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[David Godfrey <info@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Nick on this.

Make it easy for the user to select one of the PATH variables in the 
dialog and have it saved in the stored reference.
This way we can easily choose if we want absolute (maybe from a company 
server), relative to the base installation (default libs), or relative 
to a project (customised parts such as enclosures, heatsinks, sub 
assemblies, etc )

A simple dropdown of available variables with an "insert" button on the 
dialog is one option.
Another option would be a tooltip that prompts you to use the right 
click menu where a submenu lists all available variables. eg:

PopupMenu -> Path Variables ->
                              KISYS3DMOD - 3d Module Direcory
                              KIPROJMOD  - Project directory
                              xxxx       - User configured Library Path Variable




Regards
David G

On 28/09/15 00:56, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> No, that is not a good design IMHO. You should be able to use every
> option in a single project if you wish to. But I like to be explicit.
>
> A suggestion I have have somewhere before is to use theese variables
> in the path. So i you want ti projecet relaive use KIPRJMOD if you
> want "global" models, use the KISYS3DMOD variable, and make it easy
> for the user to enter even with browsing.
>
> 2015-09-27 18:48 GMT+02:00 Thor-Arne <lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I think the absolute adressing should be good enough for those special
> > cases.
> > Special cases shouldn't affect the "normal" cases.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roszko
> > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:38 PM
> > To: Thor-Arne
> > Cc: KiCad Developer mail-list
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D model relative path dialog
> >
> > 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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