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[Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

Thanks for testing Jakub.

> I will try it on Windows where I sometime get a square shapes

I fixed that issue yesterday, so you can try today.


> I remember when I getting raytraced renders by POV-Ray from Eagle and it tooks forever
> to get good looking render.

As far as I know, KiCad could be the first EDA tool to integrate an embedded Raytracing ;)
(ok I know that it only works for some marketing headlines proposes...)
I am not totally happy with the visual results,
but I think it is the best we can have at moment on relation of speed vs result (and easy to use).

One pending wish I have will be also to make a POV-Ray exporter on KiCad.
With this new refactoring, it should be easier to use the structures and translate it on POV-Ray format.
But I don't have knowledge on that at this moment.


> can you add dot style grid for all
> space (not only axis but all space for better imagine of board
> relationships)?

I don't like the grid on 3d-viewer.
I just quick implemented it to keep the feature from old one.
I have in mind some more useful features in future...

Mario
________________________________________
From: Jakub Kozdon [fldrivers@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 June 2016 20:27
To: Mário Luzeiro
Cc: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D-Viewer - Request for merge evaluation

Hi Mário,

Actually I thinking about merging your code, so your request is great to
see.

I tested (Linux 64 bit) you 6094 rev and it looks great. I remember when
I getting raytraced renders by POV-Ray from Eagle and it tooks forever
to get good looking render.

So I am looking forward to merging your code into dev branch.

I will try it on Windows where I sometime get a square shapes, but from
my tests from Linux I can not get them, it render correct shapes.

Only footnote for future improvement, can you add dot style grid for all
space (not only axis but all space for better imagine of board
relationships)?

Thanks!

Jakub