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Recent Updates
  • Feb 19, 2025: 5.0598
    • Diagnostics: Added folder-open facility for examining logs and themes
    • Diagnostics: Changed log system to now use %data%/logs/PID.log format
    • Diganostics: Detect logs from crashed instances and offer to send them in for analysis with associated BV
    • Rendering: Fix outline bug
    • Control: Fix rotate-on-mouse-point displacement offset
  • Feb 13, 2025: 5.0585
    • Fix issue with part find feature that would crash on some special symlinks due to uncaught exception.
    • Added multiple-attempts for downloading latest package rather than exiting after initial failure.
    • More build cleanups / warning-messages
  • Feb 12, 2025: 5.0575
    • Automagic xzzpcb board splitting to provide proper top/bottom siding
    • xzzpcb splitting on/off setting added to settings
    • Discord link added to Help menu for online support / general talk
    • Many small bugs squashed
  • Feb 6, 2025: 5.0565
    • Added options to control all-NC/GND part-hiding in Settings
    • Updated online manual with new features/settings
    • Update button in bottom-left has 'Update' text added for clarity
  • Feb 5, 2025: 5.0559
    • Migrated to NativeFileDialog-Extended for file picker. Non-boardview files will now be masked out from the file list making it easier to select the correct files.
    • Added heuristic filtering to move annoying non-components to hidden status such as heatsinks and brackets which can often obscure the boardview
    • Hidden item visibility and active-status can now be toggled by 3-state eye icon on menu bar. Hovering on eye icon will provide details if any parts have been hidden
    • Increased update facility timeout limit to permit for slower connections
  • Feb 4, 2025: 5.0545
    • Compensate for "XY HTML" export issues with pad placements causing ugly overlaps and incorrect rendering
    • Work around "XY HTML" degenerate GenCAD export with pin:pad:padstack 1:1:1 ratio generation which caused in O(N3) load time
    • Bring part type/package data across from GenCAD to MfgData in pin/part display
    • Fixed Windows UTF8/WCHAR command line parameter support without requiring UTF8-beta enabled in Windows settings
  • Jan 29, 2025: 5.0535
    • Integrated update facility added for Windows and Linux versions ( macOS is going to require more time to work out signing )
    • Changed font from Roboto to NotoSC in order to support Chinese characters ( common for many boards/filenames )
    • Fixed pad-popout issues with some parts where a large round pad was specified among many other smaller pads (ie, MOSFET with trunked tab)
    • Slight optimisation in CPU consumption through improved calculation caching
    • CAE file format support added
    • Decoded & uncompressed FZ support reinstated
    • Reorganised hover-over tooltip details for pin/parts (Misc / Meta)
  • Jan 18, 2025: 5.0514

    Mostly improvements to the sidebar UI/UX in this release along with trying to streamline the apperance of many smaller items in the system. If you have any issues with the UI/UX please report them as tersely / simply as possible and preferrably a single issue at a time unless you believe they're specifically related to a bug; this style of reporting means that there's less chance of missing things that might need addressing due to swamping.

    • Filename in status/title is now cropped to just the basic filename ( hover-over to show full path)
    • Clipboard contents shown in status bar
    • Currently selected pin/part in status bar
    • Position in status bar
    • Pins on selected network shown in the sidebar and if the part has a lot of pins then the 'hits' are summarised at the top of the part table
    • Hovering over a part on the board, or hovering a pin/part in the side bar shows it in the minimap
    • Hovering over part on the board will highlight matching table in sidebar if relevant
    • Hovering over pin row in side bar will highlight pin on board
    • Hovering over pin on board will highlight sidebar pin row if relevant
    • User manual updated
    • User manual accessible via Help->Online manual
    • New version indication will appear in bottom-left corner as active link to download page
  • Dec 28, 2024: 5.0479
    • Fix zoom-crash bug caused by unclipped via/drills
  • Dec 23, 2024: 5.0474
    • Rendering improvements with holes/vias/pads on xzzpcb format
  • Nov 29, 2024: 5.0454
    • XZZ PCB support now implemented (beta)
    • More features to be added over time
  • Nov 6, 2024: 5.0436
    • FEATURE: MiniMap added. Check preferences and color preferences for configurable options
    • Zoom-in crash fix with truly obscure fault
    • macOS search combo disparity between BV and schem viewer fixed
  • Oct 12, 2024: 5.0388
    • ImGui updated to v1.91.3 which will now report UI issues/clashes
    • Ghostmark/cursor reinstated with new user-adjustable parameters
    • "Zoom Ring" feature added which creates a visual indication of the location of a part that has been selected via PDF or Infopanel search
    • Board rotation centering fixed ( previously if you rotated it only rotated by the secondary board cursor position )
    • Automatic board rotation on load to butterfly across the long board edges
    • Fix issue of tooltips persisting when cursor moved over to Infopanel
    • Network search results prioritise nucleating/spawning from a testpoint for the netweb display
  • Aug 21, 2024: 5.0373
    • ImGui upgraded to 1.91.0
    • Fixed obscure crash caused when scrolling in context menu for test pad
    • Fixed keyboard mapping configuration
    • Refreshed context menu layout (hopefully clearer)
    • Stopped imgui.ini files being saved to disk
    • Logging now moved all to flexbv.log in $USERDIR type path
  • July 30, 2024: 5.0360 ImGui upgraded to 1.90.9. Compensated for some non-sequenced GenCAD pad generations (KiCAD). Improved FZ pad naming/indexing on some files. Fixed BGA pad ordering index
  • April 27, 2024: 5.0345 Fixed Teboview decoder crash on some rare files. Upgraded ImGui to 1.90.5
  • Mar 23, 2024: 5.0339 Fixed lack of hover sensitivity near top/bottom edges of board
  • Mar 20, 2024: 5.0338 Fixed issue with FlexBV not sleeping/idling causing high CPU demand
  • Mar 20, 2024: 5.0337 Fixed obscure FZ decode bug. Improving font management (still). Improving Preferences section.
  • Mar 17, 2024: 5.0329 SVG and BVR3 Export added (File->Export). Improved font memory consumption and performance penalties. Resolved some rare crashes on board loads
  • Feb 22, 2024: 5.0315 Fix crash on zoom with some boards. Fixed empty-path issue with schematic part find
  • Feb 17, 2024: 5.0311 Removal of unused keybindings. Moved grid feature to be off by default ( turn off using Preferences->Grid / Overlay -> Grid)
  • Feb 13, 2024: Online manual for FlexBV5 now available here
  • Feb 10, 2024: 5.0305 OBData parsing issue with some locales fixed (if you get 0.000 for values). Added version-check facility ( can be disabled in Help->About )
  • Jan 30, 2024: 5.0293 Mirror issue resolved. Grid, Origin and Side display added. Board Image feature restored and fixed
  • Jan 30, 2024: 5.0280 Missing OBData edit option restored
  • Jan 28, 2024: 5.0279 Annotations and JobItem fixes
  • Dec 9, 2023: 5.0259 Small crash with TVW pdf search fixed
  • Dec 7, 2023: 5.0258 Rather severe crash issue fixed
  • Dec 5, 2023: 5.0257 Teboview silkscreen layer added for non-free versions. General improvements
  • Nov 21, 2023: 5.0247 Teboview custom pad orientation fix. Package outlines still need to be worked on.
  • Nov 20, 2023: 5.0245 Teboview decoding support added (please email any board files that fail)
  • Oct 27, 2023: 5.0217 Fixed issues causing crashing on some systems
  • Sept 1, 2023: 5.0192 Fixed issue with OBData diagnosis/repair guides being partially broken
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