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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo

I would like to see the demomodels include demos for KiCad's 3D
modelling capabilities also. I think and idf folder would be good, but
currently it has been a long time I have added models myself, so I
don't really rember if there has been improvements in this regard. But
last time I had to hand edit the files to use the
${KIPRJMOD}/foo/bar.wrl as a project relative path. This seems to
work.

Is the emn and emp files supposed to be used together?

I tried to import the emn file in freecad. Then I got the attached
output as the image and the log which fails. I suspect this is a bug
in freecad. I have not tried to debug it further, at least not until I
get a response from you.

Nick

2015-03-28 5:43 GMT+01:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I have created models for the pic_programmer demo project; the IDF files and
> rendered VRML model
> are available here:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By_XTJN-s8aXNm1nWlhxM2NLSFE/view?usp=sharing
>
> Since IDF is currently the most sensible method of sharing information with
> MCADs I'd
> like to know people's opinions on including models for the demo projects.
> Having some
> screenshots of the VRML rendering of the IDFs may help too. I would also
> need some
> advice on the best way to include these IDF models in the demo projects. I
> was thinking
> the most convenient way to store the component model files is in an 'idf'
> directory for
> each demo project, but I don't know the current scheme for searching 3D
> model relative
> paths so I don't know if having an idf subdirectory is easily done. I would
> like new users
> who may need the IDF export to be able to use the demos to see the exporter
> in action;
> although IDF export has been there for over 1 year I still get the
> occasional email to say
> "oh, I just discovered it".
>
> Anyway, if there is an interest in having these simple models for other
> applicable demo
> projects I will continue creating these models.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
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