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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo,
I tested Mario branch and I found something that I think it would be 
nice to implement:

1) 3d-viewer 'Fit in Page' option doesn't fit correctly the board and 
moreover resets the zoom, but not the board orientation (as it is done 
in standard kicad 3d-viewer)
2) 3d-viewer-Render Option-Render material Properties
   doesn't work
I think is still an useful option because of the following reasons:
  a) a lot of 3d-models in official libs (not mine 3D MCAD libs) have 
bad material properties, so not implementing this feature will give you 
a lot of 'rumors' from kicad users
  b) when inspecting a board in 3d-viewer I don't like been 'flashed' 
from pads and pins reflex ... properties are useful only to get a 
realistic screenshot of the board and parts
  c) as I already mailed to Mario, disable material properties could be 
*very* useful for toggle the visibility of e.g. enclosure objects
  if you put an enclosure transparency value to 100%, it will not be 
displayed if material properties are on, but it will appear if the 
material properties are off... that will give kicad the ability to 
switch ON/OFF enclosure for a better mechanical design (ability that 
Altium has)
3) pivot center of rotation: it would be nice/necessary to add a pivot 
center of rotation for board an parts (as it is available in most (E)CAD 
sw) to let user to inspect objects on the perimeter of the board (option 
much more necessary when the board it is not small)
use zoom 'Fit in Page' to reset the pivot

Regards
Maurice


On 22/02/2016 01.28, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>   Any thoughts on merging the 3d_initial_merge branch? Between
> mainly Mario and myself and a few reports by others (nickoe,
> reportingsjr) we have sorted out quite a few bugs and other
> deficiencies but I think the only way to get more testing from users
> is to merge the code. I believe that the new parsers all offer much
> better specifications compliance compared to the old parsers and
> the code is more robust. As an example, there is this post by a
> user:
>
> https://forum.kicad.info/t/trouble-with-3d-models-vrml/2320/7
>
>   The user's models, D_Pak.wrl (VRML1) and D_Pakx.wrl (VRML2)
> load and display correctly in the file preview which uses the new
> parsers. In the legacy parsers, D_Pak.wrl causes a segfault and
> D_Pakx.wrl does not display correctly. Note: the 3d_initial_merge
> branch still uses the legacy 3DViewer so the 3DViewer will segfault
> on the D_Pak.wrl model, but for me this only serves as a reminder
> of some of the improvements gained with the new 3D plugin system.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
>
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