KiCad 6.0.0

sokoloff wrote: post #3

The blog entry noting the tagging of 6.0 RC1 and some of the highlights of what's in it might be more communicative than just the github tree. https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/12/Development-Highlight-Thi...

thanks, that is indeed more informative, especially since i couldn't find a changelog in the sources.

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by mgsouth » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #3

The blog entry noting the tagging of 6.0 RC1 and some of the highlights of what's in it might be more communicative than just the github tree. https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/12/Development-Highlight-Thi...

This blog entry shows a couple of last-minute changes, but I haven't found any release notes yet. However, here is a list of development hightlights blog posts [0] and the 6.0.0-rc1 milestone page [1].

[0] https://www.kicad.org/blog/categories/Development-Highlight/

[1] https://gitlab.com/groups/kicad/libraries/-/milestones/1#tab...

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by elihu » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:32 PM UTC

I just installed rc2 the other day, and was happy to see that I can import SVG files to the copper layer now in the pcb editor. (I have a kicad project I haven't worked on in a few years so I don't know when they made that change, but it's nice to see it works now.)

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by paulryanrogers » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:41 PM UTC

Do any professionals here use it? I did some AutoCAD in high school and tried this years ago. It felt competent and less crashy than late 90s AutoCAD, but a little more awkward.

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by R0b0t1 » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:47 PM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #7

Do any professionals here use it? I did some AutoCAD in high school and tried this years ago. It felt competent and less crashy than late 90s AutoCAD, but a little more awkward.

Yes. Not suitable for very high density designs yet, like a motherboard. But you can layout high-speed differential designs with more effort than, say, Altium. But these tools with good auto-routing are very expensive.

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by suyash » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:47 PM UTC

wonderful piece of open source software for hardware engineering, congrats!

Re: KiCad 6.0.0

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Post by Findecanor » Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 10:48 PM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #7

Do any professionals here use it? I did some AutoCAD in high school and tried this years ago. It felt competent and less crashy than late 90s AutoCAD, but a little more awkward.

KiCAD is and "EDA tool" for designing electronic circuits and circuit boards.

I'd recommend QCad for pure 2D CAD otherwise. I like it and use it a lot. I've never tried classic AutoCAD but I've been told that they are similar.