Glade Reference
Contents for 2023 can be found here
Version 6.0.1 release on 23/01/2024
- enhancement: Made zoom in/out smoother on Mac.
- bugfix: Opening a gzipped oasis file did not give an error. Now it does, as this is not supported.
- bugfix: Opening a library with the same name as existing library and choosing discard didnn't delete the existing library correctly.
- enhancement: Dark mode support - better colour choice for message window, LSW etc.
Version 6.0.2 release on 12/02/2024
- bugfix: Tweaked the size of import/export GDS2/OASIS dialogs for limited size laptop displays.
- bugfix: GDS mapping for existing libraries did not set up export in version 6 correctly.
- bugfix: GDS export warning messages not output.
- bugfix: Fix a crash if a design with MPPs had its techfile reloaded to update MPPs.
- bugfix: Export GDS2 with path style extend and non-halfwidth extensions exported incorrectly.
- bugfix: Fix a crash if run in non-graphics mode (-ng) and dark mode.
Version 6.0.3 release on 01/03/2024
- enhancement: multithread the KD tree.
- bugfix: Querying a polygon gave missing 4th arg to coord.
Version 6.0.4 release on 04/04/2024
- enhancement: Import Cadence techfile uses a new Skill parser that can evaluate basic Skill expressions.
- enhancement: Improved performance of LSW refresh when dealing with 100's of layers.
Version 6.0.5 release on 21/05/2024
- enhancement: Improved schematic autorouter obstacle modelling.
- enhancement: Moving an instance or a pin autoroutes connected wires in realtime.
Version 6.0.6 release on 01/06/2024
- enhancement: Create Via dialog allows creating via with no net info (the default).
- enhancement: Import Cadence techfile parses cdsViaDevice types. However, not all features are supported - if anyone can provide the documentation for cdsViaDevice them this could be fixed.
- enhancement: Import Cadence techfile parses streamLayers section.
Version 6.0.7 release on 17/06/2024
- bugfix: F8 did not toggle immediate move mode.
- enhancement: Added techfile layer attributes minDiagSpacing, minDiagWidth, minHoleArea.
- enhancement: Cence Skill techfile parser supports above attributes in techfile now.
- enhancement: Verify... DRC command supports minDiagSpacing, minDiagWidth, minHoleArea, minOverlap
- enhancement: minExt and minOvlp seperated and working as specified. Techfile keyword MINOVLP added.
- enhancement: DRC Verify... cmd has added checks.
Version 6.0.8 release on 24/06/2024
- enhancement: Techfile support for custom line styles (i.e. other than Qt default linestyles).
- enhancement: Stipple Editor dialog shows line styles graphically.
- bugfix: some stipple pattern sizes not expanded correctly to 32 bits.
Version 6.0.9 release on 04/07/2024
- enhancement: Skill file reader initial implementation.
Version 6.0.10 release on 06/09/2024
- enhancement: MIMCAP capacitors can be extracted with properties w (width of metal fingers), sp (space of metal fingers), lr (length of fingers) and nr (number of fingers).
- bugfix: Crash when closing attached lib.
- bugfix: spice3 run had extra blank in args which could cause simulation failure.
- bugfix: Fix issue when reading oasis without a techfile.
- bugfix: Allow -oasisout and -gdsout on cmd line; Glade exists after last. Previously it would exit after first encountered.
- bugfix: OASIS Ctrapezoid tpe 3 read incorrectly.
- bugfix: OASIS handling of paths with equal but non-halfwidth extensions was incorrect.
Version 6.0.11 release on 25/09/2024
- bugfix: OASIS writer error for some unusual array attributes.
- enhancement: OASIS reader now warns on > 32bit integers. Previously it threw an exception.
- bugfix: Verify->Compare (XOR) did not write markers to first cellView.
- enhancement: Allow non-printing chars in export OASIS.
Version 6.0.12 release on 02/10/2024
- bugfix: Export GDS with top cell only outputted cell twice.
- enhancement: Verify->Compare available from cmd line as -xor <file1> <file2> <outfile>, where file1 and file2 are GDS or OASIS files, and outfile is a GDS file containing error markers on gds layer 1001. Note the cmd runs in non-graphics mode, the only output is to the logfile, and Glade exits after the output file is written.
- bugfix: Fix a bug where certain shapes in boolean ops which gave rise to holes weren't reported correctly.
- bugfix: Fix a bug with writing OASIS instances with repetition.
- bugfix: Fix a bug in stipple editor that could cause a crash.
- bugfix: Fix a bug in ui::booleanOp.
- Enhancement: Added a ui::compareCells3 to allow writing shapes to a new lib, and select shapes to be either on original layers or marker layer.
- bugfix: Fix a bug in boolean ops which caused a 'next edge not set...' exception.
Version 6.0.13 release on 16/10/2024
- bugfix: Fix a few bugs when running boolean ops on some bizarre layouts.
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