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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

This patch doesn't make a lot of sense to me.  We are removing an option
(albeit not a very good option) which I prefer not to do.  Since Cirilo
is working on refactoring the 3D code, I'm going to leave it as it is
for the stable release.  At some point I expect a plugin to manage 3D
models similar to the footprint plugin which should address this issue
in a more robust manor.

Wayne

On 9/27/2015 6:01 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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