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Re: [REQUEST] Remove Wings from Windows Installer

 

I have decided to remove the VRML message for kicad 5.0 a long time
ago, because we have the STEP and IGES plugin by that time.

2017-05-09 5:26 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Oliver Walters
> <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Does Wings3D have any benefit over FreeCAD with regard to VRML support? I
>> certainly agree that we should perhaps suggest FreeCAD over Wings.
>>
>
> You can get better material appearances using Wings3D but it really is
> a nuisance
> to get right. For those who script their own models in FreeCAD it's
> much better to
> use StepUp and assign material appearances for VRML. However, I suspect some
> people would still rather use Wings3D even though the resulting model has no
> value whatsoever for mechanical use. I guess you could always set up
> polls to see
> what sort of responses you get from users.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Oliver Walters
>>> <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > I note that the Windows installer still finishes with the "You should
>>> > install Wings3D" message. Is anyone really still using this?
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps the time has come to remove this message...
>>> >
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>>>
>>> Personally I would like to discourage people from using Wings3D; however
>>> VRML
>>> is still supported and all the documentation refers to the Wings3D
>>> modeler. I would
>>> be happier to change the message from "You should install" to
>>> something else; after
>>> all Wings3D is not required for KiCad to work.
>>>
>>> If someone updates the documentation on 3D models then we can suggest
>>> FreeCAD for designers with 3d solid model requirements, Maurice's
>>> FreeCAD/StepUp
>>> tools for those who also want pretty VRML files, and Wings3D for those who
>>> only
>>> want pretty VRML files (but for some reason don't want to use StepUp).
>>> It would be
>>> good if we also had some documentation demonstrating how to create models
>>> in
>>> FreeCAD otherwise most new users will simply be overwhelmed and have
>>> little hope of
>>> doing what they want. Without such documentation I would be more
>>> inclined to mention
>>> StepUp (which Maurice has documented and supports) but not FreeCAD on its
>>> own.
>>>
>>> - Cirilo
>>
>>
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