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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2016-03-07 9:53 GMT+01:00 Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>:
> Hello Nick,
>
> Ya I made the thickness on by default ( it doesn't make much performance differences).
> The cylinder is a bit noticeable because.. it is a bit low polygon and in the previous implementation, the thickness was added to the polygon planes (in a different way)
> I may increase the poly count of the vias cylinders to make it less noticeable.
>
> Another note:
> - Also on OpenGL mode there is a preview mode: While you moving, it will not show the thickness ( so you can get a move fluid movements on big projects :) and on old cards )

Yeah, I noticed that, and that is just fine for me. But regarding to
moving the object, I think it still fells a bit "slow". Are you still
animating the frames when moving with the cursor?

Also, is it an option to render just a bounding box for the objects in
the ray-tracing view, possibly in opengl mode at that point or any
combination thereof?

>
> Mario Luzeiro
> ________________________________________
> From: Nick Østergaard [oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 March 2016 06:42
> To: Mário Luzeiro
> Cc: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Some new sweet features on the new 3D-Viewer
>
> 2016-03-06 22:30 GMT+01:00 Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>:
>>
>>> I see your implementaiton of the holes in the mask now. But it looks
>>> like the plating tube of the hole is smaller than the hole, is that
>>> how it was intended?
>>
>> Hi Nick,
>>
>> I just tested it in the current KiCad version and it shows it the same way, ie: it removes the outer diameter of the cylinder copper. (or in other words, it removed the via hole size, without the copper thickness)
>> Maybe I can make it an option related with removals on solder mask.
>
> Hmm, ok, I did not notice that earlier. Maybe because I usually don't
> have the show thickness option enabled? I don't think you need to make
> any changes here, it was just something I noticed when testing and I
> commented on it.
>
>>
>> Mario Luzeiro