KiCad 7.0.1

What's new in this version:

General:
- Ensure gal is initialized before letting DoRepaint() crash
- Prevent GAL crash on initialization
- Fix crash when font face fails to load
- Improve print quality when using custom fonts
- Fix incorrect image size
- Prevent ghost image after canceling bitmap placement
- Make Freetype access thread safe
- Fix crash when accessing library tables
- Fix --use-drill-file-origin command line argument
- Fix crash deleting project tree items
- Catch parsing exceptions of PCM local repository
- Fix Chinese character type support
- Fix built in color scheme for Python scripting
- Fix incorrect tilt when plotting italic text
- Correctly open selected file in text editor
- Reduce some flickering in PCM
- Adjust stroke font baseline offset to better match 6.0
- Fix CADSTAR importer memory leaks
- Handle dielectric sub-layers in STEP export
- Fix STEP exporting boards with curves
- Reload library tables when new libraries are added via PCM
- Fix layer widget color swatches in HiDPI situations

Schematic Editor:
- Don’t dirty connectivity when moving non-reference schematic field
- Bug fixes for library symbol pin bounding box generation
- Make sure screen RTrees are updated when changing bounding boxes
- Prevent DRC warning from r-appearing after updating footprint
- Fix too-narrow text edit control on Mac
- Text box margin should account for border thickness
- Don’t gray out selection shadows for DNP items
- Keep image sizes when loading/saving 7.0 schematic files
- Fix editing wire and bus net label properties
- Honor blank and white plot option for bitmap images
- Import arcs correctly in CADSTAR importer
- Allow change symbol tool to properly undo changes
- Fix confusing SPICE error when navigating schematic
- Show selection highlight for symbol reference and value field
- Fix crash when undoing page number change with hierarchy navigator
- Correctly handle alternate pin definitions when printing
- Enable user variable substitution on the 'symbol chooser' datasheet field
- Use field data from schematic symbol instead of library symbol in BOM script

Spice Simulator:
- Prevent a crash when a spice SW_I lacks two pin net names
- Prepend correct SPICE prefix when necessary for plotting currents
- Fix crash when changing IBIS type
- Fix layout issue in simulation model dialog IBIS fields
- Prevent setting simulation type from overwriting .options command
- Prevent crash in simulation plot panel
- Allow user to specify phase when defining sine wave
- Allow sources that are both AC and TRAN
- Save state of "Save all power dissipations" check box in simulation command dialog
- Prevent simulation model dialog from picking up the wrong model
- Set simulation source model parameters correctly
- Don’t allow 0 simulation field text size
- Implement default levels for JFET, MOSFET, and MESFET models
- Don’t allow extra text in simulation properties dialog
- Don’t change parameter units formatting
- Save first parameter when editing multiple parameters in model properties dialog
- Don’t copy model file into spice net list
- Do not allow power symbol value field to be overwritten in text properties dialog
- Fix crash when using over-lined text
- Fix crash when resizing window
- Do not add unwanted instance field parameter in spice model editor parameter grid is focused
- Fix broken simulator net list
- Correct pins for some BJT and MESFET builtin models
- Fix spacing and font size issues in 3D model preview dialog
- Fix some initial simulator conditions
- Convert inline models in Sim.Params fields to SPICE syntax
- Make simulator model editor parameter grid number formats behave inconsistently
- Fix crash when loading a spice library for simulation

Symbol Editor:
- Fix incorrect data when adding new columns to library tree
- Prevent selected items from becoming invisible
- Do not default to "common to all units" mode

Board Editor:
- Fix crash during DRC check
- Fix STEP model colors
- Allow plotting of multiple board layers per plot in Python
- Fix more STEP model color issues
- Enable zone hatch settings in properties panel
- Do not collide items within a net tie footprint when routing
- Draw selection layer in front of object instead of behind
- Fix incorrect rotation of thermal spokes for rotated footprints
- Do not change visibility objects when changing layer visibility
- Fix edge clearance bug in DRC custom rule
- Make zone automatic refill checks more discerning
- Fix crash in CADSTAR parser
- Disable automatic zone refilling by default
- Fix breaking Python plugins in board editor when opening footprint editor
- Fix pads losing nets after undo
- Print original net names properly when reconnecting zones/vias
- Fix some shape properties in properties editor
- Fix missing knock out text when plotting
- Set copper edge clearance to a more reasonable default
- Fix DRC failure to find clearance violations
- Optimize net name and number text size and position on pad
- Add bitmap support to Python extension
- Add ability to ignore copper clearance in custom rules
- Fix crash when inserting via while routing differential pair with custom rule
- Synchronize selection of selected items after Python plugin is run
- Treat dimensions in footprint as text for bounding box calculations
- Use automatic dimension when unit couldn’t be determined importing from legacy board file
- Allow undo of alignment operations on groups
- Do not over writing unspecified DRC constraints
- Fix rounding errors in gerber files
- Always export footprint pad holes to STEP files
- Allow for rounding error in connection width checker
- Ensure all attributes are added to polygon items when plotting GERBER files
- Fix Python API for getting net items
- Rotate footprint text box correct for non-cardinal rotation angles
- Fix crashe when changing zone borders with H, V, and 45 degree constraints enabled
- Fix handling of multi-layer zones in Specctra export
- Handle fully nested zones correctly

Footprint Editor:
- Update all units correctly when changing units in 3D model properties panel

3D Viewer:
- Avoid crashing when GL context creation fails
- Fix model transparency issue

Python scripting:
- Fix Python call to get all net classes

Windows:
- Update Sentry to version 0.60
- Fix truncation of color panel swatches