 most recently used components
2004-06-08: 11.2.1.102: Selection rectangles with context menu for dragging-deleting-inserting sharp bends and for rounding corners
2004-06-06: 11.2.1.102: Adjusted zoom factor for cross probe [F3]
2004-06-06: 11.2.1.102: Inserted point "Zoom selected" into menu "View"
2004-06-04: 11.2.1.102: Inserted hierarchy browser as a menu point too
2004-05-17: 11.2.1.102: New project windows are directly displayed maximized, if advertisings are disabled
2004-05-13: 11.2.1.102: Import package: Sorting by alphabet regards numbers correctly: R1,..R9,R10,R11.. and not R1,R10,R11,R2..
2004-05-11: 11.2.1.74: The textbox in dialog "Help / Info" has now scrollbars
2004-05-11: 11.2.1.74: Texts in dialog "Help / Info" may now be loaded and saved extra
2004-05-10: 11.2.1.74: New project windows are directly maximized (in the non-demo-versions)
2004-05-03: 11.2.1.74: The menu entry "Edit Component Model" was sometimes missing in the library browser
2004-04-30: 11.2.1.74: "Rename PadStack" entered a wrong layer number
2004-04-29: 11.2.1.74: Multilayer: Improved output of PadStacks with PCBout
2004-04-29: 11.2.1.74: Multilayer: Change of layer with [.] or [:] now preferred uses the next to last used layer
2004-04-28: 11.2.1.74: Several output drivers did not recognize the text function !PROJECT
2004-04-28: 11.2.1.74: "Show signal" in hierarchybrowser sometimes changed the schematic page even if not necessary
2004-04-23: 11.2.1.61: Added isolation milling with CNC ISO 6983 or DIN 66025
2004-04-22: 11.2.1.61: Added possibility to enter Username and Password for Proxy
2004-04-22: 11.2.1.61: Inserted entry "Wheel mouse zoom reverted"
2004-04-22: 11.2.1.61: Removed a possible access-violation in hybrid router
2004-04-21: 11.2.1.61: Improved symbol assistant
2004-04-20: 11.2.1.44: Copying packages with the library browser damaged the destination librarie in some cases
2004-04-12: 11.2.1.34: The contents of the TARGET context menu changed
2004-04-12: 11.2.1.34: Right mouse click M2 creates the TARGET context menu instead of zooming in
2004-04-09: 11.2.1.34: Move/displace selected elements by a specified offset X/Y: [Shift]+[D]
2004-04-09: 11.2.1.34: TextIO also reads files with comma instead of colon as decimal separator
2004-04-08: 11.2.1.34: Grid dialog had problems with switching the unit more than once
2004-04-08: 11.2.1.34: Splines were forgotten sometimes during change of properties
2004-04-02: 11.1.1.216: Isolation milling: Double Pads were not isolated correctly in some cases
2004-04-01: 11.1.1.207: Isolation milling: Unconnected Pads were not isolated correctly in some cases
2004-04-01: 11.1.1.207: PCBout.EXE directly receives the filename of the current project
2004-03-31: 11.1.1.207: Loading of libraries and projects accelerated dramatically
2004-03-30: 11.1.1.184: Clipboard also copies drawings from schematic view to layout view and vice versa
2004-03-25: 11.1.1.184: Tori with a very small spanned angle were not displayed sometimes
2004-03-25: 11.1.1.184: Reorganisation puts signal segments together, if they lie in a line
2004-03-22: 11.1.1.159: HPGL.exe now also exports center coordinates of slices (for dispensing glue of SMD components)
2004-03-17: 11.1.1.154: Introduced new algortihm for isolation milling
2004-03-11: 11.1.1.141: Check schematic: "Island without REF" shows error coordinates now
2004-03-08: 11.1.1.133: Component import: Component names ending with blank did not work
2004-03-07: 11.1.1.133: Hybrid-Router used dispropotionately long time for certain problems
2004-03-05: 11.1.1.51: When working with cross-hair, often old cross-hairs remained and the screen had to be repainted
2004-03-04: 11.1.1.51: Bill-Of-Material: Ordering is now true alphanumeric: R1,R2,..R9,R10.. and not R1,R10,R2..
2004-03-04: 11.1.1.51: Bill-Of-Material can be exported in Excel-Format *.xls (BIFF) too
2004-03-04: 11.1.1.51: Bill-Of-Material: Equal components can be summarized: 3 x 7400 etc.
2004-03-03: 11.1.1.51: Help did not start correctly in some cases
2004-03-01: 11.1.1.51: During movement of a component: Zooming works also with [pg up] and [pg dn]
2004-03-01: 11.1.1.51: Using mouse wheel inside a scrollbar rolls picture up/down or left/right
2004-03-01: 11.1.1.51: Using mouse wheel inside the window zooms the picture in or out
2004-02-27: 11.1.1.51: Level-selection for multiple models per component sometimes didn't select the right model
2004-02-26: 11.1.1.51: "flat" command within Eagle libraries caused problems
2004-02-18: 11.1.1.51: Start with Drag&Drop or double clock onto a *.T3001 file: 8.3 names (exampl~1.t30) are replaced correctly
2004-02-17: 11.1.1.51: PadStacks are allowed as pads in packages too; inside libraries the identical names of the padstacks are regarded
2004-02-16: 11.1.1.51: Libraries konverted from V9 showed file names for package libraries assigned which were wrong. (von V9 konvertierte Bibliotheken hatten z.T. einen falschen Dateinamen für die Gehäusebibliotheken)
2004-02-12: 11.1.1.51: Reo ignored the correction of ref texts when tightening artificial signal names (Reo vergaß beim Zusammenrücken von künstlichen Signalnamen auch die Ref-Beschriftungen mit zu ändern)
2004-02-11: 11.1.1.51: "Push onto Grid" now not only effects components anymore but also traces and vias highlighted("Aufs Raster schieben" bearbeitet nun nicht mehr nur die Bauteile sondern auch die markierten Bahnen und Dukos)
2004-02-10: 11.1.1.51: AutoPan starts not earlier as the mouse had been hovered once into the main screen (the image faded to the screens edge earlier)(AutoPan geht erst los, wenn die Maus mindestens einmal echt innerhalb des Fensters war (Bild "zappelte" sonst fort))
2004-02-06: 11.1.1.51: List of the last 20 components can be faded.(Liste der 20 zuletzt benutzten Bauteile ist abschaltbar)
2004-02-06: 11.1.1.51: List of the last 20 components couldn't find components which had a blank in the name (Liste der 20 zuletzt benutzten Bauteile konnte Bauteil, die ein Leerzeichen im Namen hatten nicht finden)
2004-02-06: 11.1.1.51: Layer tool shows layer numbers and can be minimized (Ebenen-Werkzeugleiste zeigt EbenenNummern und läßt sich hochklappen)
2004-02-04: 11.1.1.51: Edition of project variables in the hirarchy browser: when intending to close project dialog "Save first?"  was missing (Projekt-Variablen im Hierarchie-Browser ändern, dann Projekt schließen: Nachfrage "Speichern?" fehlte)
2004-02-03: 11.1.1.51: In Hybrid router sometimes texts in copper were missing (Im Hybrid-Router wurde u.U. Text im Kupfer nicht berücksichtigt
2004-02-03: 11.1.1.51: In library browser the package directly is displayed besides the symbol and also its grid width is shown (Im Bibliotheksbrowser wird das Gehäuse gleich mit angezeigt und das Rastermaß)
2004-02-03: 11.1.1.51: "pad free from solder paste" was sometimes intwrpreted false. "Pad-Frei-Von-Lötpaste" wurde u.U. falsch gespeichert
2004-01-30: 11.1.1.51: Update Manager sometimes intended to update files with the same version number (Update-Manager wollte u.U. Files mit gleicher Versionsnummer nochmal herunterladen)
2004-01-28: 11.1.1.51: The Hybrid router sometimes ignored via- and routing- prohibition zones (Im Hybrid-Router wurden u.U. die Via- und Route-Verbotszonen ignoriert)
2004-01-28: 11.1.1.51: In V11 smart the INFO-dialogue showed 1,000 pins instead of 700 (stand im Info-Dialog fälschlicherweise 1000 Pins statt 700)
2004-01-28: 11.1.1.51: The Help-file showed the wrong information that the panelization-function would exceed the pin limitation (In der Hilfe stand fälschlicherweise die Funktion "Nutzen setzen" könne die Pingrenze umgehen)
2004-01-26: 11.1.1.51: Modified the update manager, if PC is offline
2004-01-26: 11.1.1.51: Hybridrouter sometimes ignored the settings for minimum width and minimum spacing
2004-01-20: 11.1.1.35: PCBout.EXE was sometimes not exact in numbering the inner XGerber layers
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Dispatch of V11
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Solderstop and solderpaste to be set individually for each pad/via
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Snap-on-pad extended to bendings and end of tracks
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Generated version "smart"
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Simulation counts signals instead of internal nodes
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Inserted list of the 20 components most recently used
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Dialog "Service approval criticism": contents are saved
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: PCB production inquiries included
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Eagle-Export inserted
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Start with check of date und time
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Selection assistant inserted
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Generation of Testing Points inserted
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: Panelisation inserted
2003-12-19: 11.1.1.21: New Hybrid router inserted in ultimate V10
2003-11-18: 10.4.1.121: Sometimes several polygones were highligted together just when intending to highlight only one
2003-10-29: 10.4.1.121: Binoculars and Design check: free rests of tracks led to signals "not ready"
2003-10-29: 10.4.1.121: Design check: air wires sometime were alerted to be non orthogonal
2003-10-27: 10.4.1.121: Design check: rectangular pads lacking an aura and placed within a ground plane had sometimes not been alerted
2003-10-22: 10.4.1.96: Library search for "Order numbers" was swapped to "Supplier"
2003-10-22: 10.4.1.96: DXF-Import: extreme coordinates cause warning messages
2003-10-13: 10.4.1.96: Package export: double pad numbers are connected as a bridge internally (like a zero Ohm resistor)
2003-10-13: 10.4.1.96: Wheel mouse scroll to be set in Hierarchy browser: Settings (Registry)
2003-10-13: 10.4.1.96: The settings in the PCB-Pool calculator are stored for the next time
2003-10-10: 10.4.1.96: Inserted buttons [x2] and [:2] in grid dialog
2003-10-06: 10.4.1.93: Under certain circumstances modification date and release date were mixed
2003-10-01: 10.4.1.93: Eagle library import: RECT command as well as rotation R0, R90, R180 and R270 established
2003-09-24: 10.4.1.77: Grid-unit unselected lead to NAN-Values for length entries in dialogs
2003-09-23: 10.4.1.69: Countour-Router: extremely wide tracks showed wide via holes but but narrow via copper
2003-09-20: 10.4.1.69: "Create Slider Track" worked properly only at the first insertion
2003-09-18: 10.4.1.58: Import of Eagle Libs: PAD-command now allows "Long" property
2003-09-15: 10.4.1.57: Dialog "Service, Approval and Criticism" now with a field for an individual SMTP-Server
2003-09-15: 10.4.1.57: Occasionally bus names were showed multiple, after a reorganization: $$BUS_1, $$BUS_2 ...
2003-08-29: 10.4.1.37: Very short aur wires are marked by a little cross
2003-08-25: 10.4.1.30: PostScript had problems in displaying schematic fit to DinA 4 esp. when having more than one Schematic page simultaneously.
2003-08-20: 10.4.1.30: XGerber-Import sometimes didn't read in it's own generated Excellon drill hole diameters correctly
2003-08-20: 10.4.1.30: XGerber-Import read only the first line
2003-07-08: 10.4.1.16: When showing spacing violations at big elements together with small elements the error mark was displayed closer to the smaller element
2003-07-07: 10.4.1.16: XGerber-Import now reads in the XGerber files generated by PCBout itself (incl. some AM = Aperture Macro)
2003-07-07: 10.4.1.16: Dialog "Grid": 0|0 of relative coordinates can be exactly placed on grid
2003-07-03: 10.4.1.16: Gerber Import for Tango also
2003-07-02: 10.4.1.16: "Check" groundplanes, which had been not made out of several rectangles and triangles, generated occasionally wrong warnings
2003-06-30: 10.4.1.16: "Shift Segment" displaced from time to time segments of the same signal upon different copper layer
2003-06-23: 10.3.1.260: "Rename Signal" selects the signal which is highlighted in schematic or layout
2003-06-23: 10.3.1.260: "Import XGerber" now is able to read in those elderly "single quadrant" curves
2003-06-20: 10.3.1.260: Print dialog warnes, when elements still are highlighted in the window. Color-irritations are avoided when printing colored
2003-05-21: 10.3.1.242: Dialogue: "Setting of the tool lifting" in NCP-isolation milling inserted
2003-04-28: 10.3.1.166: New modes of lines: running through, hatched, dotted, hatch-dot, hatch-dot-dot
2003-04-24: 10.3.1.158: Inserted a switch to dialog "Window/Settings/Options" for placement of two track segments at once
2003-04-24: 10.3.1.158: Schematic and PCB area enlarged to 1,2m to 1,2m. So DinA 0 possible
2003-04-22: 10.3.1.154: Insulation milling: Not connected pins are insulated also
2003-04-22: 10.3.1.154: Bug fixed when mirroring "copper bottom" on a single sided PCB
2003-04-02: 10.3.1.154: Change colors of elements:  dialog for standard colors first
2003-04-02: 10.3.1.154: Insulation milling caused an error "index of list exceeds maximum"
2003-04-02: 10.3.1.154: Any cross of errors now show the number of the error
2003-03-19: 10.x.x.x: Place tracks:  using [6] or [9] for placing a track it gets nestled to the left or to the right left
2003-03-17: 10.x.x.x: TextIO:  Protel-Import improved:  buses, spline curves
2003-03-17: 10.x.x.x: Concatenate a schematic to a "PCB without schematic"
2003-03-17: 10.x.x.x: Track segments hit by others somewhere in the middle get split.
2003-03-13: 10.x.x.x: Help:  Online Service, approval, criticism:  attached project files now zipped first.
2003-03-11: 10.x.x.x: Under special circumstances the use of buses could cause irritations in counting  signals.
2003-03-05: 10.x.x.x: The new menu "Register TARGET file extensions..." caused occasionally an error.
2003-03-05: 10.x.x.x: Netlists can now be exported in CALAY- format.
2003-03-01: 10.x.x.x: on the layers toolbar now find three buttons for vias to be set in the via dialog on the right.
2003-03-01: 10.x.x.x: The generation of thermals not only for pads but also for vias.
2003-02-25: 10.x.x.x: In OrCad multiwire netlists now pad coordinates for needle tester can be transfered.
2003-02-20: 10.x.x.x: Toggle layers by pressing key [.] when placing the tracks now according to the PadStack chosen.
2003-02-17: 10.x.x.x: New function regarding sliding contacts in menu "Actions" in layout mode.
2003-02-17: 10.x.x.x: Dialog "Change Package":  having highlighted several components prefix, number and value sometimes were egalized.
2003-02-13: 10.x.x.x: New function in Insulation milling: fiducial drills, double sided, insulating, RubOut.
2003-02-10: 10.x.x.x: PCBout: volume of data generated reduced.
2003-01-30: 10.x.x.x: Eagle Import:  when importing only packages, pads numbers were missing.
2003-01-24: 10.x.x.x: PCBout ignored the drill layer under very special circumstances
2003-01-16: 10.x.x.x: Multiple 'inner copper layers' distinguished in package libraries
2002-12-20: 10.x.x.x: SnapOnPad:  when manually routing on copper bottom, SnapOnPads-boxes were fixed to smd-pads on copper top also.
2002-12-16: 10.x.x.x: PCBout:  under certain circumstances groundplanes were cut
2002-12-11: 10.x.x.x: PCBout:  reduction of Ground plane tolerances
2002-12-10: 10.x.x.x: XGerber import:  360° circular interpolation possible (G75, G02, G03).
2002-12-09: 10.x.x.x: Insulation engraving in isel/ProMa NCP-format:  last milling trace in a polygone sometimes too fast.
2002-12-09: 10.x.x.x: PCBout:  redundant Gerber-aperture-files began sometimes with D0 instead of D10
2002-12-09: 10.x.x.x: PCB Outline Assistant:  The assistant fixed outlines always to layer 23.
2002-12-06: 10.x.x.x: Colors-dialog: buttons Load and Save inserted to all colors.
2002-12-06: 10.x.x.x: Discs can be assigned to already existing signals (e.g. to circular ground planes).
2002-12-06: 10.x.x.x: Export all components to one library:  some components occasionally appeared multiple.
2002-11-21: 10.x.x.x: Gate-/Symbol Swap now works in a schematic, having several pages.
2002-11-21: 10.x.x.x: Library scripts from EAGLE (*.scr) are now allowed to have points in the pin name
2002-11-20: 10.x.x.x: The computation of air wires didn' t recognize vias the right way (solved)
2002-11-19: 10.x.x.x: PCBout: rectangles and triangles as G36 Polygones hadn't always been completely closed (solved)
2002-11-06: 10.x.x.x: Replacement of components without connections (e.g. frames) caused  an error (solved)
2002-11-05: 10.x.x.x: PostScript:  Problems with soldering paste solved
2002-10-29: 10.x.x.x: Error message "Loss of data" if new projects had been edited with elderly versions of TARGET 3001!
2002-10-29: 10.x.x.x: TextIO had problems if properties were displayed which contained CR/LF
2002-10-29: 10.x.x.x: Chip designer:  generating a new project, eg. with the TextIO, the grid in the layout is set to 400nm
2002-10-28: 10.x.x.x: Read in of Libraries caused an error, if CR/LF was part of component descriptions
2002-10-27: 10.x.x.x: A variant con be deducted from another
2002-10-26: 10.x.x.x: Number of possible variants of component insertion rises from 32 to 255
2002-10-26: 10.x.x.x: Air wires can not be highlighted inadvertently
2002-10-25: 10.x.x.x: Dialogue "Window/ Settings/Options":  minimum spacing hasn't been saved correctly in the project file
2002-10-23: 10.x.x.x: Gerber-files import: editing afterwards has been optimized
2002-10-23: 10.x.x.x: XGerber Import acknowledges rectangular polygones as PCB tracks
2002-10-23: 10.x.x.x: Texts in Windows-fonts sometimes could not been coloured individually
2002-10-22: 10.x.x.x: Eagle.ulp:  the Ascii-IO Import struggled with elements being drawn freehand in Eagle (R)
2002-10-19: 10.x.x.x: The triangulization struggled sometimes with complex polygones
2002-10-18: 10.x.x.x: PCBout: rectangles and triangles as G36 Polygones hadn't always been completely closed (solved)
2002-10-18: 10.x.x.x: Import Eagle library:  "technology -" in *.scr file caused an error
2002-10-16: 10.x.x.x: Under seldom ocurring circumstances new signal names could be given wrongly
2002-10-11: 10.x.x.x: Black and White print had problems sometimes with individually coloured elements
2002-10-08: 10.x.x.x: Swap Symbols caused an access violation sometimes when activating Reorganization (solved)
2002-10-06: 10.x.x.x: Lib-Browser: Components Read New with button [u]  (below right)
2002-10-04: 10.x.x.x: PCBout: rectangles and triangles as G36 Polygones hadn't always been completely closed (solved)
2002-10-04: 10.x.x.x: Sitgnal tori in schematic hadn't been displayed in signal colour (solved )
2002-10-04: 10.x.x.x: Pin-names sometimes couldn't be deleted
2002-09-27: 10.x.x.x: Thermal-Pads function  inserted in  menu Actions
2002-09-24: 10.x.x.x: Polygones can be generated using key [5] (mit Taste [5] erzeugbar)
2002-09-23: 10.x.x.x: Generation and updating of a wire list in harness layout (Automotive)
2002-09-22: 10.x.x.x: Generation and updating of Harness Layouts (Automotive)
2002-09-20: 10.x.x.x: Loading of "Individual Text Functions" out of V9 files mixed up sometimes.
2002-09-19: 10.x.x.x: Measurements in [m] established
2002-09-19: 10.x.x.x: "Compare Libraries" didn't find libraries sometimes (solved)
2002-09-19: 10.x.x.x: Though advertisings had been switched off, the link was activated when clicking on the bachground.
2002-09-16: 10.x.x.x: save all packages of one project in one library: symbols instead of packages had been saved (solved)
2002-09-11: 10.x.x.x: Isel-Insulaion engraving: extra speed for diving the tool into the into the workpiece can be set
2002-09-10: 10.x.x.x: Solder paste: only SMD-Pads without drilling are exposed
2002-09-10: 10.x.x.x: XGerber-Import reads normal polygones with G36/G37
2002-09-06: 10.x.x.x: Eagle-Script-Import: Grid-command realized more exactly
2002-09-05: 10.x.x.x: DXF-In is able to handle comments out of the first section
2002-08-27: 10.x.x.x: Chip designer: setting of the track options always is taken to the standard settings
2002-08-27: 10.x.x.x: When placing tracks only one segment is placed first
2002-08-22: 10.x.x.x: Text function "page number" showed <unknown> sometimes (solved)
2002-08-22: 10.x.x.x: Sometimes PCBout did not notice additional deletion layers (solved
2002-08-22: 10.x.x.x: When dragging and moving the "phantom image of the cursor sometimes didn't show the auro resp. the minimum spacing correctly (solved)
2002-08-21: 10.x.x.x: When saving the buttons of the layers tool bar colors and patterns are saved also
2002-08-20: 10.x.x.x: Check project sometimes showed spacing violations which were no
2002-08-20: 10.x.x.x: In PCB-view the key [#] toggles to "Draw outlines of packages only (quick drawing)"
2002-08-20: 10.x.x.x: Duko options can be reached in the track buttons by a button
2002-08-20: 10.x.x.x: Lib browser:  a change of the package proposals properties remained unsuccessful sometimes (solved)
2002-08-20: 10.x.x.x: In the layers toolbar buttos inserted: all, for show all layers,  "none" for showing none and button "#" for drawing outlines only
2002-08-14: 10.x.x.x: New Component assistant and and Package assistant released.
2002-08-13: 10.x.x.x: Check Project showed error warnings regards cell overlappings which were no
2002-08-13: 10.x.x.x: Cell generator and UnCastor work with leaning rectangles and with text in the right header
2002-08-13: 10.x.x.x: A change of component value at an already generated cell leads always to its deletion
2002-08-07: 10.x.x.x: Exposure of minimum spacing when routing by hand considers the current aura as well
2002-08-07: 10.x.x.x: 12 Buttons  in "Track Options" can save project settings in the project and in an extra file (*.TRK)
2002-08-06: 10.x.x.x: Overlapping of packages at times generated a wrong erroe warning "package corrupt"
2002-08-06: 10.x.x.x: Cell generator and UnCastor now copy resp. shift triangles, tori and splines
2002-08-06: 10.x.x.x: model generator does not insert additional artificial nodes into a model
2002-08-06: 10.x.x.x: Exposure of minimum spacing when routing by hand more clearly
2002-08-04: 10.x.x.x: Preview images inserted to the new symbol and package assistant.
2002-08-02: 10.x.x.x: "Check Project":  tracks on layer 100 caused an "Out-Of-Range" Error
2002-07-31: 10.x.x.x: ISEL NCP Engraving Insulation Channels: an initial "wrong" error warning deleted
2002-07-24: 10.x.x.x: TARGET 3001! starts correctly under MS Win NT 4.0
2002-07-19: 10.x.x.x: In dialog "Change Pads" the property "layer" had been hooked always to be changed
2002-05-31: 10.x.x.x: PCBout.exe: problem solved regarding tori thinner than smallest aperture set
2002-05-28: 10.x.x.x: Reading library info also recognizes link files *.SYM3001LNK
2002-05-27: 10.x.x.x: Lots of tokens in component- and symbol propertiies egalized
2002-05-27: 10.x.x.x: Adjustment of the library formats in German version BTL3001 -> SYM3001; GHS3001 -> PCK3001
2002-05-06: 10.x.x.x: XGerber Import established
2002-05-06: 10.x.x.x: ISEL .ncp format for isolation milling establshed
2002-05-06: 10.x.x.x: Calculation- and ordering module for PCB-Pool (R) established
2002-05-06: 10.x.x.x: Import Component: deactivating warning " A not activated window cannot obtain the focus"
2002-05-06: 10.x.x.x: Further Win XP icons inserted
2002-05-02: 10.x.x.x: New Win XP icons in tool bars
2002-05-02: 10.x.x.x: Background colors for schematic and PCB-layout independent from the 16 TARGET colors
2002-05-02: 10.x.x.x: Highlighting with a special color (e.g. yellow) works in schematic mode also
2002-05-02: 10.x.x.x: Status line: M1 on coordinates -> absolute, on scale -> draw new, else ->un-highlight
2002-03-23: 10.x.x.x: DXF-In  is able to read text files with only LFs besides those with CRs and CRLFs
2002-03-21: 10.x.x.x: PCB without Schematic: sometimes pins had not been connected correctly after using "undo"
2002-03-02: 10.x.x.x: Overlapping-check ignored whether several lines of the same sub-cell are locatet at the same place
2002-02-13: 10.x.x.x: DXF is able to convert POLYLINE also
2002-02-11: 10.x.x.x: Changing of minimum width and minimum spacing was not effecting directly from time to time
2002-02-07: 10.x.x.x: Direct import of DXF
2002-02-06: 10.x.x.x: Frequency of restoring the status line when using DRC optimized
2002-02-05: 10.x.x.x: Project names as text function (without extension .3001)
2002-01-20: 10.x.x.x: Dispatch of TARGET 3001! V10!
2001-11-28: 9.x.x.x: Variants also for components with different values and ordering numbers etc.
2001-11-28: 9.x.x.x: Page number as text function usable
2001-11-11: 9.x.x.x: Centering marks had hatched outlines in the screen view
2001-11-11: 9.x.x.x: Ground plane assistant caused an error message when stated without giving a signal name
2001-11-08: 9.x.x.x: Possibility to import Gerber from FabFactory
2001-11-03: 9.x.x.x: New opportunity for conversion of Eagle(R) library scripts to TARGET 3001 libraries
2001-10-25: 9.x.x.x: The DRC function caused an accessviolation in certain cases
2001-10-25: 9.x.x.x: The size of the error marks can be set before the DRC
2001-10-24: 9.x.x.x: BEHR job: Output directly for CATIA E3D (IBM)
2001-10-17: 9.x.x.x: The TIFF export in B/W created completely black TIFFs sometimes
2001-10-01: 9.x.x.x: TOYOTA job: Construction of looms on the layout side of TARGET
2001-10-01: 9.x.x.x: TOYOTA job: Concatenation of plugs and form parts
2001-09-07: 9.x.x.x: "Find and Select" was zooming, even if "Zoom in Elements" had been unchecked
2001-09-05: 9.x.x.x: Export PROTEL netlists
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: The square meter is indicated as a gray dashed line
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: The absolute zero point is indicated as a gray dashed cross
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: A relative zero point is indicated as a small gray dashed cross
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: Statusline shows dX, dY and L when drawing lines
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: Statusline shows dX and dY when creating rectangles
2001-09-04: 9.x.x.x: Statusline shows R when creating circles
2001-09-03: 9.x.x.x: The TIFF-Export in B/W is compressed now and creates very small TIFFs
2001-08-08: 9.x.x.x: Deletion sometimes caused ugly rests remaining on the screen
2001-08-06: 9.x.x.x: Undo also restores the properties of components and signals
2001-08-03: 9.x.x.x: Pick-And-Place and Bill-Of-Material had Problems with components without pads
2001-07-30: 9.x.x.x: DRC and Uncastor report, if an incompatible cell was assigned to a component
2001-07-19: 9.x.x.x: Export sometimes made the wrong error message that some elements were left and not exported
2001-07-15: 9.x.x.x: DRC checks ground planes too
2001-06-21: 9.x.x.x: Signal names that are attached to a signal with [n] are moving smartly even when dragging the signal
2001-06-17: 9.x.x.x: Repeated menu item "Window/Settings" in menu "File"
2001-06-15: 9.x.x.x: Printing:  Variant components can be omitted: Possibility to print all drill holes as centering holes only (0,6 mm)
2001-06-15: 9.x.x.x: Alphanumerical pad names are possible by now
2001-06-14: 9.x.x.x: Chip:  Possibility to enter a subdirectory when generating cells
2001-06-13: 9.x.x.x: In very special cases the DRC did not find a spacing violation between a track and a
2001-06-12: 9.x.x.x: Compionets, that are not on the current page, were not zoomed in
2001-06-12: 9.x.x.x: Prefixes of components sometimes could not be renamed
2001-06-12: 9.x.x.x: For dual-screen-systems the TARGET dialogs can be set into the right or into the left
2001-06-12: 9.x.x.x: Extra colors for every element can overwrite the predefined layer or schematic
2001-06-12: 9.x.x.x: The selections in the "Check Project" dialog are stored in the project now
2001-06-08: 9.x.x.x: TARGET registers the Extensions *.T3, *.T2001, *.T3001, *.T3001A, *.T3001B, *.T3001C and *. BK1 ... *.BK9
2001-06-01: 9.x.x.x: If opening a file without write permission (e.g. on a CD), the file is seen as unsaved
2001-05-30: 9.x.x.x: Sometimes certain airwires were not displayed
2001-05-28: 9.x.x.x: M11 into a block of a blockdiagram, directly leads to the corresponding schematic page
2001-05-23: 9.x.x.x: Texts can get properties, which may contain commands for mouse click M11
2001-05-23: 9.x.x.x: Introduced command WinExec19.05.03: Property="EXECUTE" Value="WINEXE C:\TEST.EXE" Executes program "Test"
2001-05-23: 9.x.x.x: Introduced command Page: Property="EXECUTE" Value="PAGE: 5" opens schematic page No 5
2001-05-21: 9.x.x.x: DRC in chip designer registers, if a cell was torn
2001-05-21: 9.x.x.x: UnCastor registers, if a cell was torn
2001-05-21: 9.x.x.x: DRC can select certain layers for the spacing check
2001-05-08: 9.x.x.x: Netlists can also be read into PCBs
2001-05-08: 9.x.x.x: Mentor netlists can be read
2001-03-27: 9.x.x.x: Lib browser:  After editing a component, the window is closed and the browser is started again
2001-03-27: 9.x.x.x: When editing and exporting a package, the old package properties are remembered
2001-03-26: 9.x.x.x: The export of Packages sometimes caused an access violation
2001-03-21: 9.x.x.x: eBeam output probably had a memory leak
2001-03-20: 9.x.x.x: Tool list can be integrated into the drill file (SM1000 oder CNC 7)
2001-03-16: 9.x.x.x: Loops in PCB signals sometimes caused error messages
2001-03-16: 9.x.x.x: of component numbers sometimes caused error messages or double component names
2001-03-14: 9.x.x.x: Merge circuit to a single cell: Only component values are kept up:
2001-03-14: 9.x.x.x: Bill-of-material got an additional header
2001-03-14: 9.x.x.x: Printing:  Variant components can be omitted
2001-03-08: 9.x.x.x: The library browser shows the pin functions using signs and colors
2001-03-05: 9.x.x.x: First english translation of V9
1013-02-25: 8.x.x.x: CXF import: Solved problems with package names
1013-02-04: 8.x.x.x: Program start without network but SQLite path non-local caused a hang-up
1012-11-22: 8.x.x.x: Menu Actions: Teardrops can be removed again