Download KiCad 6.0.10

The developers behind KiCad have released a new version. KiCad is a collection of open source programs that can be used to design electronic schematics and printed circuit board layouts. Furthermore, it can 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. The changelog for this release can be found below.

General

• Resolve embedded text variables.
• Keep keyboard placement on grid. #13027
• Clean up autosave file handling edge cases.

Schematic Editor

• Fix broken legacy schematic file save.
• Fix broken instance data loading legacy schematics.
• Fix unconnected bus from hierarchical sheet bug. #12165
• Prevent mirror of text elements. #13007
• Fix search for text containing slashes. #12789
• Add symbol library table mapping for rescue library on project save as. #12503
• Fix crash when “M” key pressed after clicking on end of unconnected wire. #12936
• Fix an issues with translated field names.
• Fix wxWidgets 3.2 assertion when opening symbol field table editor.
• Fix NC and label logic.
• Don’t report a pin ERC if the pin is null.
• Prevent shared schematic UUIDs from changing when importing shared schematics. #11076

Symbol Editor

• Fix symbol SVG export. #13093

PCB Editor

• Return to original active layer after routing. #12313
• Resolve embedded text variables when project file is missing.
• Fix an issue when importing SVG files using CR+LF as end of line. #10096
• Fix graphic snapping.
• Use snap position for segment routability checks.
• Fix DRC crash when using negative clearance. #12981
• Fix DRC crash Pcbnew when moving ungroupable item to a group. #13026
• Allow nested groups.
• Allow a single net collision with a free path.
• Honor zone fill minimum width setting. #12797
• Fix Z order of zone outline drawing. #12438
• Restore broken position relative to behavior. #12912
• Add support for unit-less values ​​to custom rules evaluator. #13016
• Use correct path to die lengths in differntial pair length tuner. #12859
• Fix an incorrect calculation in length tuning tools. 12881
• Respect the “report all errors” checkbox in DRC.
• Fix crash when moving empty selection. #13114

Footprint Editor

• Fix crash when clicking on footprint properties button. #12944
• Fix crash when attempting to launch dimension tool. #12841

GerberViewer

• Don’t generate error on paths when loading from zip archive.

Windows

• Fix icon scaling issue. #11880
• Fix simulator crash do to old ngspice version.