From the pcb-rnd mailing list.
"Hi all,
pcb-rnd 2.2.2 is available from the download page.
Project page:
http://pcb-rnd.repo.huThe next development cycle will be a short one again, focusing on some
cleanups and infrastructure for our external autorouter, route-rnd that
is going to replace the half-working internal autorouter.
Release notes for 2.2.2:
pcb-rnd 2.2.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This version is mainly a feature release which extends I/O support and
the DRC. There are some smallish features and a lot of bugfixes, please
refer to the changelog for detauls.
Feature highlight:
1. BXL support: footprints available in the (binary) BXL format can be
loaded, imported or used from the library (directy, or using any of
the schematics import methods). A BXL file may contain multiple
footprints; in the library such a BXL file shows up as a virtual
subdirectory. When importing a BXL file name directly, if there are
multiple footprints in it pcb-rnd will offer the choice which one to load.
2. query/drc_query: access a list of layers, network segments, net segment
lengths, more geometrical and mathematical functions for more powerful
DRC rules.
3. Save/load DRC rules: implemented native lihata format and tEDAx format.
Importing a tEDAx netlist automatically loads DRC rules, allowing
schematics to specify rules.
4. Dedicated GUI and network dialog upgrade for easier network length
tracking.
5. Lihata board v7: new native file format version with more powerful text
object support, new gfx object support and more.
6. Online help/support: minimalistic IRC client for direct real-time contact
to the developers to reach out for yet passive users.
7. Alien format handling: upgrade text object load to a bounding box based
algorithm to overcome text alignment and font difference problems
8. librnd (hidlib) separation: rename all public API symbols to start with
rnd instead of pcb
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Best regards,
Igor2"