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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.

Pre-Release 3.0.0b1

  • Changed pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AM_open to pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AMopen for consistency.
  • Changed pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AM_close to pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AMclose for consistency.
  • Changed pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AB_open to pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.ABopen for consistency.
  • Changed pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.AB_close to pygerber.gerber.ast.nodes.aperture.ABclose for consistency.
  • Changed order of box and origin parameters in create_eager_layer and create_deferred_layer for consistency.
  • Moved CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateI and CoordinateJ to separate modules.
  • Added workaround for #383.
  • Added pygerber.gerber.lint package containing linting tools for Gerber files.
  • Added pygerber gerber lint command to CLI for linting Gerber files.
  • Changed how empty images are handled in VirtualMachine, they no longer throw an exception by default. This can be changed by passing fail_on_empty_auto_sized_layer=True to VirtualMachine constructor.
  • Fixed default paths used by pygerber gerber convert commands to have extensions matching output file format.

Pre-Release 3.0.0a4

  • Relaxed pyparsing dependency requirements to allow for use of 3.2 and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed numpy dependency requirements to allow for use of 2.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed pydantic dependency requirements to allow for use of 2.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed pillow dependency requirements to allow for use of 8.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed click dependency requirements to allow for use of 8.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed Python version requirement to allow for use of 3.8 and above.
  • Removed pygerber.sequence_tools module.
  • Removed pygerber.frozen_general_model module.
  • Removed pygerber.gerber.linter.diagnostic module.
  • Removed pygerber.warnings module.
  • Updated documentation links to point to stable release documentation.
  • Renamed GerberX3Builder.add_trace() to GerberX3Builder.add_line_trace() to be consistent with GerberX3Builder.add_clockwise_arc_trace() and GerberX3Builder.add_counter_clockwise_arc_trace().
  • Added support for Altium implied leading zeros omitted. Contributed by @sjgallagher2 in #340.
  • Added arc drawing in GerberX3Builder.
  • Added region statement generation to GerberX3Builder.
  • Added Gerber to PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP and SVG conversion commands to CLI.
  • Added Gerber format command to CLI.
  • Extended documentation.

Pre-Release 3.0.0a3

  • Removed legacy error types from pygerber.gerber.api._errors.
  • Removed pygerber.common.general_model module.
  • Removed pygerber.common.immutable_map_model module.
  • Removed pygerber.common.rgba module.
  • Rename Project class from pygerber.gerber.api to CompositeView.
  • Changed source_code and file_type attributes of GerberFile to be read-only.
  • Changed return type of CompositeView.render_with_pillow to CompositePillowImage. Interface of CompositePillowImage is the same as previously CompositeView.
  • Changed miniatures displayed by language server to be fixed size due to repeating problems with apertures being too small or too large.
  • Added custom __str__ to CompositeView and GerberFile classes.
  • Added GerberJobFile class for handling .gbrjob files.
  • Added Project class for grouping multiple CompositeView objects.
  • Added documentation for GerberJobFile and Project classes.
  • Added pygerber.vm.shapely package containing implementation of Gerber vm (renderer) using shapely library.
  • Added render_with_shapely to GerberFile class.
  • Updated Quick start guide.
  • Updated many of docstrings in pygerber.gerber.api package.
  • Restored pygerber_language_server command.

Pre-Release 3.0.0a2

  • Removed Parser2 and related infrastructure. It was already replaced by Parser in previous release, but I didn't have time to make sure all of dependencies were gone.
  • Removed most of the old documentation.
  • Moved pygerber.gerberx3 to pygerber.gerber. I acknowledge this is a breaking change, but using gerberx3 as a package name when it in fact contained code mostly compatible with more than just X3 was misleading.
  • Moved pygerber.gerber.ast.builder to pygerber.builder.gerber.
  • Moved pygerber.vm.builder to pygerber.builder.rvmc.
  • Added new documentation layout.
  • Added documentation for GerberX3Builder from pygerber.builder.gerber module.
  • Added Quick start guide to documentation.
  • Added pygerber.gerber.pygments, a Pygments lexer for Gerber files. To use it you have to install pygments extras package (or just have pygments installed from other source).
  • Added support for deprecated syntax construct of D01 with code omitted.
  • Changed pygerber.gerber.formatter API and structure. Formatter options are no longer directly passed to Formatter class, they are stored in dedicated Options class.
  • Added 2 high level formatter API functions available in pygerber.gerber.formatter: format, formats.
  • Improved docstrings in pygerber.builder.gerber
  • Improved pygerber.gerber.formatter docstrings, especially ones related to formatter options.
  • Changed pygerber.gerber.api to use pygerber.builder.gerber. This is a major change in how this API works. I am planning to create some guide on how to migrate code from PyGerber 2.4.x to 3.x.x, there is placeholder docs page for that.
  • Deleted implementation of command line interface. Unfortunately, command line interface is not functional right now.

Pre-Release 3.0.0a1

  • Fixed README headers.

Pre-Release 3.0.0a0

  • Added pygerber.gerberx3.formatter for formatting Gerber files.
  • Added GerberX3Builder class for building Gerber code from scratch.
  • Redesigned PyGerber Parser implementation and AST classes.
  • Added intermediate step between parsing and rendering done by pygerber.gerberx3.compiler.
  • Redesigned rendering principles, now implemented in pygerber.vm, supports only rendering raster images with Pillow. SVG rendering is planned to be included in 3.0.0 release.
  • Ported language server to new parser.

Release 2.4.3

  • Fixed background_color parameter being completely ignored in raster renders. Thanks to @totalretribution reporting the issue.
  • Changed default color map used by Project render_raster()to DEFAULT_ALPHA_COLOR_MAP as DEFAULT_COLOR_MAP resulted in images with layers obfuscating each other in counter intuitive way.
  • Unified gray shades of non-alpha and alpha variant of SOLDER_MASK preset color scheme.

Release 2.4.2

  • Relaxed pyparsing dependency requirements to allow for use of 3.2 and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed numpy dependency requirements to allow for use of 2.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed pydantic dependency requirements to allow for use of 2.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed pillow dependency requirements to allow for use of 8.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed click dependency requirements to allow for use of 8.x and above for supported Python versions.
  • Relaxed Python version requirement to allow for use of 3.8 and above.
  • Changed documentation deployment flow to include latest, stable and dev links.

Release 2.4.1

  • Added support for comment based attributes (#217)
  • Fixed incorrect rotation of rectangle flashes (#243)
  • Removed PyYAML dependency (#221)
  • Added tests for language server (#227)
  • Added tests for console interface (#223)

Release 2.4.0

  • Added command line interface utilizing API V2 for rendering Gerber files to images. This includes interface for rendering PNG, JPEG and SVG images and multi-file projects to single PNG/JPEG image.
  • Added support for inferring file type from file extension or .FileFunction file attribute. This mechanism is used by default by API V2 based command line interface.
  • Refactored test suite and dropped testing of code related to Parser class originally included in PyGerber 2.0.0. Currently only Parser2 related code is actively tested.

Release 2.3.2

  • Fixed clockwise arc rendering in raster renderer. Reported by @tgbl-mk (#203). Fixed by @Argmaster in #205.
  • Fixed empty comment parsing. Reported by @lookme2 (#198). Fixed by @Argmaster in #201.
  • Disabled MacOS test suite due to consistent failures during Python installation on macos-latest GitHub hosted machines.

Release 2.3.1

  • Added support for rotation of code 21 center line macro primitive in SVG and Raster renderers. Support is not exhaustive, it will be extended whenever extension is requested by users.
  • Fixed bug causing macro flashes to be partially cut off in images rendered with SVG renderer.
  • Fixed incorrect version string in pygerber.__version__ and reported by pygerber --version.

Release 2.3.0

  • Added full support for transforms (LP, LM, LR, LS commands) in Parser2.
  • Fixed titles in Parser2 and Parser feature support documentation. They were swapped.
  • Fixed bug causing SvgRenderer2 to incorrectly render masks in some cases.
  • Optimized SvgRenderer2 group and mask usage to reduce file size and memory usage of software displaying output SVGs.
  • Fixed parsing of attributes without value.
  • Updated documentation to mention deprecation of API V1 elements and changed order of pages to better expose API V2.
  • Added example files shipped with PyGerber for testing and demonstration purposes. They can be accessed via pygerber.examples module.
  • Added new pygerber.gerberx3.api.v2 module with new high level utilizing API V2 capabilities. This module is mend to replace API V1 in future releases.
  • Added new API for rendering multiple Gerber files at once into single image. Available as part of pygerber.gerberx3.api.v2 module with use of Project class.

Release 2.2.1

  • Fixed rendering of first macro flash.
  • Added reference page for SvgRenderer2 in docs.
  • Fixed duplicated element prefixes in docs.
  • Fixed supported feature counts in docs.
  • Updated README.md feature support links.

Release 2.2.0

  • Added alternative parser implementation, pygerber.gerberx3.parser2.parser2.Parser2 class.
  • Added introspection interface based on new Parser2 class.
  • Added macro support to Parser2 class which was not previously available in Parser class.
  • Added API for customizing Token classes used by Tokenizer. Tokenizer class now accepts optional options parameter of class TokenizerOptions.
  • Added documentation for introspection.
  • Added experimental SVG backend for Gerber code with Parser2 generated command buffers.
  • Changed documentation layout to improve readability.
  • Fixed switching to single quadrant mode being ignored.
  • Refactored feature support documentation.

Release 2.1.1

  • Fixed incorrect bounding box prediction for displaced drawings (#105).
  • Added 3.12 as supported in package tags.
  • Fixed documentation links in README.md and pyproject.toml.

Release 2.1.0

  • Fixed #37
  • Added latest Gerber spec file revision 2023.08 to documentation.
  • Added command line interface for PyGerber 2D rendering.
  • Added Gerber X3/X2 language server which can be acquired with pip install pygerber[language-server]. Currently server capabilities include hover messages with Gerber reference cited and minimal amount of suggestions. We are planning to further extend this server in future releases.
  • Added is-language-server-available CLI command for checking if pygerber[language-sever] is available.
  • Added support for arc region boundaries (#61).
  • Added warning messages whenever zero surface flash is created.
  • Improved documentation for many of supported Gerber commands. This documentation is used by language server to provide specification reference.
  • Refactored tokenizer implementation, as a result #67 was fixed and #64 is no longer an issue in some cases.

Release 2.0.2

  • Fixed incorrect bounding box prediction for displaced drawings (#105).
  • Added 3.12 as supported in package tags.
  • Fixed documentation links in README.md and pyproject.toml.

Release 2.0.1

  • Fixed names of Gerber specification files (.pdf.pdf extension replaced with .pdf)
  • Added draw_region_outlines option (disabled by default) which controls whether lines which make up a region boundary should be drawn after region is filled. KiCAD seem to assume that those boundaries are not drawn and region outline is 1px instead of thickness of aperture.
  • Changed Decimal precision to 60 decimal places.
  • Changed precision of INCH_TO_MM_MULTIPLIER (now its 25.4) and MM_TO_INCH_MULTIPLIER (dynamically calculated with Decimal).
  • Changed circle aperture to make result better match expectations and KiCAD reference.
  • Fixed warning message logged every time a valid region was created to show up only when region is not valid.
  • Added warnings for zero surface aperture draws.

Release 2.0.0

  • Added Gerber X3 format tokenizer with support for selective feature support:

  • Supported Gerber X3 features: G04, MO, FS, AD, AM, Dnn (nn≥10), D01, D02, D03, G01, G02, G03, G75, LP, LM, LR, LS, G36, G37, AB, SR, TF, TA, TO,TD, M02.

  • Supported DEPRECATED Gerber features: G54, G70, G71, G90, G91, G74, M00, M01, IP, LN, Combining G01/G02/G03 and D01/D02/D03 in a single command, Coordinate Data without Operation Code, Style Variations in Command Codes, FS, Draws and Arcs with Rectangular Apertures.

For more detailed descriptions of supported features please refer to documentation or README.md.

  • Added Gerber X3 format parser with support for selective feature support:

  • Supported Gerber X3 features: G04, MO, FS, AD, AM, Dnn (nn≥10), D01, D02, D03, G01, G02, G03, G75, LP, LM, LR, LS, G36, G37, M02.

  • Supported DEPRECATED Gerber features: G54, G70, G71, G90, G91, G74, M00, M01, IP, LN, Combining G01/G02/G03 and D01 in a single command, Coordinate Data without Operation Code, Style Variations in Command Codes, Draws and Arcs with Rectangular Apertures.

For more detailed descriptions of supported features please refer to documentation or README.md.

  • Added rendering backend capable of producing 2D rasterized images based on parser instructions. Supported drawing elements:
  • Aperture definition with circle
  • Aperture definition with rectangle
  • Aperture definition with obround
  • Aperture definition with polygon
  • Draw flash with circle aperture
  • Draw flash with rectangle aperture
  • Draw flash with obround aperture
  • Draw flash with polygon aperture
  • Draw line
  • Draw clockwise arc
  • Draw counterclockwise arc