- bring back multithreaded simulations with batch. Thanks to verbose flag is possible now. - update tidy3d to latest version
6.80.0
- add function that returns labels with `GratingName-ComponentName-PortName` - make it default for `gf.routing.add_fiber_single` and `gf.routing.add_fiber_array` - for disabling automated measurement labels you can define `layer_label=None`
6.79.0
- add klayout fill [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1535) - improve spiral [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1537) - add `add_optical_ports_arms` flag to MZI [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1538)
- add gerber file support [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1521) - bends bbox works now for -90 and -180 deg [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1522)
6.75.0
- Layer views update [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1518) - add `Component.add_ref_container()` convenient method to add reference into a new Component (container), [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/pull/1519)