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[Andrew Zonenberg <azonenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also it appears that the "show 3D models" option is broken. It defaults
to unchecked and whether I click or not the 3D models are still drawn.

On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 23:20 -0400, Andrew Zonenberg wrote:
> Possibly a bug in the order layers are drawn in? Alpha blending requires
> specific draw orders to get good results. Top-down requires one order,
> bottom-up another
> 
> On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 22:13 -0500, Jason Whiteman wrote:
> > In my unreleased (due to incomplete status of the entirety of changes
> > I was working) soldermask arbitrary color / silkscreen arbitrary color
> > enhancement - I noticed that the soldermask bottom side obstructed
> > traces so I had to adjust the transparency until both sides were
> > balanced.  I didn't spend much time trying to determine what the root
> > cause was - but did verify that layers were balanced and I added
> > lighting to try to change the behavior with no reasonable results
> > whereas transparency seemed to fix whatever the root cause was.
> > 
> > 
> > I cannot get to the build server at the moment but would be happy to
> > trade notes.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jason
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Andrew Zonenberg
> > <azonenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >         Testing your patch against latest BZR kicad with latest wx
> >         from SVN on
> >         Debian 7 amd64, GTX 460m with binary nvidia drivers. Board is
> >         4 layers.
> >         
> >         The board looks fine as seen from the top
> >         (http://i.imgur.com/jv4Rfvg.png). Purple color is intentional,
> >         I was
> >         trying to make it look like the OSHpark standard process.
> >         
> >         On the bottom (http://i.imgur.com/HrKT2Em.png long shot,
> >         http://i.imgur.com/9CMyI4X.png closeup) there are a few
> >         issues:
> >         
> >         1) The vias under the QFN should go all the way through the
> >         board but
> >         they appear "plugged" by copper in the underside view.
> >         
> >         2) Bottom-side traces have very low contrast and are nearly
> >         invisible.
> >         Top-side traces look fine.
> >         
> >         I also have intermittent issues with what seems to be bad
> >         normals
> >         calculated for some 3D models. Not sure if this is a bug in my
> >         parallelization of normal calculation or in your original code
> >         but it's
> >         worth investigating; I haven't had time to poke around with it
> >         too much.
> >         
> >         On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 22:45 +0000, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
> >         > Hi all,
> >         > I implemented some new (old wishes) improvements to
> >         3D-Viewer.
> >         > Also, the overall render was improved.
> >         >
> >         > All changes related with 3D-Viewer:
> >         > - Remove HightQualityMode (now is remove holes option)
> >         > + Render smooth option
> >         > + Render shadow option
> >         > + Render textures option
> >         > + Render remove holes option (old highQualityMode)
> >         > + Render materials option
> >         > + Color option background top
> >         > + Color option background bottom
> >         > + Color option copper
> >         > + Color option solder mask
> >         > + Auto silk screen color (white or black)
> >         > Rearrange menu options
> >         > New pcb and silk textures
> >         > Fix an issue related with wx3 selection grid
> >         > Fix an issue related with wx3/x3d parser VRML conversion
> >         >
> >         > Dear humans merger masters, would you mind to add this patch
> >         to main branch?!
> >         > Sorry for any miss coding style (I had problems before with
> >         tabs vs spaces, hope that is a bit more fixed now..)
> >         > The patch is against the very last repository version so
> >         should be just automerge it.
> >         >
> >         > Thank you!
> >         >
> >         > Mario Luzeiro
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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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