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[Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo,

Just a reminder that in the new (my branch), and probably in current version, 3d-viewer source code, it is possible to pass to the 3d-viewer a really dummy board, ie a board structure as it was from pcbnew.

Something similar to this:
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/a4ba01f42d36aec1076fc0055628d53eca21a8f1/cvpcb/class_DisplayFootprintsFrame.cpp#L473

EDA_ITEM* board = new BOARD();
footprint->SetParent( (EDA_ITEM*) board );
footprint->SetPosition( wxPoint( 0, 0 ) );

So there will be no need to develop a board representation as you did.

On the actual version of kicad, should be possible to do similar, but it will pop-up the 3d-viewer windows :/ (that is why it may need refactor to allow do it in a frame.. but.. that refactor are refactored in my branch already :) )

Mario

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From: Kicad-developers [kicad-developers-bounces+mrluzeiro=ua.pt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Cirilo Bernardo [cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 April 2016 01:15
To: KiCad Developers
Subject: [Kicad-developers] update on ongoign 3D work

I'm working on creatign a dummy board with only a few  footprint features on it to aid in aligning models:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXMzdrOF93eXlJelE

At the moment the edge of the board has bad normals - I find the bad normals a little annoying but I don't think they ruin the usefulness of the tool. What opinions do people have on the bad normals? Should I spend a little more time on the render code to make the dummy board prettier?

At the moment there are no pads, which makes it impossible to check the positioning of SMD components, but I'm working on that.

- Cirilo