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Re: 3D Viewer crushes whole KiCAD with this file

 

This is a known issue.  The full VRML spec is not supported by KiCad so
almost every third party tool except Wings3D it seems generates VRML
files that kicad has issues with.

On 2/14/2015 4:48 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> To prevent the crash, edit the file with a text editor to:
> 1. Change 'Group' to 'Transform' , case is important ('Group' entity not
> supported)
> 2. Delete all the defined 'Viewpoint' entities (not supported)
> 3. Delete 'NavigationInfo' entity (not supported)
> 4. Delete 'Background' entity (not supported)
> 5. Delete 'DirectionalLight' entities (not supported)
> 
> For whatever reason I still don't see it in the 3D view but at least it
> doesn't crash. It appears fine in the VRML export (after setting XYZ
> scale of 1000/2.54).
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 2:41 AM, LordBlick <lordblick@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:lordblick@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
>     I've problem with this pretty 3D file of SMD LED, kicad crushes
>     after „View/3d View” selected in pcbnew.
>     For some cinvinience, also some kicad footprint atached.
>     -- 
>     Best Regards,
>     LordBlick
> 
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