Software update: KiCad 5.1.9

The developers behind KiCad have released a new version. KiCad is a collection of open source programs for designing electronic schematics and printed circuit board layouts. Furthermore, it can also be a bill of materials, Gerberfiles and create a 3d representation of the pcb and its components. KiCad has an extensive library of components, including the symbol, footprint and 3d models. Also a SPICEsimulator is not missing. Version 5.1.9 mainly contains bug fixes:

Changes in version 5.1.9:

• #6787: Eeschema 5.1 hangs when adding a symbol
• #6691: KiCad crashes when closing Pcbnew (project on mapped network drive)
• #6658: Symbol editor: crash after clicking new edit parent symbol hyperlink in info bar
• #6631: Kicad 5.1.8-> Eeschema crashes on the symbol recovery window
• #6598: Deleting symbol from library causes segfault
• #6458: Symbol editor crashes on delete symbol ‘test[123]’
• #6457: Symbol editor crashes on changing symbol name
• #6441: Editing Component Name in Symbol Editor -> Segmentation fault
• #6397: Kicad crashes when working with symbol editor
• #6192: Footprint Editor crashes when deleting footprint from library (Segmentation Fault)
• #5740: Crash on Creating New Symbol Library (windows)
• #5596: Eeschema 5.1.6 slow when adding hierarchical sheets
• #4923: KiCad Crashes (not responding) when window is on 2nd or 3rd monitor
• #4126: KiCAD and Pcbnew crashes on Windows 10 when I assign net class to net in “Board Setup” if Pcbnew was loaded from KiCad
• #3878: Footprint editor hangs Kicad on Mac OS 10.12.6
• #1755: pcbnew segfaults on footprint search (lp:#1853380)
• #6599: PCBNew: once Alt+LMB click on track, PCBNew adds following clicked segments to current selection
• #6495: dsn export fails to export pad rotation or some other details, leading to wrong pad layout
• #6332: Wire-to-bus and bus-to-bus entry performance issue
• #6009: KiCad 5.1.7 in Linux don’t print hierarchical sheets
• #6742: Eeschema 5.1: Renaming the sheet causes items to multiply
• #6732: EDA_BASE_FRAME::LoadSettings does not handle invalid negative frame positions
• #6606: Kicad crash when double-clicking a project library on tree view
• #6387: The path including Japanese is garbled and cannot be used. (regression in KiCad 5.1.7)
• #6362: Kicad crashes on symbol name change
• #6235: KiCad crashes when launching eeschema via RDP
• #6102: Eeschema: segfaults when using search field after placing any multi-unit symbols
• #4714: Pcbnew crashes with no warning when switching to Accelerated Graphics if OpenGL is not present
• #6593: AppStream metadata in Linux has issues
• #6360: Soldermask generating slow in some cases since 5.1.7
• #6222: Performance regression with eeschema 5.1.7 on macOS
• #1886: Layout broken in some dialogs / some pull-down controls. [Unity-specific] (lp:#1822902)
• #6722: wxWidgets debug alert creating new sheet in schematic
• #6670: 5.1 pcbnew: cannot edit rotated text
• #6326: Gerbview: Zoom don’t work
• #5841: EEschema: Elements still transparent after dragging
• #5729: pcbnew: asserts “virtual BOARD_ITEM::Rotate used, should not occur” when moving a board about the origin
• #5624: Kicad eeschema library file path not editable to installed location.
• #4878: Page layout editor, properties panel layout problems
• #3657: Writing fp-info-cache temp file takes too long over networked FS (eg samba)
• #1873: Clarify selection disappears on ALT+LMB [MSW-only] (lp:#1815596)
• #6241: Kicad stucks when selecting a footprint for a symbol
• #5617: edit dialogs do not appear after changing monitors on W10
• #5578: EEschema Crashes on opening on Windows 10
• #4698: Eeschema hang when opening schematic formatted as US Letter from the project viewer
• #6849: after copy and past ten hierarchical sheet, the editor become very slow in win10
• #6576: 5.1 branch fails to compile with Ninja
• #5270: KiCad windows are out of screen when using two displays (one internal and one extern) on Mac (MBPR mid 2012) with Catalina 10.15.6 and 5.1.6-0-10_14 KiCad version