5.1a
Released on September 1, 2006Program: 
An entire suite of pop-up help tips have been added to all menu items and all complex dialog boxes.
A bug has been removed from the Flood Fill function that would prevent the flood from adding thermal relief on pads.
A bug has been removed that prevented the Re-Do functions from being enabled on the menu system.5.1b - September 8, 2006 Program:
A bug has been removed that would cause the system to hang if a file tab is rolled over after invoking the Edit Component function.
A bug has been removed from the Net Scan functions that would report an error if a line signal name did not match the pad signal name.
A bug has been removed from the Zoom functions causing the cursor to not re-center properly.5.1c - September 15, 2006 Program:
A bug has been removed from the grab functions where a proximity error caused a grab of an incorrect item.5.1d - October 2, 2006 Program:
The Block Paste from clipboard function will now prompt to enter a increment value for components that are contained within the block.
A Pick Component function has been added to the place menu. This is useful for placing parameterless parts such as hardware and mounting holes.5.1e - November 1, 2006 Program:
Angles can now be expressed in degrees, radians, grads, and turns.
A bug has been removed from the flood fill functions where not all pads and vias where connected correctly.5.1f - December 1, 2006 Program:
Text string can now be curved along the circumference of a circle.
Lines, arcs, and pads now have a point of origin to delineate how they were inserted.
Astro imaging camera interface has been enhanced to include the Starlight MX7C camera.
An extra layer of protection has been added to help prevent showing both the pointer and cross-hair cursors at the same time.
A BOM Import function has been added. A BOM can now be created, modified, and read back in applying any changes to the PCB data file.5.1g - December 6, 2006 Program:
A bug has been removed from text strings with a radius defined that would corrupt data files.
5.1h - January 1, 2007 Program:
A set of warning messages has been added to the Gerber Output function to help prevent incorrectly fabricated PCB's.
Filled Solids have been expanded to include the following drawing styles: Very Sparse Fill, Solid Outline, Dotted Outline, Dashed Outline, Thin Outline and No Outline.
A bug has been removed from the placing of components that contain filled solids.
The autorouter has been enhanced to route schematic files.
The Grab Pad function will now also grab pin numbers if present on a schematic file.
The Edit Image Ortho-Rectification Crop, Rotate, and Resample function now has the option resize by pixels.
The BOM out function will now observe a relative zero point if one is set.
A bug has been removed from the Mirror on X and Mirror Y functions that did not move all text.
The Setup Options dialog box now has an option to mute sounds. When a sound would normally be played, it will instead appear in the clock area.
An internal resource allocator has been added. This will help prevent Windows from crashing when it confuses itself about the status of our drawing engine.
An additional algorithm has been added to the cross-hair / pointer cursor system. This will help prevent confused cursors when CIRCAD looses control under aberrant conditions.
Gerber files can no longer be generated from slave windows. This will prevent accidental cascading of slave windows.5.1i - January 15, 2007 Program:
A couple of bugs have been removed from drawing engine that would cause display problems.
A bug in the Pick Component function where the not all components were visible has been removed.
A bug has been removed from Net Scan function that would could cause cursor display problems.
A bug has been removed from display of a single layer only (F10 by default) while grabbing items.5.1j - February 1, 2007 Program:
A bug has been removed from the Place Fill function so that it now processes line size and style.
A bug has been removed from the Place Component function so that it now processes symbol contained in the library.
A new Rats-nest function has been added that bypasses power and ground signals.
The Netlist in and out dialog boxes will now remember the state of the check boxes.
The Edit Snap function will now snap to the vertex points of filled solids.
A bug has been removed from the Edit Text function so that it will now scrutinize the text string.
An option has been added to the Setup Options dialog box to re-center on zoom in and out.
The drawing of the animated block perimeter has been improved.
The keyboard macro system has been enhanced.
Zero width lines in the source data file will plot as 0.002" on Gerber output.
An export filter has been added to save files in Gerber format.
The track endpoints tag in the Setup Draw Modes tab of the Setup Parameters dialog box now applies to signal layers only.
A bug has been removed Flood fill function that did not attach vias properly.
The default component libraries and templates have been included into the program executable. These are only used if none are found on disk.5.1k - February 15, 2007 Program:
Image masks have been added to the pixel image editor.
A bug has been removed Place Component function for incorrectly formatted text libraries.
A focus bug has been removed from the CTRL-C function is invoked while in the cross-hair cursor mode.
Error messages have been for pads that are unreachable on flood fill.
A crashing bug has been removed while in alternate view.
The error message boxes for gerber generation have been changed to by-passable warnings.Text Editor:
Group highlighting functions have been added for the processing of C++ and HTML source file.
Enhanced search string parameters in the text editor.5.1l - March 1, 2007 Program:
A bug has been removed from the print BMP to disk with respect to the output resolution in DPI.
Type S0 pads are no longer erroneously included on Gerber paste and mask layers.
A bug has been from Gerber out if plated / non plated holes existed that were the same size.
A bug has been removed from arcs placed by the flood fill that caused "scallops" due to insufficient precision in the radius.
Right mouse button functions now mimic the operation of CIRCAD'98.
A dialog box will now appear prompting for information when reading in Gerber files that do not contain embedded aperture definitions.
The middle mouse button (sometimes a scroll wheel) now toggles between the cross-hair cursor and the pointer cursor. This functionality is the same as pressing the space bar on the keyboard.
The source libraries have been enhanced to allow a specific footprint per component definition.
Library component definitions will now have the trailing blanks removed from each parameter.Text Editor:
All text editing functions are now available through the menu system.
A bug has been removed from the column align function if all fields in a column had no data.
Support for the 10-key pad to operate when in "Num Lock" mode has been added.5.1m - April 1, 2007 Program:
A bug has been removed from the 24 bit per pixel drawing engine.
An assortment of improvements has been implemented in the pixel image editor.
The Edit Component function will now highlight the currently selected component.
The re-draw functions will only interrupt the I (zoom in) and O (zoom out) keys, not arrow panning keys.Text Editor:
A file align function has been added to align two text files in a similar manner to the File Comparison function.5.1n - May 15, 2007
A bug has been removed from the display of square pads that have a drill hole size larger then the X and Y dimensions.
A bug has been removed that caused problems with components that contained only text elements.
The current file is now available as a library in the Place Component function.
An import filter for Tango II schematics has been added.
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