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[Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

> I wonder why the board is transparent

That is the "board body", you can then add the soldermask layer that will make it less transparent.
I don't remember why it is a bit transparent if was something I changed.
In reality a FR4 will be translucent and refract light.
Maybe it is another option to add (set transparency proprieties)


> I also would like to be able to control the background color better. I
> want to be able to choose both gradient colors and also to disable the
> gradient.

I understand.
I have no experience in wx / KiCad dialogs.
I talked with Jason Whiteman (in CC) and he is doing some new dialogs for 3D Viewer already but he doesn't have much time for it :/
Maybe some one experience can join Jason and implement nice dialog options for 3D Viewer now.


> I have problems with an older design, where the models are offset way
> too much. Some unit problem?

I notice in some models that I got in the web (ex: Walter) (you can see in my first screenshots, in the SMD resistors) that they have added some offset in Z coord. You see that they are "levitate" in the PCB board. I dont know why they added it.
Also IMPORTANT: I added now in VRML 2 the capability to parse transformation data (rotation, scale, scaleOrientation, center.. )
As Cirilo Bernardo pointed correctly, If the code is implemented correctly and the problem are in the model files, so the model files should be fixed.
Check in your model files for the "Transform" tag and see if they have transformation data.
If you have that Transform, you can remove it (whatever makes sense to you / your model)

Also keep in mind IMPORTANT 2: The VRML 2 can load now hierarchically data, as well their transformations. mean that it can apply transformations for each node / child that are also dependent on their parent node transformation.


Send me any data you want I will try give it a look.

Cheers,
Mario Luzeiro
________________________________________
From: Nick Østergaard [oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 July 2014 18:55
To: Tomasz Wlostowski
Cc: Mário Luzeiro; kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D-Viewer new rendering and contributions.

Hi Mário

I just tried your patch, and building newest head at the moment, but I
wonder why the board is transparent. Why is that, see
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=74745.

I also would like to be able to control the background color better. I
want to be able to choose both gradient colors and also to disable the
gradient.

I have not testet the more exotic 3D model formats you created, but I
have problems with an older design, where the models are offset way
too much. Some unit problem? It seems to be somewhere in between a
factor 10 to 100, I have not determined the exact. See
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/74746.

Regards
Nick Østergaard

2014-07-30 13:51 GMT+02:00 Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>:
> On 30.07.2014 12:03, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for add it Jean-Pierre !
>>
>> I will now be able to do some more improvements and take it from your
>> revision.
>>
>> I hope now more people can test it, special, openGL compatibility with
>> older systems and model files correctness parsing and rendering.
>>
> Hi Mario,
>
> The boards with your patch look *awesome*. Many thanks for contributing to
> Kicad!
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
>
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