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2026-10-03

Share option plumbing between fab exports Each format kept its own copy of the same settings and helpers. The files we write do not change, but ODB++ data set all is now userdef.

The documentation is generated from this commit.

Add ODB++ content and export controls This works through a number of missing ODB++ elements including pad roles, microvias, backdrills, the ROUT layer, plane types, variants, net-tie shorts, component height, 4761 via types, etc. We update the options in the output dialog to share a common set with the IPC-2581 dialog including the origin selection, naming, data sets, data and layer options.

2026-10-02

Unify export foundation between ODB++ and IPC-2581 Assisted by: Claude Code

2026-10-01

API: Implement SaveDocumentAs Assisted-by: GLM

2026-09-27

IDF: Allow configuring part number field

API: add GetBoardBoundingBox

pcbnew: split generated table out of drill chart We want a stackup table that follows the board the way the drill chart does. The drill chart kept its schema, refresh, file format, API and dialog to itself. We move them into PCB_GENERATED_TABLE, and the drill chart builds on that base unchanged.

API: support IDF export jobs

2026-09-23

API: support plotting PNG background colors Also adds support to the CLI PCB job for symmetry

2026-09-22

API: Support proxy flags for shapes Assisted-by: GLM

2026-09-20

API: validate project in more places; validate project save

2026-09-19

API: Add definitions for generators

API: Add Get/SetNetClassAssignments Also add explicit project specifiers to existing netclass commands for futureproofing.

Implement FocusOnItems Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/25542

2026-09-18

Run ERC on published connectivity Saved exclusions must still match after the switch, so we resolve them against published witnesses and keep pathless fallbacks. Markers follow legacy rules, one per screen driver rather than per sheet instance, and each pin reports once against its nearest mismatch.

2026-09-16

API: Support PNG plotting Also support single/multi file modes Assisted-by: GLM

API: Add LoadAllLibraries Assisted-by: GLM

API: Add GetItemsFromLibrary

API: Implement placing symbols/footprints from libraries Assisted-by: GLM

API: Add protos for library management

2026-09-12

API: make instance pin properties explicitly optional

API: make line_spacing explicitly optional

API: Document some enums

pcbnew: add drill maps and drill charts A drill map has no artwork. The pads and vias draw its marks at their holes, and one offset moves all the marks together. A drill chart is a PCB_TABLE that the board fills, and the user cannot edit its cell text. The symbol profile in the design settings gives each hole group its mark. Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/12690 Assisted by: Claude Code

2026-09-11

API: Allow GetItems with empty types

2026-09-10

API: rationalize symbol child transforms Instance things are in sheet space, definition things are in local space

API: support creating new documents in headless

2026-09-08

API: round-trip pin name/number options

2026-09-06

API: Add missing enum for PCB_POINT (cherry picked from commit 5eef85faa5447aa634993a79b951e4176f3db5c6)

API: Add GetDocumentModified State Also make sure board/schematic edits through the API are properly tracked in the modification state Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/19604 Assisted-by: GLM

Align Begin/EndCommit with V11 API

API: add document specifier for BeginCommit/EndCommit Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/24966

API: Add GetPaths

API: support footprint variant data

API: add protos for variants

API: Refactor and expand schematic variant management

Remove obsolete schematic-only variant commands

API: support footprint variant data (cherry picked from commit 17674803bfb4d9bb722b62040f37500bda9f6b8f)

API: add protos for variants (cherry picked from commit 337b9f2dc3b619d3499d322f52270315ab088803)

2026-09-04

Fix missing version comment

2026-09-03

API: Support expanding env vars (cherry picked from commit 2004d77012ea2e04531e658b75d26c7a952e79de)

2026-09-02

API: Support expanding env vars

2026-09-01

API variant support

API: Add definitions for custom user properties

Add microvia stacks for HDI and BGA fanout

2026-08-29

footprints: implement exclude from sim Doesn't do anything in particular yet, just plumbs in all the stuff we're currently tracking from the symbol anyway and makes the two table sets more similar. Assisted-by: codex

2026-08-28

API: Support locked and lib_id for groups

API: Expand support for textbox

API: Add support for reference points

API: Add explicit solder mask for shapes/tracks

API: Support PCB_TABLE and PCB_TABLECELL

API: expose zone corner settings (cherry picked from commit 246c8209e9b411b32e850be1ebe39effdee22187)

API: Support pad fabrication property (cherry picked from commit 20027524709d881c6e1500bd24bce91e43ff291d)

API: Add support for embedded files

API: Support round-tripping zone layer overrides

API: Add pad/via teardrop settings

API: Rename TeardropType and TeardropSettings These are zone-specific settings and should have been using more specific names. Proto wire compatibility is kept.

API: expose zone corner settings

API: Support pad fabrication property

API: Add missing enum for PCB_POINT

2026-08-27

API: expand symbol support Also fix textbox not using border_enabled

API: Support line ending styles

API: support fields_autoplaced

API: support schematic tables

Fix package name for schematic commands

API: Add support for embedded files (cherry picked from commit a5cb5eb9a3036439d0599d69ee4aa54b79a51a57)

API: Support round-tripping zone layer overrides (cherry picked from commit 1a5dbfb47f69f0981815357ec3cabbf7db0426f8)

API: Add pad/via teardrop settings (cherry picked from commit 348ad18a5fd5b2890091e7e05dcac47a88ea8f79)

API: Rename TeardropType and TeardropSettings These are zone-specific settings and should have been using more specific names. Proto wire compatibility is kept. (cherry picked from commit 5d1d40e20b9613ea8694e10ffcc7da2b187af796)

API: Support locked and lib_id for groups (cherry picked from commit ca3b0bf3aa3e13ee69ed7eb1db641b8e60114a64)

API: Expand support for textbox (cherry picked from commit 1a18fedcf01d46729799e2d61b10b461f4d10907)

2026-08-26

Clean up pin maps API Fix missing handling in Deserialize Avoid "LibSymbol" jargon in API Remove descriptive comments that refer to feature request issue Remove narrow test case; proto round trips should be tested by the all-in-one that covers the actual serdes methods also.

API: support schematic rule areas

2026-08-23

API: Add support for reference points (cherry picked from commit 6848c8c68d9ac8c79dff80fc19672616eeda7563)

API: Add explicit solder mask for shapes/tracks (cherry picked from commit cb879fc6c446865be03b7db351955c20537ef24c)

API: Support PCB_TABLE and PCB_TABLECELL (cherry picked from commit 3c378416ab2c6935020bdebf5cf50263ae53bdab)

Wizards: add enum params

2026-08-19

fields tables: add scope to the filter. starting with refs,visible,all Take a look at the comments in MatchesFilter for a more detailed explanation of the various side-cases and how they're handled. Assisted-by: codex Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/11547

2026-08-18

Fully move DRC and ERC markers to protobuf Adds new DRC_EXCLUSION and ERC_EXCLUSION wrapper classes to automagically serialize these to JSON for storage in project settings. Refactoring Assisted-by: Kimi

2026-08-16

Move net highlighting to API; fully remove eda_dde

Move sync selection to API

2026-08-09

API: expand stackup params Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/24182 (cherry picked from commit 5b9b2511bcc7f1025a4a4cbe625cd6740a2751f0)

API: expand stackup params Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/24182

2026-08-06

API: Add FlipItems (cherry picked from commit 350f27419af5152a9fd840cab5c60f794c11062b)

API: Add FlipItems

API: Allow opening multiple project documents in headless mode

API: Add missing DRC codes

2026-08-02

API: Add GetBoardPlotSettings / SetBoardPlotSettings

API: Add missing fields to RunBoardJobExportGerbers

API: Add GetBoardLayerByName (cherry picked from commit 9af492256fafbf12d80ac17fed23179fe2d13ce1)

API: Add GetBoardLayerByName

API: Add `parent` field to board types (cherry picked from commit 34cff7f781ddc5ba8313eaea04cea0348a1f2a75)

API: Add `parent` field to board types

2026-08-01

pcbnew: Add API support for PCB_GRIDITEM

2026-07-23

eeschema: optional UTF-8 byte-order-mark support to BOM export Old excel versions aren't going away, give the users the option. Off by default. Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/21174 Assisted-by: codex

2026-07-22

Fix constraints for dims, rects, and polys Fixes a number of issues with the incremental solver, exposes the constraints to the properties panel and updates dimensions to use the constraints for driving graphics. Also adds a demo board with the Hammond board outline

2026-07-21

Fix the API interface

pcbnew: improve constraint dragging, badges and dimensions Pin the far end of dragged segments, add arc swept-angle and undirected corner-angle constraints, propagate reference values, lay out badges in screen space, and let dimensions follow and anchor to constrained shapes. AI disclosure: Opus and Codex were used to asssit in the planning and review this of this feature. QA tests were written using Opus based on the expected behavior and edited to ensure proper behavior.

pcbnew: expand and harden the constraint UI Add tangent, radius, ellipse and elliptical-arc support, isolate and edit constraints from the panel, flag unsatisfied and redundant ones, and fix several selection and crash bugs.

pcbnew: add geometric constraint solver Introduce a planegcs-based solver so board shapes can carry geometric constraints that re-solve on edit. Based on initial work by TomW, this allows the creation, editing and visualization of board-level constraints. AI disclosure: Opus and Codex were used to asssit in the planning and review this of this feature. QA tests were written using Opus based on the expected behavior and edited to ensure proper behavior. Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2329