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Re: 3D model relative path dialog

 

If the patch is helpful then apply it for now, but I think people shouldn't
spend much time arguing about details; a lot of that code will be
thrown away in the future and there will be a much more usable
system to replace it.

- Cirilo


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:46 PM, 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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