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Update highlighted features to LibrePCB 1.1
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- Showcase 3D viewer
- Showcase output jobs
- Showcase live parts information
- Showcase MPN management & assembly variants
- Update import/export file formats
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ubruhin committed Apr 30, 2024
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29 changes: 15 additions & 14 deletions content/features/board-editor/index.adoc
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The board editor provides the following features:

* Easy-to-use, intuitive interface (including keyboard navigation)
* Multi-layer PCB (more than you'll need)
* Multi-layer PCB (more than you'll need; supporting blind- & buried vias)
* Design rule check (DRC)
* Import formats: DXF
* Export formats: PDF, SVG, pixmap, BOM, pick&place, Gerber/Excellon
* Live 3D viewer
* Import formats: DXF, EAGLE (project import)
* Export formats: See
link:{{< relref "features/output-jobs/index.adoc" >}}[output jobs]

== icon:cube[] 3D Preview

The integrated 3D viewer shows you an accurate live preview how your PCB
will look after production, including the assembled parts where 3D models
are available. Our official libraries already contain 3D models for many
standard packages, so those just work out of the box without any configuration.

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image::3d-viewer.gif[3D viewer]

== icon:code-branch[] Board Branching

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image::switch-device.gif[Switch device]

== icon:file-export[] Feature-Rich Export

The highly configurable export with live preview allows to generate
nice looking assembly plans and other documentation. Beside printing and
copying to clipboard, there are many output formats supported -- PDF, SVG,
PNG and more. PDFs will contain selectable/searchable texts (not just
graphics).

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image::pdf-export.gif[PDF export]
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* Easy-to-use, intuitive interface (including keyboard navigation)
* Live rule check to warn about common mistakes
* Import formats: Eagle `*.lbr`, DXF
* Import formats: DXF, EAGLE
* Export formats: PDF, SVG, pixmap

== icon:clipboard-check[] Rule Check
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title: "Output Jobs"
icon: "fa-solid fa-wand-magic-sparkles"
weight: 35
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LibrePCB allows you to export production data like a professional, customized
to your workflow and preferences. Just set up the so-called _Output Jobs_ once,
and run them as often as you need with a single click.


*Highlights:*

* Support for multi-configuration jobs, e.g. individual BOMs for each assembly
variant
* Built-in bundling of output files in ZIP archives
* Run jobs individually or all at once
* Configuration is stored in the project, under version control if desired
* Obsolete/outdated files in output folder are reported & deletable with a
single click
* Jobs can be run headless through the
link:{{< relref "features/cli/index.adoc" >}}[command-line interface]

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image::output-jobs.gif[Output jobs]

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*Supported output formats:*
* Documentation: PDF/SVG/pixmaps of schematics and/or boards
* PCB production data: Gerber/Excellon
* Pick&Place: CSV, Gerber X3
* Netlist: IPC D-356A
* BOM: CSV
* 3D model: STEP
* And more...
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31 changes: 29 additions & 2 deletions content/features/schematic-editor/index.adoc
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* Easy-to-use, intuitive interface (including keyboard navigation)
* Instant synchronization with board editor (automatic forward annotation)
* Multi-page schematics
* Multi-page schematics (flat hierarchy)
* Comprehensive support for assembly data management (e.g. MPNs)
* Live information about parts (lifecycle status, availability, pricing, ...)
* Live electrical rule check (ERC)
* Export formats: PDF, SVG, pixmap, CSV BOM
* Import formats: EAGLE (project import)
* Export formats: See
link:{{< relref "features/output-jobs/index.adoc" >}}[output jobs]

== icon:forward[] MPN Management & Assembly Variants

In LibrePCB, part numbers (MPNs) are not just custom, dumb attributes or
labels in the schematic since this is not sufficient for many real-world
scenarios. Instead, the following features are built-in to cover such
scenarios:

* MPNs can be stored in the part libraries for easy reuse
* Support specifying multiple assembly variants for a project
* Support specifying alternative (second-source) MPNs for parts

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== icon:chart-line[] Live Part Information

Thanks to the integrated live part information you are always aware of the
lifecycle status and stock availability of the parts used in your project.
Ending up with obsolete or out-of-stock parts thus won't happen with LibrePCB:

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image::live-part-information.gif[Live part information]

== icon:search[] Fast, Global Part Search

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