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Dear TARGET 3001! user,

version V20 is available. We are pleased that the development of TARGET goes on continuously. There are no changes in our license and product policy. The transition from V19 (or older) to V20 is a paid update for which we offer low update prices. Additionally there will be a discount campaign during its introduction. If you like to update from an earlier main version or if you like to upgrade from a smaller version - now is a particularly great time.

All further development of TARGET 3001! now flows into V20, all updates within your V20 are free. See TARGET menu Help/Free Update. Look below for all highlights, the complete list of new features please find in the in the LOGBOOK. If you would like to go for the V20 - our shop is open.

Yours sincerely,
Harald Friedrich
and the TARGET 3001! Team

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NEW: V20 released (Dez. 2018):

Push&Shove: When routing a new track, neighboring tracks are pushed aside, if necessary.
Neighbors of the neighbor follow like a cascade. Spacing rules are obeyed.
Move vertices to the grid/add any point to the grid: Push&Shove has put some tracks out of the grid? No problem:
Drag vertices back to the grid by adding the [Shift] key. Or you would generate additional grid points just at the spot where you are.
Selecting track segments: With [Shift] and [Ctrl] as usual in Windows select either "all inbetween" or just the first and last highlighted track segment.
Air wires: Number of air wires - A useful little featur to plan and calculate you routing activities.

NEW since June 2018:

Signal polygons: Show or hide signal polygons using keys [<] and [>]
Builder: COMPONIVERSE extended by the web-based component editor "BUILDER"
Autosaves: Up to nine renewing autosaves possible instead of only three
GerberSpecial: XGerber: Standard Gerber file extensions can be chosen
Printing script format: Printing by scripts now possible in format *.pdf too

NEW since November 2017:

MID-Edition: A click top left upon the "standard orientation"-icon shows the measurements of the MID-body at the bottom left
Groundplane: Item "Entire PCB area" added to menu "Actions/Ground planes". Use the entire PCB area as a signal polygon.
Component browser: Properties: Item "Reload properties from a CSV file" added
Component browser: Component: Item "Generate component from a CSV file" added

NEW since October 2017:

Isolation milling: Tools can be allocated picking them from their place in a jacket.

NEW since August 2017:

Polygonal ground planes: Any filled polygon on a copper layer can be furnished with a signal. Each can be handled like a separate ground plane. It can individually be furnished with attributes. On one copper layer any number of polygons with different signals can be drawn.

NEW since August 2017:

Boost your BoM: Bill of material (BoM): If you add a certain property to a part and you also add the leading characters "BOM-", this particular property automatically will appear in the BoM.

NEW since August 2017:

Engraving bit calculator: Insulation milling: In insulation milling copper tracks are circumscribed by an engraving bit. The width of the rubout depends on the angle of its tip and its immersion depth. Calculate these parameters quickly by the use of the Engraving bit calculator in menu "Engraving Insulation channels".

NEW since August 2017:

Via fence: Signal tracks can on both sides be fenced by a chain of vias. High frequency signals by this means can be shielded from external electromagnetic influence.

NEW since August 2017:

Breadboard: Polygonale breadboard area: Create any polygonal breadboard area in your layout. Hples have the property of a via. You may edit each afterwards or give it a signal. But this is no must. By means of such breadboard areas you easily create "creativity buffers" for your design.

NEW since August 2017:

Password_protection: Protect your project from third party access by the use of a password. But not only a project can be protected: All projects, being created by your license can automatically be protected by a "licence password". This one is demanded if one of your projects shall be opened by a TARGET öicense other than yours. So you protect your intellectual property from third party access. Also a "drift off" towards the spheres of your competitors will be avoided.

NEW since August 2017:

Instant PDF: Create a PDF file of your circuit diagram or PCB without a PDF printer. Achieve a quick transfer of your designs as a PDF.

NEW since September 2016:

COMPONIVERSE®: The interactive component cloud of the TARGET 3001! community. Load up your components and download the ones others have uploaded.
The TARGET 3001! component exchange. New engine, new look, new features.

NEW since September 2016:

Ask a question: TARGET 3001! internal FAQ system. Correlates to the TARGET dialog from which the question has been asked.

NEW since September 2016:

Components of the British component portal SamacSys can instantly be overtaken to TARGET 3001!. Select components found and place them by drag and drop to your TARGET 3001!-design. Free software "Library Loader" required.