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[Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am advocating only for people who don't want to globalize their
models that might be super specific. If I have a custom extruded
heatsink model(because custom heatsinks are dirtcheap) that is
literally only made for one board, why would I
want to put that in the global folder?

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Thor-Arne <lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Relative to board file is a bad idea, it will require 3D models to be
> duplicated for each project.
> Perhaps this should be handeled by the File->Export->VRML (not that I've
> tried that one).
>
> And, yes. Please apply this patch. ;)
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roszko
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:19 PM
> To: Simon Wells
> Cc: KiCad Developers
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D model relative path dialog
>
>
> Relative to the board file seems like a better idea btw. In case you
> want to package 3d models with a PCB when distributing the source.
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Simon Wells <simonrwells@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> When you add a 3d model for a footprint
>>
>> If the model file is inside the KISYS3DMOD directory then it is
>> automatically made relative path
>> If the model file is outside the KISYS3DMOD directory then you get a
>> dialog
>> as to whether it should
>> be relative or not,
>>
>> If the model file is not in the KISYS3DMOD directory it seems like a bad
>> idea to make the model
>> have a relative path because if you move either the KISYS3DMOD directory
>> or
>> the model it
>> requires changing the path, whereas if its absolute then you only need to
>> update the path if you
>> move the model file.
>>
>> I have created a branch with a patch to remove the dialog and if theres
>> consensus then i will submit
>> a merge request with it. (the branch is lp:~xzcvczx/kicad/relpath-dialog)
>>
>>
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Mark