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TARGET 3001 Changelog

What's new in TARGET 3001 32.4.0.23

Apr 11, 2024
  • SMD pad with drill hole: At least the drill hole is left blank in foreign signal polygons on all layers
  • Old ground planes from before V18 were not always output
  • Sometimes "align right" for texts was ignored

New in TARGET 3001 32.4.0.5 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • Interactive meandering: Length information at the cursor was not always calculated correctly
  • ODB++: Component names and values top/bottom on extra layers are also output in the silkscreen
  • Signal polygons: "Adjust auras" only affects pads whose center is not inside another polygon with a higher rank
  • BOM script: Added commands SMD, THT and NoPackage
  • Defective components in the database could sometimes not be selected and deleted
  • Export and import modules: The IDs of the components are included
  • In the Panel Pool Calculator, an error message occurred under very special circumstances
  • Color dialog: Added the Hex RGB entry to the exisiting BGR entry

New in TARGET 3001 32.3.0.35 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • Added component properties explorer: Edit all component properties in a clearly arranged table

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.96 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • Eagle import: The reference layers in the layer dialog were sometimes assigned incorrectly
  • Big layers dialog: Using the buttons for multilayer PCBs sometimes set all colors to black
  • When moving a pin name in the schematic, a line is drawn towards the respective pin
  • "Miter corner" and similar functions of the small black boxes: The color is inherited too
  • Coordinates beyond +/- 1 meter: "Shift PCB into the center" did not work correctly
  • Update or replace a component: If the package is not replaced too, USED_PACKAGE and USED_PACKAGE_ID will remain
  • Front panels: Faces in the engraving layer (triangles, rectangles and slices) are combined and outlined

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.72 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.70 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry
  • Loading and saving the new RGB colors in the layer dialog did not work always
  • PDF output sometimes had small prongs on ground planes that could cause short circuits
  • In the back view of the board, the colors of the layers were not always taken along correctly
  • The CALAY netlist format no longer has a length restriction for the signal names
  • An oblong drill hole was output in STEP by mistake only if it was more than twice as long as its width
  • Somtimes the buttons vanished in the dialogs or in the sidebar
  • "Prepare assembly" can ignore the component type when summarizing identical components

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.54 (Oct 6, 2023)

  • Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry
  • Importing REF symbols sometimes pushed the TARGET window into the background
  • Component names and values from UltraLibrarian sometimes have a width of almost zero: Now automatically corrected
  • The layers in the PCB can now have any RGB color, not only the 16 basic colors as before

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.53 (Sep 26, 2023)

  • Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry
  • Deactivate layer: Even if the layer is toggled visible, elements on it cannot be selected
  • Unfilled signal polygons (pround planes) always represent a connection for the computation of the airwires
  • FreeRouting import had problems with inner copper layers
  • CXF import: The solder stop mask is set to "Standard" for pads with drill hole (because of UltraLibrarian)
  • The new Settings dialog sometimes set colors unintendedly to gray
  • 3D view: Free elements in the silk screen were partwise covered by copper tracks
  • When continuing a track in the PCB, the existing track color - if any - is also taken over

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.27 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • Search and select: Fixed problem caused by upper and lower case entry
  • Project Reo: With "PCB without Schematic" ghosting schematic symbols are extinguished
  • Pick&Place in Excel format: Variants were not displayed
  • Images can now be saved up to 2032 dpi resolution (doubled)
  • Menu point "Help / About TARGET 3001!..." was defective
  • ODB++: Improved the order of layers in the matrix
  • During CXF import and also during import of modules sometimes the paste reduction for SMD pads was deleted

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.26 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Some dialogs were not directly active, when called up

New in TARGET 3001 32.2.0.25 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Mode Inspector active on top right when laying tracks
  • Improved decision making for heat trap ligaments
  • Eagle import: Unused inner copper layers are omitted
  • Find and select with [f] can also always automatically propose the next element (new Checkbox)
  • After a reorganization of component numbers there is a success message

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.93 (Jul 24, 2023)

  • Opening the old settings dialog: If the weekly backup was set, always an annoying message appeared
  • When importing a COMPONIVERSE component in the browser sometimes "Component cannot be loaded." showed up
  • Import a COMPONIVERSE component with component browser threw an error, if list of existing components was empty

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.80 (Jul 14, 2023)

  • When placing traces in the schematic or in the PCB the end of a trace sometimes jumped far away
  • XGerber import: Concatenation of pads and drills, further optimization (Preview V32)
  • Turn angle dialog with key [Shift] + [T]: Added button [negative], to reverse rotation direction
  • Component properties: Changing property "MANUFACTURER" changed the property itself instead of it´s value

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.70 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • Component browser maximum as high as the screen (necessary for screens with less than 800 pixels height)
  • New comprehensive settings dialog in the "Settings" menu (Preview V32)
  • Find and highlight: A found component is no longer zoomed in so much
  • MySQL: Closed a memory leak (OutOfMemory)
  • Element Inspector moved with GDI+ graphics when window was scrolled

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.40 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • Messageboxes sometimes vanished behind the program
  • Added the Element Inspector (Preview V32)
  • Saving in Eagle format: Empty layers with user function are nevertheless output as layers
  • Inner MDI windows for schematic and PCB are no longer in Windows aero look

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.36 (Jun 22, 2023)

  • When routing traces in the schematic or in the PCB, the end of a trace sometimes jumped far away
  • Accelerated determination of snap points for key [+] (snap coordinates)

New in TARGET 3001 31.9.0.24 (Jun 16, 2023)

  • Top right notification for messages and new versions
  • "Locked against moving" also works against dragging of ends and corners
  • Front panel: Added countersink drll M3.5
  • DRC: Warning for rectangles with a photo in the area or copper layers
  • Added output ODB++ (Preview V32)
  • No automatic start of the AutoPlacer when opeing a project with Dual Screen
  • DRC: The value zero as minimum spacing between individual signals is rejected
  • XGerber Zip was sometimes empty with very long file paths and poor transfer rates
  • MySQL database did not correctly display properties of type "Integer" during parametric search
  • New menu point "Front panel / Convert breakout to flat milling...": For any polygons on "Contours" layer
  • Properties dialog: Key [Tab] leads into the next field of the table
  • Package dialog, button [Exchange package]: The package properties are also reloaded in the process
  • Reload and replace packages: The package properties can also be reloaded in the process
  • During the EAGLE import the layers "tDocu" and "bDocu" are now translated to the TARGET layer "Dimensioning"
  • For UltraLibrarian CXFs, the layer of pads with drill holes is corrected to layer 100
  • Added button [Properties] when editing single lines or arcs (torus)
  • ZIP files with empty subdirectories could cause problems when unpacking (UltraLibrarian etc.)
  • Incorrect counting of breadboard solder pads could throw the edition "discover" out of step

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.69 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Incorrect counting of breadboard solder pads could throw the edition "discover" out of step
  • DRC: "SMD pad with drill hole" also responds to foreign drill holes in the SMD pad (e.g. vias within the pad)

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.63 (Mar 19, 2023)

  • First version of the Protel/Altium ASCII import *.SchDoc in the schematic menu "Actions" (Preview V32)
  • Polygonal breadboard area also works with arcs and splines in the PCB outline
  • The package property "IS_SMD" replaces the SMD component check also during manual placement and auto placing
  • Replaced the Windows message box everywhere
  • Insert selected components present in the schematic into the PCB: Added button [Always]
  • Move components in the schematic: Dragged signals also keep color and line style

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.46 (Mar 1, 2023)

  • The color of the signal names in the schematic also depends on the schematic background color (b/w)
  • Autorouter "FreeRouting": Improved regarding of minimal spacings

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.37 (Feb 24, 2023)

  • First version of the Protel/Altium ASCII import *.PcbDoc in PCB menu "Actions" (Preview V32)
  • The new QR codes were incorrectly output in Gerber in all layers

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.31 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Command line parameter -j creates BOM (+Pick&Place) as JSON file: TarV31.exe <path-to-user-project> -j
  • Generate and insert QR code in menu "Actions" (Preview V32)

New in TARGET 3001 31.8.0.22 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • Components direct from COMPONIVERSE: Solved problems with DIN _and_ IEEE at the same time
  • Added hint for checkboxes wit three states
  • Settings (INI): Dot not always start with the bend mode "point-to-point (P2P) router" in schematic view
  • Pick&Place list for assembly can be output as Excel file (Preview V32)
  • enerated Excel files can also be opened by LibreOffice / OpenOffice (Windows 10+)
  • Package assistant: Added "copy / paste line"

New in TARGET 3001 31.7.0.68 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • Integrated COMPONIVERSE directly into the component browser
  • Package generator: Programmed the new package type "DFN Dual Flatpack, No Leads"
  • Added point "Lock module against moving" in menu "Modules" (Preview V32)
  • Routing tracks with a via at the tip [.]: Clicking point is taken more accurately
  • Context menu: Cross Highlight, show and zoom component or signal in the other window (schematic <=> PCB) Preview V32
  • Saving in Eagle format: improved transfer of vias and mounting holes
  • DRC: Spacing errors could be reported for solder pads that are firmly connected together inside the package
  • COMPONIVERSE: Components were not found, if a "/" was in the search string
  • Isolation milling: Added the spindle rotation speed S to the G-Code M03

New in TARGET 3001 31.7.0.33 (Dec 1, 2022)

  • Selection assistant: Added "Locked against moving"

New in TARGET 3001 31.7.0.27 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • Installation: Improved import of template projects from a possibly existing old version
  • At the bottom of the context menu with M2: Show the selected component or package directly in the component database
  • When selecting lines and polylines, the total length is displayed in the status bar
  • Bill of materials (BoM): Variants can be selected in the list and can thus be compared
  • Deleting: Query if also elements are selected that are locked against moving
  • Import from the clipboard in the PCB: Only necessary layers are additionally switched visible

New in TARGET 3001 31.7.0.14 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • Improved "Push onto the grid"
  • A problem occurred in V31.6.0.66 when using MySQL

New in TARGET 3001 31.6.0.66 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • 2DRC: Checking hostile copper against drill holes without a copper ring (also for padstacks with unused inner layers)
  • Eagle import: Improvement for the pin numbers
  • Eagle export: Although there are no component technologies in TARGET, each component needs one in Eagle
  • "LoadAllProperties" is now executed only once per day, which significantly speeds up program startup
  • DRC: "Quick DRC" is always used
  • STEP export: Lines and arcs in a copper layer are output even if they do not belong to a signal
  • Eagle export: Equal symbols but with changed pin names were summarized despite that

New in TARGET 3001 31.6.0.43 (Oct 18, 2022)

  • By typing [s] like select and directly typing [d] for displace the selected element could be moved off the grid
  • Bitmaps in rectangles with negative width could cause an error during project loading
  • Close front panel toolbar - also remains closed the next time (see also menu "View / Toolbars")
  • Reference symbol with signal name selection: With [OK] the name is taken from the list (upper/lower case!)
  • Dual screen: Improved workflow, if an additional window is opened as a component editor
  • STEP export: The color of the PCB and the tracks can be changed

New in TARGET 3001 31.5.0.57 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • "Locked against moving" for elements in the PCB that do not belong to a package
  • DXF output ignored the solder paste reduction and rounding for rectangular pads
  • Color of the pad numbers is not adjusted when loading a project (no more complementary color to the background)
  • Added menu point "Actions / Logo as component"
  • Merging signals sometimes did not take all signal polygons along (also when renaming signals)
  • DXF import Resolution can be increased when converting arcs to chords
  • STEP export reports if a package with an embedded STEP model is faulty
  • Bitmaps in rectangles limited to max 1016 dpi (40 pixels per mm)
  • Added two menu points "Settings / Project signals / <signal> / Pins" and " / Pads"
  • Improved display in the menu if toolbars are visible
  • Switching units in dialogs failed with unit inch "
  • Simulation Subcircuit generator ignored symbols that were placed on another schematic page before

New in TARGET 3001 31.5.0.32 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Isolation milling: Mirror axis selectable, if only copper bottom is output and without fidicial drills
  • The BOM outputs the first distributor found if no primary distributor is set
  • The primary distributor can also be set in the component database (preferred order number)

New in TARGET 3001 31.5.0.12 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • Component browser: List of most recently used components has now 50 entries (instead of 20)
  • Autorouter "FreeRouting" from Alfons Wirtz et al. now usable
  • Layer dailog: Buttons for 8 and 10 layers have not set the layers above number 34
  • Eagle export: Improved output of rotation and mirroring of sysmols in the schematic
  • Dialog for open rectangles can toggle units too (mil - mm)
  • Improved reorganisation for mixed uppercase and lowercase prefixes (Rx1, Rx2, Rx5)
  • Introduced text funktion "Maximum page number"
  • Improved DXF import of ellipses
  • Layout: Change bend mode with key [ ] (spacebar) changes from "autorouter" to "orthogonal first"
  • Schematic: Change bend mode with key [ ] (spacebar) changes from "autorouter" to "vertical first"
  • LayerSet buttons in sidebar now also save active copper working layer and active drawing layer
  • [,] changes also the active copper working layer
  • Reduction of solder paste for SMDs up to 50% possible instead of up to 25%.
  • In the Settings and Options dialog, nonsense could be entered as unit
  • 3D view of the PCB: traces could protrude into a pad with a drilled hole
  • Properties dialog warns about duplicate properties

New in TARGET 3001 31.4.0.46 (May 26, 2022)

  • Placement of components: Total length of the airwires and number of intersections is displayed in the status bar
  • Eagle export: Names of DeviceSets are only incremented, if symbols or packages are not identical
  • Pick&Place: Rotation of packages with REEL_ORIENTATION is normalized to 0...<360°
  • Print script: Instead of the variant's name, also the variant's number can be entered with "Variant="
  • Dual screen: Main menu on top comes along onto the active screen
  • Eagle export: Package names are incremented only if the property PACKAGE_RIPPED_UP=TRUE
  • Releasing the mouse wheel after M3H outside the window sometimes blocked the mouse. [ESC] helps
  • Moving the sheet with M3H or with [Ctrl] + M2H jittered at times
  • Moving the sheet with M3H or with [Ctrl] + M2H can always be canceled with [ESC]
  • Opening projects in a read-only folder failed
  • DRC: Avoid the error message "Pin missing" with "PCB without schematic"
  • Menu "Modules / Select a module..." sometimes caused an error message
  • Added menu item "Window / Screens info..."
  • Improved the reaction to mouse wheel movements in the 3D view
  • Error markers: Tooltips show error information
  • Arrow-shaped error markers are better selectable
  • Menu item to remove all error markers
  • Signal polygon: Improved the appearance of the ground planes around drill holes
  • Printing and PDF export: Signal names are output too, if set
  • Improved zooming, if the window is not the active window (e.g. with Dual Screen)
  • Comments as multiline text unintentionally became normal text when changed
  • Realtime DRC generates no error markers against ground planes (signal polygons)

New in TARGET 3001 31.3.0.58 (Apr 8, 2022)

  • Improved the reaction to mouse wheel movements in the 3D view
  • Modules export: Signal polygons can be contained in modules
  • Edition "discover" did not start without an internet connection
  • When creating tooltips for dialog buttons (hints), an error could occur under certain circumstances
  • Isolation milling: The fiducial drills can also be inside the PCB if the distance is negative
  • Menu "Settings" / "Project components" and "Project signals": Very long lists are partitioned
  • Toggling mm/mil in the dialogs was setting the checkmarks in front of the properties like real value changes do
  • MID: Packages mounted on the Backside in 2D PCB view were shown 180° rotated on the MID body
  • MID: A click onto the MID body could sometimes cause an access violation
  • STEP Output: Faded out components with embedded STEP model were visible in the lower left corner
  • Fill closed polylines in the PCB: Menu "Actions / Special Functions" Improved calculation of airwires when a signal was subsequently assigned to a painting polygon
  • Convert PCB with schematic into PCB without schematic: For some pads the signal association disappeared

New in TARGET 3001 31.3.0.27 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • IUmproved Eagle import: <drawing> and </schematic> sometimes caused problems
  • DRC: Orphan packages with pads with pin number but without symbol in the schematic are mentioned: "Pin missing!"
  • Panelization: When changing the name ABC.T3001 to ABC_Panel.T3001, ABC.T3001 was not logged out correctly (OPEN)
  • Panelization: Zero breaking points horizontally or vertically caused an error message
  • Change component number: If the desired number is already occupied, the affected components can move up as well
  • OpenGL: Padstacks with large negative addition for several layers were displayed incorrectly
  • Improved the use of template files when creating user packages
  • Button [Show error list again] sometimes stayed left top even if the project was already closed
  • TIFF export with free format: Height and width may have been mixed up
  • Eagle import: Implemented the tags <polygonshape>, <polygonoutlineobjects> and <polygonoutlinesegments>

New in TARGET 3001 31.2.0.53 (Jan 6, 2022)

  • Menu "Modules": Show modul, add elements, remove elements
  • Electra DO-File: "select all nets + unprotect selected" replaced by "unprotect all wires"
  • Electra DO-File: "select all nets + unselect net <name>" replaced by "lock net <name>"
  • Electra DO-File: "cost layer Cx forbidden" replaced by "unselect layer Cx"
  • Layer-Dialog: Buttons for 8-fold and 10-fold multilayer
  • Printing and PDF: Light background colors were not output despite the check mark
  • Back view: Components that are locked against moving did not flip along
  • Command line parameter -pp for Pick&Place list
  • Modules: Special colors of elements are saved in CXF and MXF files

New in TARGET 3001 31.2.0.40 (Dec 23, 2021)

  • Projects saved in back view had problems with some layer functions
  • Back view is undone first before saving and before all possible output functions
  • Reo assigns duplicate component names a new number
  • Import MXF modul: Counting of the component names/numbers sometimes got mixed up
  • Back view: Improved handling of signal polygons
  • Menu "Settings": limited menus for project components, signals and free elements

New in TARGET 3001 31.2.0.22 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • Front panel: A panel in the layout of the price calculator was displaced
  • Multiline texts can also have the text function "Comment"
  • Texts in PDF output: Avoided wide gaps between words
  • Improved handling of right-aligned multiline text
  • Improved multiline text regarding the handling of projects from older versions
  • Import MXF: For texts with a user-defined text function the token "PROPERTY" was not recognized
  • Export MXF: With multi-layer PCB the inner copper layers were not always denoted correctly
  • Alignment assistant sometimes placed the 3D package onto the wrong PCB side for components from CXF imports
  • Back view: Improvement with many copper layers and take-along of the active working layers (copper and drawing)

New in TARGET 3001 30.6.0.8 (Oct 16, 2021)

  • Proportional rectangles can also be dragged at their corners (small black boxes)
  • Insulation milling: Big drill diameters can be milled as break-outs with the PCB outline (preview V31)
  • Menu "Service": Homepages of the listed service companies can be opened directly
  • Milling a front panel with Excellon: With thin material and chamfer on the outline, still run two height steps

New in TARGET 3001 30.5.0.35 (Oct 3, 2021)

  • Solved problems with update and preview functions: Refer to the Wiki: "No connect yet."
  • Rectangles can remain proportional (fixed aspect ratio i.e. height/width ratio, preview V31)
  • STEP output greatly accelerated
  • Pick&Place output: The variable "SMD" can be SMD or THT for "through hole technology"
  • Front panel milling: Cutouts and outline are milled in 3 steps for panel thicknesses greater than 3 mm
  • Closing a window did not always come up with the question "Save project first?"
  • Change of layer e.g. by placing a via switches the new working layer visible, if it was faded out previously

New in TARGET 3001 30.5.0.18 (Sep 9, 2021)

  • Command line parameter -g: May not have outputted all relevant files in every case
  • Gerber X2: Improved output of component and signal names with special characters "*", "%" and ","
  • Insulation milling: Set spindle rotation speed (EMC² / G-Code)
  • Pick&Place: Mirroring did not work when using handle crosses as reference

New in TARGET 3001 30.5.0.5 (Aug 22, 2021)

  • Flip PCB and edit it from the back side: Key [|], menu "View/Rear view" or new button in the sidebar

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.66 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • The STEP output from inside the 3D view can omit the components that are switched invisible
  • Copying component packages between projects also takes 3D STEP models along (within the same TARGET session)
  • Improved multi-level deletion when signal polygons are involved
  • Improved drilling plan with pictograms

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.57 (Jul 28, 2021)

  • Rename component, e.g. R17 -> R8: If number is already used, all the available numbers are proposed
  • Sidebar in PCB view: White component list at the bottom extends if space is available
  • Panelisation: When copying signal polygons, the new field "Aura" was not always copied correctly
  • Subsequent insertion of a 2- or 3-pole component (e.g. series resistor) splits the signal hit (preview V31)
  • BOM: Selection of component properties is remembered during the session
  • BOM, summarize components: Prefix and former search name in the database can be ignored
  • Starting a track and typing key [2] at the same position anew toggles the copper layer used

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.37 (Jul 9, 2021)

  • "Show signal names" in menu "View"
  • In many element dialogs the unit of the coordinates can be toggled by mouseclick (mm/mil, preview V31)
  • "Drillholes as pictograms" in menu "View"
  • Toggle Crosshairs: Dashed or solid (Settings/INI or Grid dialog)
  • MID: Coordinates of the vias can be exported as a list
  • MID: Vias are available, when having tracks on both sides on the 3D body
  • Lengthen segment (in context menu of small black box): Sometimes the wrong end was changed
  • 3D view: Lattice with key [#] also works with STEP models (as triangles)
  • Signal resistor in menu item "Show signal lengths" ignored copper thickness
  • Object inspector did not show last suggestion for coordinates (example: "copper thickness")

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.29 (Jun 16, 2021)

  • Drilling Plan with Pictograms: Drill holes that are not plated through are marked with an additional circle
  • 3D view: Properties "Plugged Via", "Capped Via" and "solder stop varnish" are taken into account for solder pads
  • Panelisation: Turnover panels sometimes had problems if the lower left corner was not in the origin
  • Nutzen setzen: Wendenutzen hatte unter Umständen Probleme wenn linke untere Ecke nicht im Ursprung lag
  • Lines, splines and tori can be converted to polygons using the small black boxes
  • Documented the SPICE commands in the Wiki and the TARGET Spice text editor has a link to that now
  • "Group as a module" in schematic view also groups the respective tracks in layout view
  • Introduced "Comment" as a new text function. Comments are not printed

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.16 (May 20, 2021)

  • Changing "Individual properties of the selected" sometimes caused an access violation
  • Added links to a Gerber viewer and to a GCode viewer

New in TARGET 3001 30.4.0.8 (May 17, 2021)

  • Component browser: Import for KiCad Libraries
  • Settings (INI): The path for template project files can be set
  • Component Browser: Package selection shows Package-ID in the package image
  • More accurate solder paste reduction for SMD pads in %
  • Improved "Change round bend into sharp bend"
  • Changing of multi-line text sometimes caused problems

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.82 (May 1, 2021)

  • Signal polygons: Aura introduced, as a distance against other polygons with lower rank
  • Front panel: Contour detection improved
  • Component browser: Improved the contrast of SMD pad numbers in the package preview (white)
  • Settings (INI): The file path for template projects can be changed
  • Settings (INI): Pilot router in PCB view at program launch

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.75 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Menu "Packages" point "Change pitch of packages" to change the length eg of wired resistors
  • Signal polygona, adjust aurasProblems occurred when different polygons overlap each other
  • Load old projectsPROPOSED_PACKAGE empty, but USED_PACKAGE existantRepair PROPOSED_PACKAGE
  • DRCSolder pads rotated by 45° could raise false short circuit error messages
  • Show signal namesImproved contrast
  • D viewChanged coordinates in the status bar to be the eye position
  • SchematicPlacing component pins onto ends of signal traces connects immediately or on demand
  • Isolation millingDrills at the end of the process were mirrord wrong if no fiducial drills were used
  • Change the signal of signal traces in schematicTake all copper tracks along, if the signal was changed completely

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.56 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Gerber X2 information also for the drill tools in the Excellon file

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.39 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • Gerber X3: Internal connection lines are no longer output as package lines
  • Gerber X3: Improved output data

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.31 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Package generator: Colors as parameters can also be selected
  • XGerber output: The new Gerber-X3 files for pick-and-place are created
  • XGerber output: Gerber-X2 information also transfers signal and part assignment
  • IPC D-356 output: Pads are always listed, even if they are already mentioned in the component
  • IPC D-356 output: Coordinates are based on the lower left corner of the PCB, as XGerber coords also do
  • Draw spirals: Clockwise did not work

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.19 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • Meander differential Pairs parametrically: The original tracks were not always shortened correctly
  • For circular PCBs, the ground plane could be cut horizontally under certain circumstances
  • XGerber output: Torusses with non-rounded ends could cause problems
  • XGerber output: Special file extentions can also be defined for self created layer functions

New in TARGET 3001 30.3.0.15 (Feb 19, 2021)

  • Creating a rectangle with coordinate data ignored a relative origin
  • For pads the column 38 was missing for " "=SMD, "P"=Plated oder "U"=Unplated
  • Change torusses: With several selected torusses and "Diameter" instead of "Radius", the radius was always changed
  • For circular PCBs, the ground plane could be cut horizontally under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.91 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Differential pairs: Place vias with key [.]
  • Differential pairs: Improved routing
  • Differential pairs: The previously set airwires are displayed again afterwards
  • Differential pairs: Lengthened tracks were sometimes connected inaccurately

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.83 (Jan 18, 2021)

  • 2020: Pilot router shows the remaining length of the signal als a circle at the cursor (length from the signal class)
  • Panelization: Predetermined breaking points can be generated automatically
  • Component browser: The flag "My" for favorite components does not cover information any more
  • Commandline parameter -356 lets TARGET create an IPC-356 netlist automatically
  • DRC: The minimum widt for layers was ignored sometimes
  • Improved changing of multiline texts
  • Derive new signal name from pin name: If the signal name is already used, a cypher ist appended: _2, _3, ..., _9

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.65 (Dec 15, 2020)

  • 3D view: Round PCBs and round components were not always displayed correctly
  • 3D view: Sometimes tracks were omitted
  • Cross-probe (F3) with an component not yet placed in the PCB could cause a problem
  • Polygonal pads can be shown in the editior using the same rotation with wich they are usedTIFF in the print dialog: Several schematic pages can be exported as TIFF
  • Slow DRC did not detect several spacing violations under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.51 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Menu "Actions / Preparatory work": Added Convergence Pad
  • Print PCB: The predefined layer sets are selectable with button [Visible Layers]
  • Extend / shorten line: End hit or opposite end selectable
  • Cross probe with [F3]: Layers in the PCB are only switched on if the package would otherwise be completely invisible
  • Settings (INI): New entry "Show layers when searching"
  • Windows code page is checked on startup and is also selectable (Umlaute / Greek / Cyrillic etc.)
  • Move package: Phantom image shows at the handle cross whether placed on top or bottom of the PCB
  • DO-File for Specctra/Electra: At the end unprotect singly the signals that are fixed to a layer
  • DO-File for Specctra/Electra: After power routing -> forbid layers or increase costs
  • DO-File for Specctra/Electra: FanOut at the beginning if applicable
  • Pick&Place: Output restrictable to ASCII characters and "." as decimal separator
  • Display signal names: Use smaller font size for long names on short signal segments
  • Tooltips also show the module name, if available
  • Isolation milling: Settings for fiducial drills and RubOut are remembered
  • Pick&Place: If only components on the bottom side are placed, mirroring of coordinates can be switched off
  • DO file of the Specctra/Electra interface: 'select net "abc"' and 'unselect net "abc"' at the same time is prevented
  • Draw track in PCB: Key [-] places a via at the end of the track and terminates the mode witout changing the layer

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.26 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • Display signal names: White on dark traces, black on light traces

New in TARGET 3001 30.2.0.7 (Sep 28, 2020)

  • Added SnapEDA as source für component data in the component browser
  • Polygonal pads could cause wrong complaints about short circuits
  • 3D view could omit traces under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.85 (Sep 15, 2020)

  • Cript in package generator: Stacked IFs did not work

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.62 (Aug 27, 2020)

  • Edition "viewer" caused an error message at startup
  • Accelerated drawing of the grid in GDI+ enormously

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.40 (Aug 10, 2020)

  • XGerber output for NC version: Warning about commercial use sometimes inflated the output files
  • Tracks, signal tori and signal splines on layer 100 are also displayed in the 3D view on all copper layers

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.27 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Interactive meandering for lenght matching of signals
  • Pilot router also works on round PCBs

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.20 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • PCB: Added manual "pilot router" as a bending mode

New in TARGET 3001 30.1.0.17 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • TARGET 3001! V20 stands still, the current version is now V30

New in TARGET 3001 20.7.0.32 (Jul 13, 2020)

  • Component symbol buttons in the sidebar collect the favourite components in their context menu (Preview V30)
  • Pick&Place: For panelized boards the fiducials can be output for the first PCB only
  • DigitalTest DIF output: Identical packages are bundled together
  • Panelisation: PCBs can also be copied to the right and to the top

New in TARGET 3001 20.7.0.15 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • xtremely complex 3D STEP models can be used by reduction of complexity (Preview)
  • For solder pads and vias the generation of ligaments for thermal pads can be suppressed (Preview)
  • Oblong drill holes could vanish with undo
  • Quick DRC: Message if a mounting drill hole touches an aura
  • XGerber import: Aperture macros (AM) with higher complexity can be read in
  • Cross probe with [F3]: A single pin selects it's corresponding pad and vice versa (not always the whole component)
  • Printing: Inserted warning if TrueType font size mismatched when printing
  • OpenGL: TrueType font size better matched in relation to GDI+

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.88 (May 28, 2020)

  • Small black boxes: Added "Extend segment" to the context menu
  • DXF import: improved ellipses
  • Selection assistant: added solder stop and solder paste
  • Added point "100%" in menu "View" and in the zoom palette
  • Tooltips also show the pin name (=function) for pins and pads, if it is available
  • TIFF output: Added height and width as input fields
  • "Reload component properties from the database": The property COMPONENT_VALUE becomes the new component value
  • Improved Eagle export
  • Text on a copper layer was shown in 3D view on the Z-height of the silk-screen

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.68 (May 12, 2020)

  • Problems occurred with all changes when relative coordinates were used

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.64 (May 12, 2020)

  • Toggle tooltips with a button on the right in the sidebar

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.58 (May 4, 2020)

  • Tooltip shows the elements hovered by the mouse (Settings / INI)

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.49 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Projects with old ground planes cannot be changed and saved anew any more
  • V21 Preview: Signal classes can have special spacings among each other
  • Component import: Project variables are created, if they are referenced by texts with Funktion=Special

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.34 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • Creating test points had problems with signal polygons that were already filled
  • Filling of signal polygons under certain circumstances reduced the aura of pads
  • XGerber output: Triangles for filling ground planes sometimes overlapped too much
  • Scripts for the BOM output: "Numeric=Yes/No" for numbers as numbers in Excel (xlsx)

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.27 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • DXF files may start with blank lines
  • XGerber export: Triangles for filling ground planes overlap now (overcome an UCAMCO rendering error)
  • Command line -i for info: Added line "Pads" that shows the number of soldering pads on the PCB
  • XGerber output: One decimal place more accuracy (3.6 instead of 3.5)
  • Electra: Sometimes vias had no aura

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.21 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Front panel started erroneously with schematic view
  • Improved PDF output, if the whole sheet is inverted

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.20 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Added PCB outlien assistant to the magic wand in PCB view
  • Signal polygons: Also vias can be provided with thermal ligaments like thermal pads
  • PCB view: Component list right lower corner in the sidbar is sorted alphanumerically: R1,R2,R11,R12,R100

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.18 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • BOM and Pick&Place: Origin (0|0) left bottom of the PCB or absolute or relative Coordinates
  • Excellent output for front panel milling: Pre-drilling is now only optional
  • Check project: Improved the detection of short circuits in the schematic
  • Quick DRC: Star-shaped ground was ignored for the spacing cheks with signal polygons

New in TARGET 3001 20.6.0.4 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • 3D editor: Improved the editing of extruded polygons
  • Meanders of differential pairs can be edited and removed
  • Quick DRC: Under certain circumstances overlap of signal polygons with the same rank were not detected
  • Quick DRC: Under certain circumstances the layer of an error was not specified correctly
  • Background color when importing transparent PNGs and GIFs is white now instead of black
  • LicenseCounterFile: Computer is only removed, if the closing TARGET is the last running instance on the computer

New in TARGET 3001 20.5.0.73 (Jan 1, 2020)

  • Differential pairs can be meandered together
  • Added "Capped" and "Plugged" for vias in the selection assistant
  • Check project: Errors can be deleted manually in the error list
  • Front panel: Breakthroughs could wrongly be marked as "from behind" (back)
  • PCB-POOL calculator: TARGET uploads the project file directly (optional)
  • A differential pair can be routed if there are more than 2 pads on the signal (e.g. with a suppressor diode)
  • The layers of signal polygons were not handled correctly when moving layers up or down in the layer stack
  • Mirroring in PCB view also regards padstacks now
  • Front panel milling: Conical countersinks were not prepared by flat millings
  • Front panel milling: Cut-outs with an edge length < 10 mm or a surface < 9cm² are completely chipped
  • Signal class with length specification: Circle shows remaining length during track routing
  • DXF import can cope with degenerated NURB splines
  • In Circuit Test (ICT): Considerably improved the generator for test adapters
  • Automatic test points on top were not set if the board outline was created as a component
  • Command line, parameter -i: Text file contains more information on the project
  • Dual-screen operation: Numbers of Windows screens may be wildly mixed
  • DRC: Quick checking may have reported spacing errors, despite of star-shaped ground
  • DRC: Quick checking may have showed errors with padstacks that were no real errors

New in TARGET 3001 20.5.0.23 (Oct 11, 2019)

  • DXF import: Comment lines at the very beginning of the DXF file could cause problems
  • Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments are at least as wide as the filling width and at most double as wide
  • Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments for SMDs are max 2/3 of the thin side
  • Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments for drilled pads are max 2/3 of the drill hole
  • Eagle import: "–" in XML caused problems and is now replaced by "-"

New in TARGET 3001 20.5.0.8 (Sep 19, 2019)

  • Variant chosen for Pick&PLace does not affect the variant shown in the schematic
  • Cross probe did not work in all cases
  • Change package, Assign symbol: Selection box, if component name comes from schematic symbol or name of PCB package
  • Signal polygons: The ligaments of thermal pads could be created too thin in certain cases
  • OpenGL: The opacity for "Colormix" can be adjusted for transparent layers
  • 3D view regards variant components: assembled / unassembled, different values

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.87 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • Componiverse: Components with several pins stacked in the same location were not uploaded sometimes

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.81 (Aug 28, 2019)

  • PDF output: Mirrored right-aligned texts may have been displaced

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.75 (Aug 28, 2019)

  • PANEL-POOL accessories: The name of the accessory part from the eStore is displayed

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.70 (Aug 28, 2019)

  • Import Eagle libraries: Improved the layer assignment
  • Eagle import: Tracks on layer "Pads" caused problems
  • XGerber output: Replaced the deprecated %IN...% (Image Name) by G04... (comment)
  • Signal polygons: Thermal ligaments are max. 2/3 of the thin side of the pad but min. the filling width
  • Signal polygons: Thermals are also created if the pad aura is smaller than the minimum spacing

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.67 (Aug 28, 2019)

  • BOM: Combining identical parts and outputting rotation, position and side are mutually exclusive
  • DRC: Improved the quick checking and set it as default
  • Two components can be declared as connected to avoid airwires - e.g. 2 connectors by a cable
  • Excel output: Fields with numbers are also formatted as numbers (e.g. for a BOM)
  • DRC: When the computation of airwires was switched off, unrouted signals were not always reported

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.46 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • TIFF files can also be created using a print script
  • When ordering a front panel from Beta-LAYOUT, accessories can also be ordered
  • When opening a project file also backups and autosaves show up directly. E.g.: *.BK1 and *.T3001A

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.41 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Improved deriving of polygonal pads
  • Dual screen display: Status bar shows under the active window

New in TARGET 3001 20.4.0.18 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Program launch with double click on a project file: Position of the sidebar sliders was not remembered
  • Filling complex signal polygons could cause "Out-Of-Memory"
  • The coordinates unit of a window for editing a symbol depends on the previously open schematic window
  • Printing and PDF scripts: Introduced "QUIET" (suppress several unimportant messages)

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.100 (May 22, 2019)

  • Harmonization in highlighting of unrouted signals and the calculation of airwires
  • Signal polygons: Improved computation of thermal pads and airwires
  • During printing several graphical elements were erroneously enlarged slightly

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.92 (May 14, 2019)

  • Push&Shove: Improved graphics when pushing tracks
  • Insulation milling: Too much was milled away around the outline of signal polygons

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.52 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Signal polygons: Improved the connection with thermal pad ligaments for skew pads

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.47 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • Menu Point "Settings / Project signals / Signal name / Properties"
  • PovRay: Single texta in the silkscreen were sometimes omitted

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.44 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Thick tracks have attracted new segments so much during their placemant that those were not placed at all
  • Pads centers, that are located somewhere inside a thick track, are regarded as connected
  • Electra interface can handle auras as minimum spacings or not
  • Signal polygon: An element is considered connected when its center point touches the filled polygon
  • Added a confirm message before deleting many elements
  • Added a message before a PCB order if unfilled signal polygons can be found
  • Elements without signal now alwas have an aura of 0.15 mm min. if they are on a copper layer
  • Improved Pick&Place, if the PCB was panelized
  • Accelerated and improved the XGerber output
  • Front panel: Chamfer on outer contour possible
  • Insulation milling: Added SVG as format for laser plotters
  • DRC: Improved the check for too narrow slot holes
  • Signal polygons: With "Adjust auras" also component pads without pin number can become thermal pads

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.27 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Insulation milling: Move up and then to center before tool change
  • Insulation milling: Engraved texts in copper layers were milled away again with RubOut

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.22 (Mar 12, 2019)

  • Problem for MariaDB-Users fixed (warning: data truncated)
  • Measuring: Measure is shown as cursor hint

New in TARGET 3001 20.3.0.6 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • Problem for MariaDB-Users fixed (warning: data truncated)

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.97 (Mar 6, 2019)

  • Problem for MariaDB-Users fixed (warning: data truncated)
  • Accelerated the placement assistant enormously
  • Insulation milling: Optimized the paths during insulation
  • Remove a signal from a signal class: The minimum width and spacing are reset to the standard values
  • Electra interface can handle differential pairs
  • Element to the front / into the background works with polygons

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.86 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Problem for MariaDB-Users fixed (warning: data truncated)
  • Groundplane separation works with the new signal polygons now
  • Insulation milling: Fixed problem with RubOut
  • XGerber output: Addition and reduction of solder paste and solder stop mask also work with polygonal Pads
  • GenCAD can export packages also without FLIP in the SHAPE call

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.74 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Problem for MariaDB-Users fixed (warning: data truncated)

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.57 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Panelisation: Turnover panel had sometimes problems with padstacks
  • Vias are handed over to Electra with better size adjustment
  • Sometimes the component browser hid behind the main window and blocked everything
  • Excange component: Component can no longer get ripped up

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.39 (Feb 1, 2019)

  • DXF import: Unexpected group codes could lead to errors
  • Percentage reduction of solder paste also works with polygonal solder pads (convex centered polygons)

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.31 (Jan 28, 2019)

  • Panelisation: Turnover panels possible (right-left or top-bottom)
  • For torus, circle, disk, node and centering marks: Toogle between radius and diameter
  • Removed dark theme user interface (was experimental)
  • Button [Show error list again] left top is removed, if the project closes or if another project gets active
  • Black window background color: Cursor for drawing tracks gets white
  • Black window background color: The small black boxes for movements get white

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.22 (Jan 28, 2019)

  • Key [,] during track routing switches to the last recently used copper layers (type several times)
  • Direct connection to the component databases Ultra Librarian and SamacSys

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.20 (Dec 18, 2018)

  • DRC: "Track segment awry" depends on the length/width relation

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.16 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Push&Shove: Reduced flickering and the wait cursor is not flashing up steadily

New in TARGET 3001 20.2.0.14 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • DRC Check for spacing has been accelerated significantly
  • Sometimes the result of Push&Shove was not accepted

New in TARGET 3001 19.8.0.94 (Nov 27, 2018)

  • Added Push&Shove routing as V20 preview

New in TARGET 3001 19.8.0.89 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • XGerber output via command line might have caused problems with the generation of thermal pads
  • Selection assistant: Elements with set color can be selected
  • Added the cross hairs to the grid dialog
  • Settings (Project): The date format can be set for the project

New in TARGET 3001 19.8.0.85 (Nov 13, 2018)

  • Reorganisation sometimes caused problems with the signal polygons
  • Connect a signal to a bus: The bus segments were devided inncorrectly
  • Signal polygons: Texts as deletion in copper planes keep their inner "unconnected" islands

New in TARGET 3001 19.8.0.47 (Oct 5, 2018)

  • Improved the appearance of right-aligned text

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.87 (Sep 3, 2018)

  • Ground planes are converted to signal polyons now

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.73 (Aug 30, 2018)

  • For components with prefix K, J or C with 4+ pins the pin names do not have to be swapped
  • Normal mounting holes and breadboard holes do not count as pins/pads
  • PCB outline assistant: Select whether origin is in the center or bottom left
  • Sometimes wrong airwires versus the coordinates origin were displayed
  • Dual screen mode is saved in the project
  • A click into the title bar of a child window often unintentionally maximized this window
  • ASCII IO interface: Added cammand "Page" for the names of the schematic pages
  • Signal polygons: Overlapping polygons with different ranks also show correctly in unfilled state

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.56 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • PCB view: Key [<] hides all signal polygons, [>] fills all signal polygons anew
  • [Ctrl] + [a] did not select the signal polygons correctly
  • DRC: By the filling of the signal polygons all respective copper layers were switched visible
  • MID: Pin 1 or the cathode can be marked for manual assembly
  • MID: The names or values of the components can be displayed for manual assembly

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.45 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • STEP-Export: Outline-circles now works for ground-polygons
  • Signal polygons: Roundings are no longer frayed
  • Several components can derive their variant info from another variant component (V20 preview)
  • Very unsymmetric polygonal pads sometimes caused problems with connection
  • Saving of projects with password could under certain circumstances lead to problems

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.39 (Jul 6, 2018)

  • XGerber: Standardized file extensions for Gerber files
  • Problems could arise with Text in the clipboard from Word or Excel
  • After the creation of a signal polygon, Undo/Redo didn't work properly

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.26 (Jun 18, 2018)

  • Signal polygons: Airwire computation and DRC can ignore unconnected islands
  • Signal polygons: Inserted the list of all signal polygons into the menu

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.9 (Jun 8, 2018)

  • Route track: M3 places a via, exactly like key [.]

New in TARGET 3001 19.7.0.4 (May 23, 2018)

  • STEP-Export for new Ground-Polygons implemented
  • A PCB track or via started inside a signal polygon inherits the signal of the polygon

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.88 (May 23, 2018)

  • Improved "Reverse Engineering"

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.77 (May 8, 2018)

  • GenCAD: Alphanumeric pad names instead of only the pin number
  • Signal polygons always regard the special spacings for single copper layers
  • Improved 3D representation with padstacks

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.57 (May 3, 2018)

  • Improved Panel-POOL calculator (also V17 and V18)
  • Improved PCB-POOL calculator (also V17 and V18)

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.55 (May 2, 2018)

  • XGerber output: Improved output of oval pads with a multiple of 90° as rotation

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.53 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • XGerber import: Polygonal pads can be imported
  • Isolation milling: G-Code now has a comment with the tool description after each tool change command
  • Drawing-polygons do not decompose into triangles and can be handled more easily
  • Move signal torus: Width and minimal spacing are shown

New in TARGET 3001 19.6.0.12 (Apr 4, 2018)

  • XGerber output: Additional GerberX2 information can be switched off
  • Dialogs "Change symbol" and "Change package" added the package name in field "Component"

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.99 (Mar 16, 2018)

  • Interface to the Aisler PCB calculator
  • Fill signal polygons: Padstacks with a negative Adding could lead to shortcuts
  • XGerber output: Added GerberX2 FileFunction information
  • XGerber and Excellon output: Addition possible for the drill diameter of plated-through pads and vias
  • PDF gereration: Command "NewPage" starts a new page within the PDF

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.82 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • Signal polygons: Thermals are only generated, if the filling width is smaller than height and width of the pad

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.69 (Mar 2, 2018)

  • Panelize PCBs: The single copies are eache grouped as a module and the airwires are switched off

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.53 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • When editing with key [e] only single signal polygons can be changed (sequentially)

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.29 (Jan 30, 2018)

  • Replace/update component: "Replace properties completely" saved some properties from the old component
  • An offset occurred, if a PCB outline was on layer 23 additionally to the 3D MID body

New in TARGET 3001 19.5.0.19 (Jan 24, 2018)

  • MID: An offset occurred, if a PCB outline was on layer 23 additionally to the 3D MID body
  • Printing: TARGET remembers "fit to page"
  • Alignment assistant: Accept the package properties for "Package without schematic symbol"
  • Accelerated display of signal polygons on the screen
  • MySQL database: 3D STEP models may be bigger than 1 MB
  • Isolation milling via HPGL: Line's end can be CR or CRLF

New in TARGET 3001 19.4.0.17 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • Schematic: Added menu point "Update old components..."
  • Introduced an additional viewer password

New in TARGET 3001 19.4.0.5 (Dec 8, 2017)

  • Under certain circumstances the reorganisation caused a memory overflow
  • Improved DXF import for Entities with a negative Z value in "Extrusion Direction"
  • MID view: Button left top for standard alignment shows size of MID body left side in the status bar
  • Symbol dialog: Added button [Datasheet]
  • Signal polygons: Inserted point "Entire PCB area..." in menu "Actions / Ground planes"
  • 2017-12-02: 19.4.0.5: Signal polygons: Menu point on small black boxes: "Enter coordinates" like with key [+]

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.80 (Nov 23, 2017)

  • DRC: Overlapping signal polygons with equal rank could cause an unrecognized short-cut
  • Component browser: Extra: Generate components from CSV

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.69 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Airwire dialog: Introduced field "Fill polygons always anew"
  • Loading a project file: Sometimes the assignment of a signal to a signal class was not remembered

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.62 (Nov 10, 2017)

  • Undo after changes could still cause errors if airwires were involved
  • Create PDFs directly: The image was shifted to the left, when mirroring; thus it was often even invisible

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.59 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • Signal polygons: Possibility to disable automatic thermal pads for pads that are connected manually
  • Component browser: Menu "Extra" point "Reload properties from CSV..." loads component properties
  • Reo: A track is split, if a pad/via of the same signal is placed in the middle on it
  • Create PDFs directly: Box "Texts as drawings" makes texts more exact, but PDF files bigger and not searchable
  • Signal polygons with a very chunky filling grid do not forward the signal
  • Thermal pads: The junction of the ligaments to the polygon could cause unesthetic spikes

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.46 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • Trim lines: Circles are cut correctly also if several lines are involved
  • Isolation milling: Tools can be predefined according to a tool magazine
  • Improved the preparation of an MID

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.41 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Undo after changes could cause errors if airwires were involved
  • Undo/redo list when right-clicking onto the [Undo]/[Redo] buttons in the toolbar
  • Undo info as hint on the [Undo]/[Redo] buttons
  • Improved handling of printer problems
  • Accelerated Reo and DRC
  • DRC: Field "No aura for these

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.21 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • DRC: Field "No aura for these layers:" with pads and vias was ignored by the spacing check
  • CXF import: The manufacturer information was deleted

New in TARGET 3001 19.3.0.9 (Sep 14, 2017)

  • PDF output: Several viewers showed stripes with texts
  • Move package with hidden name or value: Suppressed ripup message

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.96 (Sep 5, 2017)

  • PDF output via script: #X is replaced by path of the current worfile
  • Signal polygon: Improved conversion of old polygons with inner breakouts
  • Viewer: Accelerated loading of projects
  • Improved password protection
  • New signal polygons can have a different color
  • New signal polygons: Ligaments with thermal pads up to twice as wide as the line width of the polygon
  • DXF output: Drill holes can be output as open circles (Options)

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.69 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • New signal polygons: Copy&paste caused problems (also panelisation)
  • PDF direct: Improved height an lenght of texts with TrueType fonts
  • OpenGL: TrueType text looked bad, if color mixing was switched off
  • OpenGL: Zooming with the mouse wheel during selecting with [s] created double images
  • DXF import: Sometimes texts and triangles caused problems
  • Printing polygons or exporting them to a PDF: Closed the gaps between the tringles ("beams")
  • ew signal polygons: Introduced control of changing of auras
  • New polygons: Solved problems with padstacks when converting old polygons
  • Accelerated DRC
  • Arcs (tori) can be converted to line segments: Menu "Actions / Special functions"

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.49 (Aug 23, 2017)

  • The question for converting old polygons could raise an error

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.44 (Aug 21, 2017)

  • Settings / Options: Lenght units not only in mm
  • New signal polygons: Hatched filling sometimes had errors
  • DRC spacing violation: TARGET shows the source of the minimum spacing value: DRC / Signal / Layer / Aura
  • Create PDFs directly: Improved color management

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.39 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • New signal polygons: Accelerated computation of ground plane polygons tremendously
  • OpenGL, transparent view: Triangle borders in new ground planes invisible
  • Rename signals: Dialog resizable, improved use of mousewheel
  • Improved rotation of multiline text

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.35 (Aug 14, 2017)

  • Crosshairs stippled
  • Package selection in the sidebar lower right: Position of the recently placed package is remembered
  • Package selection: Improved position of the button with the green [+] (Create new package)
  • Edit package from the database: Message "Rip component up?" abandoned
  • Rename signal: Improvement if several subsequent signals shall be renamed
  • Airwire computation: Improvement with connections using the new signal polygons
  • Rename signal: Improvement for right-aligned signal names

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.22 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • A password can be assignd to a projekt file or the installed license
  • A via fence for RF shielding can be defined along a polyline
  • A polygonal breadboard area can be defined in the PCB
  • DRC: Spacing check with Torusses failed under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 19.2.0.16 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Direct PDF creation (not via a "PDF printer")

New in TARGET 3001 18.9.0.31 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • New signal polygons: Automatic spacing to the PCB edge
  • Toast notifications (small orange windows) always brought TARGET to the Windows foreground

New in TARGET 3001 18.9.0.21 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Polygonal pads editor: Included mirror hor/ver and rotation in button [Special]
  • Copy & paste in the schematic: Sometimes names of REF pins were assigned erroneously
  • Isolation milling: Calculator for the graver bit (V19 preview)

New in TARGET 3001 18.9.0.17 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Improved XGerber import for arcs (also in G36/G37 regions)
  • BOM header: Project variable "AUTHOR" is used and all variables starting with "BOM-" (V19 preview)
  • The aura of triangles is now obviously rounder with the calculation of ground planes into lines (V19 preview)
  • MID: mm grid and helping-ray for exact positioning
  • New signal polygon functions as V19 preview

New in TARGET 3001 18.8.0.61 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Insert a reference symbol: Select signal with double click (M11)
  • Improved the management of Differential Pairs
  • Filled rectangles, triangles and circles in symbols are always drawn in the background

New in TARGET 3001 18.8.0.41 (May 23, 2017)

  • Ground plane computation: Reduction of pad size using a padstack was not regarded for the aura's size
  • Hide and show component name or value: Position and size of the texts remain
  • BOM: Select modules: Additional entry "remaining components"
  • Printing: Diameter of centering drill holes adjustable

New in TARGET 3001 18.7.0.76 (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Under certain circumstances the message "Computation of air wires takes too long"
  • Under certain circumstances the "phantom image" during the movement of components was not displayed

New in TARGET 3001 18.7.0.62 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Input fields for coordinates may contain "+", "-", "*" and "/" as computational operators
  • Command line option -g creates XGerber and Excellon automaticaly: TARV18.EXE "FilePath" -g

New in TARGET 3001 18.7.0.21 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • "Replace components..." in schematic menu "Components" ignored the rotation and mirroring of the symbols

New in TARGET 3001 18.7.0.17 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Roll out of edition TARGET 3001! MID (Molded Interconnect Device)

New in TARGET 3001 18.7.0.13 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Document name for PDF printers: "_SCH" is appended for a schematic, "_PCB" for a PCB
  • XGerber output: A distinct file extension can be assigned to milling layers (default: *.Mill)

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.88 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Dialog "Rectangle of 4 lines" also works with relative coordinates
  • Export into the DB of a completly new package with STEP model lost this model
  • Vias in exposed pads in SMD packages were erroneously counted as real pads
  • Decoupled layer for dimensioning from normal drawing layer. Introduced project variable "DIMENSIONING_LAYER"

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.64 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Track selected: Status line also shows the width of the tracks (if uniform)
  • Package dialog: With [Exchange package] initially the already used package is selected in the list
  • Rename user-defined layer functions easily
  • Bill-Of-Material: SMDs and THTs can be aoutput separately
  • Menu "Settings" poins "Project signals" and "Project components" multi-column

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.56 (Sep 27, 2016)

  • Ground plane assistant: Continuous connection of THTs, SMDs and vias (instead of pads and vias only)
  • Improved the opload to and the download from the COMPONIVERSE

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.52 (Sep 27, 2016)

  • Dragging the end of a bridge only dragged the via, not the bridge itself
  • Print sharp black/white: Lettered rectangles were completely black

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.47 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Added button [One question...] in several dialogs for user questions

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.41 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • CONRAD component order: Ordernumbers with the entry are determined properly
  • XGerber, rounded rectangular pads, soldermask-plus: Roundings in the soldermask sometimes too small
  • Place tracks: Magnetic snap-on-pad markers cannot get smaller than 20x20 pixels
  • Dragging of elements in der Silkscreen could sometimes also drag copper tracks
  • X-Ray view: Texts, pads and vias show a little cross at their origin point
  • When zooming in or out whithout any mouse movement the cursor stays exactly on the same position
  • Improved output of triangles in XGerber

New in TARGET 3001 18.5.0.27 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • Settings(INI): Under "Display" there is a new entry "Size of error markers (PCB)"
  • Improved padstacks, if they do not appear on all copper layers: Display, X-Gerber, DRC
  • Improved output of texts in XGerber
  • Improved changing of "Right-aligned" with texts
  • Pick&Place: More than one user defined properties can be output: "Prop=MYPROP1","Prop=MYPROP2"
  • Edit selected pin names in a text editor: Improvement for right-aligned texts
  • Settings/Options: One-Pixel-Line can also be thicker (for HD monitors)
  • The reorganisation resetted mounting drill holes with padstack to layer 100
  • Measures: Define line width and color

New in TARGET 3001 18.4.0.86 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • DRC: Error "Island without REF" was reported erroneously under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 18.4.0.84 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Introduced "Plugged" and "Capped" for vias and pads (e.g. for thermal vias)
  • Pin names in schematic symbols can also have the signal name as text function (e.g. for a RS232 D-sub 9)
  • Improved handling in dialog "Rename Signal"

New in TARGET 3001 18.4.0.66 (Jun 17, 2016)

  • Polygonal pads: Increased visible resolution
  • Toolbar: Palette "Tracks". Programmed buttons also affect tracks that are still to be started

New in TARGET 3001 18.4.0.24 (May 18, 2016)

  • Symbol generator: Pin numbers also alphanumerical (A1, A2 ... B1 ...)
  • Inserted a search field in the settings dialog (object inspector)

New in TARGET 3001 18.4.0.4 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • The prefix in component names can also incluse cyphers
  • Maximum area naow 2m x 2m or 6.5ft x 6.5ft (experimental at first)

New in TARGET 3001 18.3.0.91 (Apr 14, 2016)

  • Print: Centering drills only: 1/3 of drill but never smaller than 0.3 mm and never bigger than 0.5 mm

New in TARGET 3001 18.3.0.80 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Free Update: Always update all new files
  • Improved copying of the PCB as WMF vector graphic to the clipboard (for MS-Word and OpenOffice)
  • Double click M11 onto a line of an open rectangle: Change rectangle properties

New in TARGET 3001 18.3.0.55 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Menu point "Insert text rectangle" in menu "Elements" (for text tags)
  • Menu point "Derive package from existing package" in toolbar "Edit package"
  • Menu point "Derive symbol from existing component" in toolbar "Edit component"
  • Menu point "Define open rectangle by coordinates"
  • Menu point "Create new packge" in menu "Packages"
  • Edit component symbols: The handle cross shows the symbol number and the symbol suffix
  • Edit component symbols: Moving pins to be owned by other symbols

New in TARGET 3001 18.3.0.53 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Clipboard as GDI metafile (e.g. for MS Word or OpenOffice) did not work with OpenGL activated
  • Point "Create new component" in menu "Components" and in the component breowser
  • Improved symbol generator
  • Memory leak found and repaired

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.89 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Component database also works with MySQL 5.7
  • DRC: Improved spacing check for rounded rectangular pads with rather big drill holes
  • Clipboard: Improvement if two or more multiline texts are copied
  • Symbol dialog: Improved function of the button [Change value or type]
  • PCB outline assistant: Rectangular PCBs are recognized as rectangles (small black boxes)

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.75 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • XGerber import: Signal tracks on copper layers and free lines on other layers

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.60 (Jan 26, 2016)

  • Polygonal pads editor: Oblong drill hole is displayed
  • Polygonal pads editor: Excahanged mouseclicks M1 and M2

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.51 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Improved export of projects to Eagle XML
  • Printing: Variant components with rectangles needed a very long time. Even in the preview
  • XGerber: Thermal snippets for thermal pads are minimally lengthened
  • Place pads: Phantom image of the pads is more precise (not always only oval)
  • IPC-D-356 also contains onboard resistors
  • Polygonal pads editor: Added a selection box for the size: 1 cm - 10 cm
  • Polygonal pads editor: Entire polygon can be moved
  • Hybrid autorouter: Improved connection of new tracks to manually prerouted tracks

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.34 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • Autoplacer: Component packages needed a REO to become visible

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.30 (Dec 22, 2015)

  • Ground planes: Triangles and rectangles touching each other in the area layer do not have an airwire any more
  • Improved catching coordinates with [+] for big layouts
  • REO: Very short airwires near pads are replaced by short tracks

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.18 (Dec 17, 2015)

  • DRC: Info dialog for error markers can be closed with [ESC]
  • DRC: Improved spacing check for torusses (arcs)
  • Save projekt as template: Enter filename only, no path
  • Symbol dialog: [Change value or type]: Improved component replacement

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.14 (Dec 17, 2015)

  • Repaired: The V17 suddenly had huge delays with the P2P schematic autorouter (Bending mode)
  • The V17 Autoplacer was working incorrectly. Update and Reo resolves the problem in V17 and V18

New in TARGET 3001 18.2.0.5 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • BOM: "Also components without package" only exports components that have a proposed package
  • TARGET 3001! V17 stands still, the current version is now V18
  • Moving components: Sometimes signals were ripped off from their connected pins
  • Accelerated computation of airwires enormously using a heuristic
  • Accelerated computation of ground plane filling enormously
  • Ground plane filling also possible with triangles instead of lines

New in TARGET 3001 17.8.0.7 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Snap-on-Pin/Pad when wiring signals now also works with keyboard keys [Return] and [2]
  • Inverted printing also on printers without RasterCaps
  • Schematic symbols show, if it is rotated and/or mirrored
  • Dimensioning: Number of decimals adjustable
  • Groundplane separation: Signalname of islands is assigned, if tracks or vias without an aura lie inside

New in TARGET 3001 17.7.0.29 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • BOM: Summarize components only if property field "COMPONENT_NAME" is identical too

New in TARGET 3001 17.7.0.26 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Added the symbol generator
  • Dialog "Change lines": Length and Angle can be entered
  • Added toolbar "Edit component" easing the creation of component symbols

New in TARGET 3001 17.7.0.12 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Select package from database: Search for names starts only 0.5 sec after the last key press
  • The Layer dialog sometimes took a long time to close

New in TARGET 3001 17.6.0.58 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • DXF import: Arcs with their center outside of +/-60 cm are converted to chords
  • Printing: New button [Rel.]: Relative origin of the circuit gets left lower corner of the printed image
  • Improved lenght information with extremely long signals

New in TARGET 3001 17.6.0.42 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • GDI: "Canvas does not allow drawing" could appear after long usage
  • The orange activity panel in the screen center is now only on top of the TARGET windows, not on top of all others
  • OpenGL: Anti aliasing can be switched off

New in TARGET 3001 17.6.0.7 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • Gate swap: Pin names may have the suffix of their symbol: OutA OutB

New in TARGET 3001 17.6.0.5 (Jul 29, 2015)

  • Improved the computation of the text length of TrueType fonts
  • Improved pin ordering according to a processor scheme for multifunctional pins: RB7/ASCL1/PMCS2/RPI74
  • Improved the dragging of connected traces when moving or rotating elements

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.50 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • STEP-Export now supports oblong holes.

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.44 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • DXF import filter can read splines (NURBS)

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.29 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Improved OpenGL view in schematic and layout
  • Place PCB tracks: The colored mouse cursor was displayed incorrectly on several computers

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.25 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Oblong holes in pads can be nibbled when output with Excellon

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.19 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Change package" dialog: New button [Replace package] to change the package (e.g. DIL => SMD)
  • "Change symbol" dialog: New button [Change value or type] to replace the component
  • GenCAD output: Under certain circumstances some packages (Shapes) were left out

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.12 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • XGerber output: Improved fiducial 2/4 (centering mark)

New in TARGET 3001 17.5.0.9 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Menu Package / Replace or update package: Position and Size of component name and value can be kept
  • Delete Ref component and Undo: Red pin remained invisible
  • Pick&Place checkbox: Only export the first PCB if a panelization was performed
  • Import DXF: Improved bulges in POLYLINE and LWPOLYLINE

New in TARGET 3001 17.4.0.40 (May 29, 2015)

  • Several overlapping schematic pins of a component display their pin numbers separated with commas
  • Clipboard: Bitmap image can be imported in schematic and PCB directly

New in TARGET 3001 17.4.0.31 (May 13, 2015)

  • XGerber output: Numbering of copper layers top-down can be switched off (= bottom-up) in "Settings (INI)"
  • Drills for Padstacks were not always exportet with the new version

New in TARGET 3001 17.4.0.24 (May 8, 2015)

  • Rectangle, Triangle, Circle: The working mode remains active after dragging with mouseclick M1H
  • XGerber output: Reversed numbering of copper layers: L1 = top, L2, L3... = inner layers, counted top-down, Ln = bottom
  • Converting ground planes into lines: Padstacks: Additions for deletion layers were used in a wrong way
  • Print "sharp black/white" using scripts: Tracks wer printed with minimal blackness only

New in TARGET 3001 17.4.0.12 (May 5, 2015)

  • Slot holes als "drill holes" in pads available
  • OpenGL: Pads on layer 100 were displayed too dark when color mixing (blending) is active
  • "Push onto the grid" works with symbols now also during creation/editing
  • Padstack in ground plane: Aura + addition in layer without copper gives aura + addition as isolation around the drill hole
  • The multiplication by 10 for the grid must be switched on extra
  • The color of the error markers in schematic view is adjustable using the color dialog

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.85 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • The autoplacer can also place the components sorted by component name
  • The spacing of the displayed grid is multiplied by 10 from a certain zoom step
  • Symbol assistant: Standard script for normal ICs 1,2,3,4,... and BGAs A1,A2,A3,...B1,B2,...

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.84 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • OpenGL as rendering engine with hardware acceleration: Settings(INI), experimental
  • GenCAD: Selectable coordinates unit (inch, mil, mm)
  • 3D-Display now reacts quickly even for huge data.
  • STEP-Export improved. Some MCAD had problems with assemblies (if STEP models imported).
  • STEP-Import now with all colors.
  • GenCAD: Improved the output for components on the bottom side

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.67 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • DRC: The closed error list can be reopened without checking anew

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.52 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Tori can also have non-rounded ends
  • Bill of material: Component property "BILL_OF_MATERIAL=YES" forces a component to be listed
  • BOM output also regarding moduls
  • Different colors for grid lines and grid points
  • Selecting a signal or component also fills the search field (topmost in the sidebar)
  • When deleting signal segments in schematic, sometimes needless junctions were not deleted
  • Impoved auras for non rounded tracks and rectangles. Also for converting ground planes to lines

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.20 (Jan 28, 2015)

  • Deleting a package did not remove entry "USED_PACKAGE" from the component (reg. BOM)
  • Package export dialog: Size of dialog can be changed and is remembered
  • Isolation milling: Insert arbitrary commandlines after a tool change

New in TARGET 3001 17.3.0.2 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Improved PCB-POOL calculator

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.91 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • Improved handling with "Differential Pairs"

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.88 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Reference symbol: Text function "Signal pages" didn't always work correctly when copying REFs
  • Zoom with MouseWheel: Under Linux sometimes the zoom worked only backwards
  • GenCAD + FabMaster: Signals made of only one single track segment were not exportet unter certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.69 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • Copy once and then paste several times remembers rotation and mirroring
  • Introduced text function "Component usage" for the component property "COMPONENT_USAGE"
  • HPGL: CR after each command
  • Message "Rip signal off?" appeared two times
  • Search with switching of the schematic page didn't always zoom in the elements found
  • Create BGA pins: Schematic menu "Components / Special functions / Create pins for BGAs..."
  • Pad and via dialog: Programmable buttons on the right also save field "No aura for these layers"
  • Selecting with M1, editing with M11 and zoom with the mousewheel ignore the grid; the actual mouse position counts
  • Collinear segments were sometimes combined, even though a pad lay on the "bend"
  • Check: "Second REF needed", if a REF has the Property "NEED_2ND_REF=True"
  • Scale: Button [100%] also centers the image

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.52 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • Pick&Place: Introduced component properties REEL_ORIENTATION, REEL_OFFSET_X and REEL_OFFSET_Y

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.49 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Eagle import: Polygons with bulges

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.41 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Pick&Place: Improved output line
  • Improved XGerber output for padstacks with additions in deletion layers

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.35 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Properties dialog: Items can be sorted alphanumerically

New in TARGET 3001 17.2.0.26 (Oct 6, 2014)

  • Imroved Eagle import regarding ground planes
  • Implemented STEP import for 3D models of the components. In TARGET, database and Componiverse
  • Teardrops: TARGET regards pad stacks with different additions on several layers
  • Renaming a component prefix did not always register the new prefix in the project
  • TIFF output: With "sharp black-white" the field "copper blackness" [%] was ignored

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.79 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • Improved the context menus of the small black boxes of lines and rectangles
  • Package generator: Debug now with the possibility to set variables manually
  • TIFF output now also knows #Q for the variant's revision
  • TIFF output with variable file path can now also create new subfolders
  • BOM also as Excel XLSX format possible
  • BOM also as Excel XML format possible

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.49 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Improved spiral tracks, aura as fixed spacing. Also inner and outer spirals possible
  • Polygonal pads: Editor has now 50 steps Undo with [Backspace] or [Ctrl]+[z]

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.47 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Excel BOM: User is asked, whether fields with more than 255 chars shall be cut

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.45 (Jul 7, 2014)

  • Search order numbers: Under certain circumstances the new ordernumbers were not saved
  • Panelisation: X and Y spacing can be differnet

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.31 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Little black box also in the middle of lines, torusses and splines
  • 8 little black boxes with closed and new open rectangles
  • Bound key [p] for pan (panorama) to the middle mouse button M3
  • Download of Componiverse components that have been selected as logged-in user

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.24 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Snapping on existing element coordinates with key [+] creates a new mouse-reachable "grid point"
  • Pick&Place: One user defined property can also be output
  • Meanders regard mounting drills without copper

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.22 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Added a swift search function for ordernumbers into the component management
  • Implemented "Componiverse" as sharing platform for components

New in TARGET 3001 17.1.0.14 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Preview on V17: Package generator

New in TARGET 3001 16.7.0.92 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Improved the continuation of differential pairs that had aleady been started
  • Saving a new project: The user directory is proposed as location
  • TIFF paper format is saved in the INI file
  • Improved collapsing the sidebar
  • Track and then via with [.]: A track width manually set with [o] is remembered
  • Automatic dimensioning of the PCB: If available, the relative origin is used for the coordinates
  • Menü "File / In-Output / Testadapter": Write test points to text file
  • Preview on V17: New DXF import with blocks and coordinates calibration
  • Package import: Every element in a copper layer gets an aura, not the pads only
  • Pick&Place: Improved the handling for deriving the package reference point
  • XGerber-In: An Excellon file read into a layer "Other" Place tracks: Mouse cursor shows color of the active copper layer
  • Scaled the TARGET program icon up to 256 x 256 pixels
  • Convert ground plane to lines: Layer 0 was switched visible unintentionally

New in TARGET 3001 16.7.0.22 (May 6, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 pin ordering according to a processor scheme
  • Preview of the V17 differential pairs
  • Preview of the V17 package generator
  • XGerber: The aura of polygonal pads was output too big under certain circumstances

New in TARGET 3001 16.7.0.8 (May 6, 2014)

  • #R in print sripts didn't work always
  • PCB automatically starts with unit "mil" instead of "mm": Only with Windows country = USA

New in TARGET 3001 16.6.0.66 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 package generator
  • Edit package dialog: Buttons to hide and show component name and value in the package
  • Edit symbol dialog: Buttons to hide and show component name and value in the symbol
  • Using Padstacks: Moving schematic elements sometimes dragged elements on other schematic pages
  • PDF output with scripts and FreePDF-XP: FreePDF dialogs are remote-controlled
  • A new front panel always starts with unit mm (not mil), even with Englisch language chosen
  • Pad stacks: Extra addition for copper layers also increases the size of the deletion in ground planes (aura)
  • Measuring (dimensioning): Text font can be set
  • Component search: The parameters of a component are displayed directly underneath the search result
  • Changed Calculators to SEPA

New in TARGET 3001 16.6.0.18 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • WITH "Omit 3D output" (NO3D=TRUE) the silkscreen of the package is shown on the PCB nevertheless
  • Added checkbox "Omit 3D output" in package dialog
  • Update user defined properties: Can work with components that are not identified exactly
  • Introduced a text editor for "pinnames only" into the symbol assistant
  • Selection assistant: Improved selection of symbols in the

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.101 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 package generator
  • The selection assistant can also distinguish components regarding the PCB variants

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.97 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Printing scripts: Replacement in file name: #N instead of $N$ etc.

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.91 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Select-more-and-more with M1 can be turned off (s. 05.12.2013)
  • Teardrops: Improved automatic removing
  • 3D editor: Dialogs for the different primitives with double click (M11) onto text line
  • 3D editor: Added Buttons for the different primitives: New solid, cylinder, arc, text

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.72 (Jan 22, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 package generator

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.70 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 package generator
  • 3D syntax editable easier: Dialogs for double-click on 3D line
  • Moved list of open document windows from menu "File" to menu "Window"
  • Alignment assistent radial: 10 parts from 0°...360°: The last is placed at 324° instead of 360°
  • PCB-POOL Calculator: Single-sided PCBs also as "series XXS"
  • PCB-POOL Calculator: Single-sided PCBs also as IMS with aluminium core

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.66 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Preview of the V17 package generator
  • Menu point schematic/components: Edit selected pin names in a text editor
  • 3D arcs, cylinders and spheres are displayed smoother
  • Greek omega possible as Ohm sign in texts in many different fonts
  • Mounting holes in packages can have signals, even without pin number

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.55 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Pick&Place: Revision of the current variant can be written
  • BOM: Revision of the current variant can be written
  • Printing scripts: New variables in filenames: $V$ for variant and $R$ for revision
  • Printing scripts: File path can be set for PDF printer "FreePDF XP"
  • 3D syntax: Cylinder can be rounded
  • Select signal segment with M1 and click it again: Extend the selection scope: Single -> Branch -> Island -> Signal

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.50 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • XGerber import: Rectangular apertures possible with rectangular draw commands (D01 not only with round apertures)
  • Component database: New SQLite3.dll up to 3 times faster

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.42 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • "Produce PCB as 3D dummy" in menu "File"
  • Printing scripts: The last script used is automatically saved in the project file
  • Printing scripts: During a script one can toggle now between schematic and PCB
  • Calculation of airwires: Sometimes a part of the airwire was suppressed

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.36 (Nov 16, 2013)

  • 3D STEP Export also fully colored
  • DRC: Package overlap: Curves in package drawing are regarded

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.21 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • Implemented image gallery in component browser
  • Select nothing (Unselect, Deselect) with [Esc] in pointer-mode

New in TARGET 3001 16.5.0.11 (Oct 9, 2013)

  • Improved moving and dragging of ends of very short track segments

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.71 (Sep 27, 2013)

  • XGerber Import: Import of external aperture tables: Improved proceeding; save a TARGET apterture file
  • Moving components in the schematic: Improved autorouting
  • Improved "Assign symbol" (for free packages without symbol)
  • Improved Eagle XML import, libraries and projects
  • Excellon: Padstacks from copper bottom to copper top are also exported into an extra file, if desired

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.60 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • Measure and text also with M1h; close polygon also with M2
  • [ESC] closes all 3 autorouters
  • Improved "Redo"
  • Moving components in the schematic: Connected traces are routed

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.57 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Implemented 3 switchable messages for X-ray-mode, for selecting single elements and for the rotation center
  • Bitmap as component: Also colored BMPs, TIFs, GIFs, PNGs and JPGs can be used
  • Viewer: Improved cross probe with signals from PCB view back to schematic view
  • Blue busses always cover the green signal lines, gray symbol drawings always cover the red pins
  • Instead of zooming: The mouse wheel scrolls vertically with [Ctrl] and horizontally with [Shift]

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.46 (Jul 19, 2013)

  • Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.45 (Jul 19, 2013)

  • Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks
  • Torusses of teardrops do not count for the signal length shown in the status bar

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.40 (Jul 15, 2013)

  • Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.38 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks
  • Key [Alt] sometimes deleted several buttons and texts in dialogs

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.33 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • Bridge connections now also work with Padstacks
  • Improved DXF import: POLYLINE can also include arcs (bulges)
  • Plated-through pads and vias can be covered with solder paste too, if wanted
  • Introduced the 3D output format *.OBJ (Wavefront Technologies)
  • Reo sometimes deleted tracks from teardrops

New in TARGET 3001 16.4.0.6 (Jun 14, 2013)

  • Convert projekt into "PCB without schematic": The component values can be erased too
  • Bill of material: New checkbox: Also components without package can be listed
  • Isolation milling: Increased overlap for rub-out from 2/100 mm to 5/100 mm
  • Areas in ground layers can be divided by lines in deletion layers and can thus have different signals
  • Property dialog: Position and size are adjustable and remembered during the session

New in TARGET 3001 16.3.0.42 (May 29, 2013)

  • STEP export: Sometimes parts of tracks were missing
  • XGerber: Text with TrueTypeFont sometimes was not converted correctly
  • Improved DRC regarding spacing violations

New in TARGET 3001 16.3.0.33 (May 17, 2013)

  • Problems could occur with texts in several languages (EN,FR,GE). Start Reo once

New in TARGET 3001 16.3.0.31 (May 7, 2013)

  • XGerber created self-intersecting polygons for texts in several fonts
  • XGerber: Italic fonts were output non-italic in some cases
  • Polygonal pads: Mirroring (with or witout flipping) sometimes rotated the direction of the pads
  • XGerber: Proposal for output into a subdirectory of the project's directory (for new projects)

New in TARGET 3001 16.3.0.19 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Bill of material BOM: Property "Package is SMD" selectable (sometimes project REO necessary first)
  • Pad dialog: Solder paste can be reduced by 5% up to 25%Place a new and selected symbol with [F3] in layout view
  • Mirroring components with texts in schematic view: Text property "Align right" is handled correctly

New in TARGET 3001 16.3.0.4 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • 3D view: Under certain circumstances teardrops were not displayed correctly
  • Pick&Place: With several PCBs in one project a single PCB can be selected

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.73 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Group package pins as "internally connected" (cluster)

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.64 (Feb 27, 2013)

  • Improved and accelerated the import of projects from before V15
  • Polygonal pads: Improved computation of the pad's rest ring during DRC
  • Polygonal pads: Improved computation of spacing during DRC
  • 3D view: Sometimes the inner copper layers were not drawn

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.41 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • Introduced minimal width and minimal spacing in layer dialog
  • Dialog "Import package for": Component selection box scrolls to the last recently used line
  • Polygonal pads in 3D view
  • 3D view: Position and size of the window are kept during the session
  • 3D editor: [Ctrl] + [s] saves

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.31 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • Polygonal pads: Introduced a function for automatic arcs (arcs made of chords)
  • Set dialog "Import database" to an initial height of 800 pixels (was too high for some monitors before)

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.14 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • Menu "File / Close project": This menu point sometimes caused a program crash
  • [Shift] + [Ctrl] + M1: Select single elements of components (additionally), even if "components always completely" is set
  • [Shift] + M1 or [Ctrl] + M1: Select elements or components additionally (s. 07.03.2009)

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.12 (Jan 5, 2013)

  • Dual-Screen: Also works with more than 2 monitors in line
  • Dual screen: Schematic window can also be displayed on the right side
  • Polygonal pads also available in CXF
  • Improved CXF import and export
  • If TARGET was launched erroneousely: A prompt [ESC] stops TARGET

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.7 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Component database and settings were not always inherited correctly from predecessor versions

New in TARGET 3001 16.2.0.6 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • Vias and pads often were created octagonal erroneously

New in TARGET 3001 16.1.0.15 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Improved dual screen behavior
  • Cross highlighting: Invisible parts are shown (page, layer, zoom/pan)
  • Cross probe [F3] towards the schematic: Component or signal on several pages cause a selection dialog
  • Polygonal pads: Improved DXF output
  • Polygonal pads: Improved PostScript output
  • Move a package: Recompute only the airwires of the affected signals

New in TARGET 3001 16.1.0.13 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Launch of the selection assistant: Acceleration, if there are ground planes converted into lines
  • Polygonal pads: Use clipoboard with text format
  • Inserted standard pad forms in polygon editor
  • Exporting a symbol with [x] without preceding

New in TARGET 3001 16.1.0.10 (Dec 4, 2012)

  • Polygonal pads possible. Polygon editor included
  • Reference symbol: The symbol can list the pages where the respective signal is also used
  • Extremely accelerated the computation of complex airwires
  • Computation of the airwire takes too long: Dialog for cancelation appeared 3 times
  • Accellerated by a factor 10: Check whether a signal's routing is complete
  • Ground planes: Converting into lines sometimes caused wrong airwires
  • Front panels: Double sided treatment possible
  • Printing: The visible layers can be selected in the printing dialog
  • Several pads in a package can better be connected internally in a conductive Menu File / Input-Output / Data exchange: Export drill list
  • Cross highlighting (schematic - PCB)
  • Export single symbol to database: Odd free elements are added to the symbol

New in TARGET 3001 15.9.0.43 (Nov 1, 2012)

  • MySQL component database: Improved performance
  • MySQL component database: BLOBs > 64kB were truncated sometimes
  • Moving tracks sometimes showed a message "Rip component up?"
  • Assembly PCB-POOL: Adjusted calculation of the delivery times

New in TARGET 3001 15.9.0.28 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • MySQL migration was not executed, if packages had extrem big blobs (>97kB)
  • Pick&Place: Fiducials were not always enumerated

New in TARGET 3001 15.9.0.22 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • MySQL Datbase Server: Online update now possible

New in TARGET 3001 15.9.0.11 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Improved the loading of V14 projects

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.80 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • The search dialog and the selection assistant can search for signal classes too

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.76 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • MySQL support for multiuser access to one shared component database
  • Package locked against movements: Name or value can be moved individually in spite of that

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.64 (Aug 13, 2012)

  • Front panel: Added Pressfit thread bolts and nuts

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.58 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • Sometimes TIFF files were not created
  • DXF import: Inserted checkbox "Position automatically"
  • Sometimes all component prefixes became "0": Database update in component browser necessary

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.44 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • Eagle XML libraries can be imported

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.38 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • TIFF output: #D can be used as a variable for the project file's directory

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.7 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • PCB: Menu Actions: Center component names and values over package handles
  • PCBout: XGerber output stores the destination directory and the checked layers in the project file
  • Groundplane assistant: Dialog doesn't close after every action
  • Schematic: Menu Actions: Center component names and values over symbol handles
  • BOMs: Universal scripts can now control the output
  • Printing scripts: "Variant=Clear" resets all variants

New in TARGET 3001 15.8.0.3 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • Only the banner ads themselves are click sensitive

New in TARGET 3001 15.7.0.98 (Apr 13, 2012)

  • Hybrid-Router sometimes didn't work

New in TARGET 3001 15.5.0.82 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Improved printing of several schematic pages and introduced button [all]
  • Replace component in schematic: Improved recognition of rotation angle

New in TARGET 3001 15.5.0.26 (Oct 7, 2011)

  • Print PCB: Ground planes that are converted into lines can be hidden via a switch

New in TARGET 3001 15.5.0.16 (Sep 28, 2011)

  • Improved function "Drag" once again: Current copper layer is preferred

New in TARGET 3001 15.5.0.12 (Sep 24, 2011)

  • Opening the dialog "Edit symbol" could last a long time

New in TARGET 3001 15.5.0.6 (Sep 24, 2011)

  • Improved function "Drag"
  • Inserted "Derive variant" into menu "Settings / Project variants"

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.98 (Sep 7, 2011)

  • PCB-Pool front panel order: Fields for creditcard sometimes were shifted out of the dialog

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.96 (Sep 5, 2011)

  • Introduced user folder in start dialog
  • DRC: New Message: Ground plane not converted into lines

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.84 (Aug 22, 2011)

  • PostScript remembers the selected layers using the project variable POSTSCRIPT_LAYER
  • Pad names of vias editable, e.g. for test point names
  • [Del] in PCB now 4-step: Groudplane elements first, if selected, then other 3 steps, like before

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.64 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • Integrated the package selection into the component browser
  • Improved the organisation of the tabs in the component browser
  • Abort snap-on-element with [+]: Previous Cursor form is restoted

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.62 (Jul 23, 2011)

  • Sometimes the air wires were not displayed
  • Online update of the component database: Redundant IBF components and IBF packages can also be deleted
  • Sidebar: "Layer for tracks" sometimes failed
  • Isolation milling: Added format EMC² LinuxCNC
  • Undo after copying with clipboard in PCB: Sometimes rests of tracks remained
  • XGerber export, Apertures: APR and WHL file also contain the angle for pads and the radius for RoundRect
  • XGerber export: Skew pads are exported as pads and are not crayoned instead with a small aperture

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.59 (Jul 22, 2011)

  • Isolation milling: Added format EMC² LinuxCNC
  • Undo after copying with clipboard in PCB: Sometimes rests of tracks remained
  • XGerber export, Apertures: APR and WHL file also contain the angle for pads and the radius for RoundRect
  • XGerber export: Skew pads are exported as pads and are not crayoned instead with a small aperture

New in TARGET 3001 15.4.0.45 (Jun 27, 2011)

  • XGerber export: Skew pads are exported as pads and are not crayoned instead with a small aperture

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.97 (Jun 4, 2011)

  • Display of internal connections in packages suppressible (thin lines)

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.85 (May 6, 2011)

  • Improved online update of the component database
  • Message "Wrong grid in schematic" suppressible in Settings (INI)
  • Undo a "Replace package" could raise an exception in certain cases
  • Assembly BOM: Property ORDER_NAME overwrites the type name, under which the component was found in the database
  • Testpoints bottom were sometimes checked against obstruction by components top instead of components bottom

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.49 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • Select component in schematic + [F3] = Place package directly in PCB
  • Name of IBF and user package identical: The IBF package was preferred
  • Improved import of Eagle libraries
  • [Shift] + [F5] opens the grid dialog
  • Printing: Options "Background color" and "sharp black/white" exclude each other
  • Color dialog: E.g.: Window background color button [Standard color] sets the TARGET Standard-Color

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.30 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • TARGET starts without database file
  • Improved mirror under 3D components

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.21 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • Ground plane assistant: Generate ground plane: Connect pads and/or vias fully to the plane
  • Coordinate entry with [+] instead of mouse click: Intersection points of crossing lines are also regarded
  • Printing: Centering holes 1/3 of the drill diameter but minimum 0,3 mm and maximum 1,0 mm

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.14 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Improved DXF output

New in TARGET 3001 15.3.0.7 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • [Ctrl] + [t] turns (rotates) one step backwards
  • Automatic airwires in schematics can be switched off in "Settings (INI)"
  • In PCB view: Restored menu point "Replace package"
  • In schematic view: Restored menu point "Replace component"
  • Component Names and Values Extra: Also applies for components that are imported afterwards
  • Property "variant" of components in a project is copied along during copy&paste and during panelization

New in TARGET 3001 15.2.0.106 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Coordinate entry with [+] instead of mouse click: Crosshair shows catch position in background when selected
  • Status line: Better readable character font
  • [Ctrl]+[F7] or [Shift]+[F7] zooms only the circuit, not e.g. the page frame

New in TARGET 3001 15.2.0.87 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Under certain circumstances the schematic view displayed wrong violet air wires
  • Converting ground planes to lines sometimes enlarged the planes and caused spacing violations

New in TARGET 3001 15.2.0.64 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Umlauts (äöüÄÖÜ) in the Windows username inhibited the program start

New in TARGET 3001 15.2.0.8 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Components copied in the schematic could sometimes not be imported into the layout correctly
  • [o] for options sometimes switched into another operation mode

New in TARGET 3001 15.1.0.98 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • V14 component import sometimes cancelled without notice
  • PCB outline assistant: "Change unit" might have caused problems
  • Delivered first V15

New in TARGET 3001 15.1.0.59 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Start screen with time and date request appears now only just once a day
  • Snap on existing element coordinates with keys [+] or [*] also works with relative coordinates
  • Images in rectangles can be loaded from the following files: BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, TIFF
  • Images in rectangles have a better quality when zooming
  • Images in rectangles are saved as JPEG with quality 80 in the project file instead of bitmap (speed improvement)
  • Future vias for wire bridges are always free of solderstop and solder paste
  • Excellon coordinates are always output with a colon and fixed number of trailing zeroes
  • Automatic test points can be placed on solder and component side
  • Automatic test points were computed erroneously latterly
  • Signal traces can be drawn dotted and dashed in schematic
  • Counting the pins/pads was erroneously unter certain circumstances
  • The function of text elements can be changed easier
  • Pressing ':' during track placement shows a menu for vias
  • Width and height of the screen in [mm] are obtained from Windows during the first launch or after change of screen
  • Dragging with a small black box concerns only the respective tracks of the same signal
  • [Ctrl] + [F1] = Start DRC
  • DXF output uses hatches for tracks and areas instead of thick lines
  • Some oblong pads were misformed when printing mirrored
  • DRC also warns against tracks on layer 100 (or higher)
  • DRC also checks, whether a package was ripped-up
  • Bitmaps, JPEGs and other image formats can directly be invoked into schematics and PCBs
  • Rectangular pads can have percentaged rounded corners
  • A great many of installed fonts delayed the program launch enormously
  • Polygons with signals can be used as connections. Signal tracks inside of polygons are no more necessary
  • Contiguous polygonal chains (without a signal) can also be selected together as one trace

New in TARGET 3001 14.8.0.79 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Double click (M11) is only recognized, if the mouse is still near the first click position
  • Setting (INI): Double click message is processed extra. For programmable mouses

New in TARGET 3001 14.8.0.12 (Feb 26, 2011)

  • Isolation milling: DIN/ISO G-Code: After tool change: Move to X/Y mid coords first or to Z speed height

New in TARGET 3001 13.5.0.66 (Jun 18, 2008)

  • Undo after changing component properties sometimes caused access violations
  • Sometimes filled elements were not displayed
  • Packages locked against any movement: Deletion and reinsertion caused problems
  • Property dialog can now always be confirmed using [Return]
  • With importing old Gerber files (RS274D) now several aperture list formats can be decoded semi-automatically