./cad/kicad-doc, Documentation for the PCB CAD software

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 7.0.0, Package name: kicad-doc-7.0.0, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

Kicad is an open source (GPL) software for the creation of electronic schematic
diagrams and printed circuit board artwork.

Designed and written by Jean-Pierre Charras, a researcher at LIS (Laboratoire
des Images et des Signaux) and a teacher in IUT de Saint Martin d'Heres
(France), in the field of electrical engineering and image processing.

Kicad is a set of four softwares and a project manager:

* Eeschema: Schematic entry.
* Pcbnew: Board editor.
* Gerbview: GERBER viewer (photoplotter documents).
* Cvpcb: footprint selector for components used in the circuit design.
* Kicad: project manager.

This package contains the documentation for Kicad

Master sites:

Filesize: 482485.739 KB

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   2023-02-13 08:59:02 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (40) | Package updated
Log message:
kicad*: update to 7.0.0

- Custom Fonts
- New Text Boxes
- Drag & Drop improvments
- new Command Line Interface for scripting
- Support for a simple rectangle and circle primitives
- Orthogonal Dragging
- Symbol Editor Pin Table Enhancements
- Off Grid ERC Warnings
- Wires at 45 Degree Angles
- Do Not Populate Support
- Simulation Model Editor
- Database Libraries via ODBC
- Hyperlinks on Schematics
- PDF Improvements
- DRC Improvements
- Radial Dimensions
- Automatic Zone Filling
- ... and more + ~1200 bug fixes
   2022-07-20 18:28:55 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (17) | Package updated
Log message:
kicad*: update to 6.0.6

Bugfix release in the 6.0 stable series.
   2022-03-11 22:42:15 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (16) | Package updated
Log message:
kicad*: update to 6.0.2

Maintenance/bugfix release for the 6.0 branch.
   2022-01-02 17:16:37 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated
Log message:
kicad-doc: update to 6.0.0
   2021-10-26 12:04:17 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (63) 
Log message:
cad: Replace RMD160 checksums with BLAKE2s checksums

All checksums have been double-checked against existing RMD160 and
SHA512 hashes
   2021-10-07 15:20:33 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (63) 
Log message:
cad: Remove SHA1 hashes for distfiles
   2021-07-31 00:47:19 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (15) | Package updated
Log message:
kicad-*: update to 5.1.10

pkgsrc changes:
- update HOMEPAGE
- switch to .tar.bz2 where available (saves ~200 MB in packages3d)

upstream changes:
- bugfixes
   2021-02-21 19:56:36 by Manuel Bouyer | Files touched by this commit (27) | Package updated
Log message:
cad/kicad*: update to 5.1.9. Changes sinces 5.1.4:
mostly bugfixes, new components in symbols and footprints.