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

Nick,

Good point. I'll raise a small patch later on that looks for IGES if no
STEP is found

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What about iges files? Should't it try to export iges files if no step is
> found?
>
> 2017-11-07 0:32 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hey Orson,
>>
>> I've got it now.  Go ahead and commit it if you have it ready to go.  If
>> not, I will do it in the next day or so.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 11/6/2017 6:02 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote:
>> > Hi Wayne,
>> >
>> > I think it only affects the STEP exporter (kicad2step executable), which
>> > cannot handle WRL models at all. With the patch applied, the exporter
>> > looks for a model with the same file name, but .step extension. In case
>> > there one is found - it is during the STEP export. I believe there is
>> > only an extra feature, no functionality removed/broken.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Orson
>> >
>> > On 11/06/2017 05:07 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> >> If I'm reading this patch correctly, exported wrl files will always
>> have
>> >> step file references in them even when they are found.  If that is the
>> >> case, then I am opposed to this change.  AFAIK, opening the wrl board
>> >> file will fail with the embedded step file links.  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.
>> >>
>> >> On 11/4/2017 8:47 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>> >>> The attached patch implements the feature suggested here
>> >>> : https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1710796
>> >>>
>> >>> Problem:
>> >>>
>> >>> .wrl files are specified as default but these don't export to MCAD.
>> >>>
>> >>> Solution:
>> >>>
>> >>> On STEP export, wrl files are replaced with their step counterparts
>> (if
>> >>> such models exist).
>> >>>
>> >>> This is essentially what Maurice's famous StepUP tool does.
>> >>>
>> >>> Turns out it was a pretty simple fix :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Oliver
>> >>>
>> >>>
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