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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

 I'd like an opinion on some changes I'd like to make to the VRML
and IDF exporters before the stable release.

1. VRML: In "Export VRML" the choices of unit in the output file are
Inch, mm, and meter.  In my opinion the 'meter' option is 100%
useless and I propose to change this to 100 mil (or equivalently,
0.1 inch). This will push the VRML exporter 1 step closer to being
able to export a model which can be reused as a subassembly
within KiCad. I don't know the current state of the VRML parser
code - but if the parser currently resolves URNs then adding this
0.1 inch option will indeed produce models which can be fed back
into KiCad.

2. IDF: My treatment of the 'offset' values in the IDF exporter is
wrong; this is a bug although not a bug which is likely to be
seen in action. I propose to fix this bug before the release. It might
sound silly that I ask for an opinion before doing this task, but
the reason I ask is that I really haven't got much free time at all
so I wouldn't bother unless others believed that I should fix the bug
immediately.

- Cirilo