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It would be much better to substitute relative path with ${KIPRJMOD} to make the 3D model path portable with the project

On 27 September 2015 13:46:28 CEST, 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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