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Re: Footprint file format question

 

I think that the bug is only present in the way that the offset is
displayed in the footprint preview window. I will not break compatibility :)

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Be careful here.  If the 3d model offset is currently in some units
> other than mm and you change this, all existing 3d model offsets will be
> broken.
>
> On 11/6/2017 7:56 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> > That's what I expected. It then appears that there is a bug in the 3D
> > code with regard to model offset. I'm working on a related patch set
> > that will fix this, I just wanted to be sure. Thanks Wayne
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     It should be mm like all of the other coordinates.
> >
> >     On 11/6/2017 7:32 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> >     > With regard to the 3D model offset paramater
> >     >
> >     > e.g.
> >     >
> >     > (at (xyz a b c))
> >     >
> >     > Are the units stored in the file inches or mm?
> >     >
> >     > Cheers,
> >     > Oliver
> >     >
> >     >
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