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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

That sounds sufficient - at least we are aware of it :)

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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