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Re: 3D in component selector

 

It sounds good to me, but I might just be one of those people used to
doing things the Hard Way. I'm happy to wait until the v5 release to
hear the cacophony of users demanding a 3D model view in the component
selector.

- Cirilo


On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick update - I'm giving up for now on my plan to have a 3D
> footprint view in the component selector. I just don't think the value added
> vs effort spent is worth it, and there are more important things I want to
> spend time on. I feel that the component chooser is Good Enough now with 2D
> footprint view and selection (though there are still some UI/X issues I plan
> to address).
>
> Anyone else interested in adding it is welcome, we can discuss some plans I
> had for integrating it cleanly into the dialog. But personally, I'm still up
> to my nose in yak hair from just the footprint selector :)
>
> --
> Chris
>
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