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

>
> 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.


It does matter because .wrl is not a valid MCAD format. This change is
*only* for the STEP exporter which requires MCAD models - wrl models are
currently ignored anyway.

This patch only adds functionality, it does not remove it.

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
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