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[Mario Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

Hi Maurice,
Personally as a user, some time ago I had a similar situation dealing with an enclosure. I had to manual set the file  model to be totally transparent in order to have that same as you.
How did you set / define that a module is virtual in pcbnew?

Regards,
Mario Luzeiro


On 26 Apr 2015 22:43, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Nick, 
> I attached 2 screenshots:
> one with Virtual modules off and one with virtual modules on.
> As you can see the green pcb board is displayed alone to develop the routing.
>
> When in 3d-viewer I toggle the Virtual modules on, you can see the box and a 3d module of a beagle-board that is mechanical coupled with the develop board... in that way I can check mechanical matching and dimensions, reducing the probability of errors...
>
> I toggle only 3d modules (wrl files) and not pcb footprint, so in case of a spacer anchored to a pad, the pad will always be displayed, but the spacer only when the virtual 3d modules will be enabled...
>
> I also add some toolbar buttons to change the visibility of virtual, board, modules, fill zones, silk, solder mask and paste in a faster way... I think that would be nice to add to ...
>
> please let me know your thinking
> Maurice
>
>
> On 26 April 2015 17:25:11 CEST, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I don't understand what this feature does exactly. Can you provide a
>> demo and/or a patch?
>>
>> 2015-04-26 15:20 GMT+02:00 easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Hi to all, I just slightly modified 3d-viewer to add this feature:
>>> the option to toggle visibility for 3d models when they are assigned as
>>> virtual in pcb footprint menu.
>>>
>>> I use this feature to add to the board mechanical parts (e.g. spacers, box,
>>> etc) and be able to display or not them in 3d-viewer.
>>> In this way I can manage the pcb routing without viewing the 3D mechanical
>>> parts, and check dimensions and other mechanical needs just toggling the
>>> visibility of the virtual 3D models.
>>>
>>> I don't know if someone may consider this useful... I use this feature a lot
>>> to verify dimensions, holes and mechanical needs during the pre-production
>>> phase.
>>>
>>> I also modified the export to vrml file to add the option to export or not
>>> the virtual 3d models.
>>>
>>> The differences with the standard kicad source code are very small and if
>>> the developers would think that feature may be usefull to be add to the
>>> release, I can post this patch...
>>>
>>> Please let me know you opinion...
>>> Thank for this great sw
>>>
>>> Maurice
>>>
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