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[Andrew Zonenberg <azonenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any technical reason why the updates can't be live, or
triggered upon changing focus to the window? I'm pretty sure that
previous versions did this.

On Sun, 2014-07-20 at 23:01 -0700, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: Andrew Zonenberg <azonenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: 
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:04 AM
> > Subject: [Kicad-developers] 3D view in module editor doesn't update properly	when using GAL
> > 
> > When I'm using the GAL view in the module editor (OpenGL) and open a 3D
> > view, and make changes to the footprint (for example, adding a 3D model
> > to it) the 3D render doesn't update.
> > 
> > I can rotate and pan the view, it's definitely re-rendering new frames
> > fine, but the changes to the footprint don't take effect. Even turning
> > the grid on or off, or enabling/disabling realistic mode, doesn't work
> > until I close and reopen the 3D view.
> > 
> > The 3D view behaves sort of as expected (redrawing and applying changes
> > any time I click to pan or otherwise force a repaint) when using the old
> > renderer in the module editor. Maybe some kind of display list updating
> > issues? I'm using a dual-monitor setup with the 3D view on the left
> > screen and the module editor on the right.
> > 
> 
> 
> After making changes you need to click the "Reload Board" icon; currently
> this is an icon with a DIP and a green arrow pointing down. At the moment
> I don't believe this behavior is a bug.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 

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Andrew Zonenberg
PhD student, security group
Computer Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://colossus.cs.rpi.edu/~azonenberg/

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