# Quilter v0.5.0 release

**URL:** <https://community.quilter.ai/t/quilter-v0-5-0-release/56>\
**Category:** Updates\
**Tags:** product-updates\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/quilter-v0-5-0-release/56 "2023-10-10T05:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![will](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.quilter.ai/will/32/98_2.png) [@will](https://community.quilter.ai/u/will)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/quilter-v0-5-0-release/56/1 "2023-10-10T05:00:00Z")

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# Quilter v0.5.0 release

 ![v050-release-2@4x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/quilter1/original/1X/3d8747dfe36fd4df7de2b19ee540164acd5bed68.webp)

## We’re excited to announce a number of improvements in our first officially versioned release.

## **Quilter Design Agent**

- ( **New** ) Placement algorithm has been updated to our stable reinforcement learning placer
- ( **New** ) Schematic-informed placement for Altium designs
- ( **Improved** ) Better silkscreen placement (fewer collisions, placed closer to components) for KiCAD
- ( **Improved** ) More direct routing paths between connected components

## **Quilter App**

- ( **New** ) “Feedback” widget for submitting bugs, feature requests, and design reviews
- ( **New** ) [Help Center](https://intercom.help/quilter/en/) with documentation for submitting boards for layout
- ( **Improved** ) Ability to sort/filter successful candidates by multiple criteria
- ( **Fixed** ) Corrupted pours in exported design files (KiCAD)
- ( **Fixed** ) Failure to successfully parse boards some board files with drill holes (KiCAD)
- ( **Fixed** ) Failure to successfully parse some Altium schematics

Share ideas for our next feature, improvement, or bug fix with the Quilter team, here.