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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

For portability it is possible to modify the kicad_pcb file manually
and prepend ${KIPRJMOD}/, I have done that. I guess that should keep
it portable.

2015-02-11 22:22 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Unfortunately, no.  KISYS3DMOD is hard coded rather than evaluated from
> the 3D model path which would have been a better solution.  Eventually I
> see the 3D models moving to an I/O plugin and a library table concept
> similar to the footprint I/O plugin and library table.  This way we
> could import 3D models in any supported format from any path or even a
> github plugin.  For now your best bet is to use absolute or relative (if
> possible) paths when assigning a 3D model to a footprint.  I know this
> is less than desirable because neither solution may be portable to other
> platforms.
>
>
> On 2/2/2015 5:16 AM, José Eduardo S. C. Xavier wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have some specific 3d models for my components, is it possible to tell
>> kicad to search a specific folder for the 3d models? The components
>> already have the model name. I don't want to change kisys3dmod because I
>> use also use this for other components. Thank you
>>
>>
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