Handbook Version v2026.04.17.1 Released 2026-04-17

Changelog¶

This page records user-visible updates to the English handbook that are directly aligned with the current implementation.

2026-04-04¶

Rewrote the Chinese user handbook and unified page structure and tone.
Removed outdated descriptions, placeholders, and overly engineering-centric wording.

Updated the Workbench explanation to reflect the default order of Visibility and Selection Filter.
Added the 2D View Info floating-card flow and synced the QA checklist.

Realigned the English handbook to the latest Chinese source instead of preserving older wording.
Documented first-launch sample documents, IPC-2581 intent selection, and the rule that SES must attach to an existing base revision.
Updated the workspace model to match the current app structure: 2D / 3D / Data views plus Workbench / Console / Settings panels.
Clarified that 3D currently supports KiCad only.
Updated settings docs to cover categories, search, language, support purchase, open-source licenses, and reset flows.
Updated troubleshooting and QA pages so they match the current import, loading, export, and view limitations.

Updated the handbook to reflect the current export model: original-source export versus converted export, no user-facing KiCad 6 path, and ZIP delivery for multi-file original sources.
Added the current export-unlock requirement and the purchase-center redirect behavior to the relevant English pages.
Updated the Console wording so it clearly describes the current chat-and-log dual-view behavior.
Reworked the settings language-page explanation to match the current system-language-driven behavior more accurately.

Added an independent handbook version source in UserDoc/version.yml; handbook pages now show the current handbook version and release date in the page header.
Added aggregated PDF handbooks for zh / en / ja, and exposed a current-locale PDF download button at the top of handbook pages. The stable download URLs stay unchanged while the suggested download filename now includes the handbook version.