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[Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2017-11-06 03:30 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> Wayne,
>
>
> Â /It would make more//
> sense to me that kicad2step would attempt to substitute the wrl file
> links withe step files when converting wrl to step./
>
> This is exactly what it does. I'm not sure what you mean with embedded step 
> file references.Â

I have also been wondering about the mention of substituting WRL files with 
STEP files on export. I would want to stick with the model files I specified 
in pcbnew and not have them automatically(?) changed in to some other format.

I do like to use VRML models in the 3D viewer of pcbnew as I can use 
textures and materials with them so they look good when I take a screen shot 
for use on a web page. The CAD software I use can import many model file 
formats including VRML and STEP. It doesn't matter to me which type is used 
when it comes time for me to load the file up to do mechanical design.

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