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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cirilo,

Does this patch fix any reported bugs?  I seem to remember one filed
about 3D model file paths but I cannot find anything directly related to
this patch.  I have it ready to commit but before I commit it I want to
make sure I don't have to link it to a bug report.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 4/15/2016 7:10 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> The attached patch makes the following changes:
> 
> 1. Paths defined via pcbnew->Preferences->Configure Paths
> are now included in the 3D file browser's drop-down list except
> for KICAD_PTEMPLATES, KIGITHUB, KISYSMOD, any paths
> resembling a URL, and any non-existent paths. When an
> absolute path is shortened using one of these path aliases,
> let's say 'KISYS3DMOD' then the name appears in the pcb file
> as "${KISYS3DMOD}/blah.wrl". If a user defines and actual
> environment variable with the same name, then that user
> defined variable will have precedence over the internally defined
> variable.
> 
> 2. Paths relative to the current project directory are no longer
> represented as "some/path/to/file.wrl"; for compatibility with
> previous kicad versions it shall always be stored as
> ${KIPRJMOD}/some/path/to/file.wrl.
> 
> 3. Various restrictions on alias path values have been removed
> since the imposed restrictions could result in corrupted user
> data (aliases are silently dropped).
> 
> Overall the patch should improve back-compatibility by
> providing a ${ENV_VAR} mechanism for supporting
> different model root directories and ensuring that paths
> relative to KIPRJMOD are expressed in a way that is
> compatible with earlier kicad versions. This allows users
> more flexibility and the ability to work in a way that ensures
> 3D model files can be correctly resolved in earlier versions
> of kicad. Users who do not care about back-compatibility
> may prefer to use the newer alias system.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> 
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