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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Honestly, I really don't like :NICKNAME: or ::NICKNAME::. :NICKNAME: is 
hard to read, and ::NICKNAME:: just looks kinda silly.

Two suggestions:

1. Either use just "NICKNAME:", to match the "library:footprint" that 
   we're already using - I don't like this really, but it's consistent, 
   or

2. Use separate data points, perhaps with two columns in the viewer.

?


On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 10:07:17AM +1100, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
>  I'd just like some feedback on the latest incarnation of the 3D filename
> resolver,
> a screenshot is here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By_XTJN-s8aXdjUxem93b0stTHc/view?usp=sharing
> 
> Note the nicknames for paths represented by :NICKNAME:
> 
> I don't know if that looks neat enough or if I should make that ::NICKNAME::
> 
> The first item in the list is within the current project directory so no
> nickname has
> been appended.
> 
> In keeping with legacy behavior it is possible to select a model which is
> not
> within an existing search path and such a model will use a full path name.
> The only neat solution I can think of here is to add a special function to
> 3DViewer which checks all model names and brings up warnings and lists
> problematic paths found (non-existent file, non-existent base path, relative
> path outside current project dir, absolute path). Any comments on such a
> tool? Within the Footprint Properties editors I can also add a button to
> re-evaluate the paths for the footprint being viewed (convert current path
> to
> one which uses nicknames - but only if the file is actually found).
> 
> If this mechanism of filename resolution is acceptable I will start writing
> the
> GUI to edit the 3D path configuration list.
> 
> - Cirilo

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