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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to mention it, I think this quirk needs to be put in the release
notes for 5.0.0 if that would be the case, or at least documented as a
note in the docs.

2017-11-13 18:10 GMT+01.00, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 11/12/2017 6:12 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>> Wayne,
>>
>> Another potential spanner in the works - the footprint files do not
>> store the file version information. (should they?)
>
> I would rather not.  Otherwise there would be a footprint version in
> every footprint embedded in the schematic and could lead to some ugly
> parser code.  At some point we may need to revisit this but not now.
>
> This is not a big issue because the only effects the footprints embedded
> in the board.  Users with custom footprint libraries that contain 3D
> model offsets will just have to fix the offsets.  I'm guessing this is a
> fairly small number of users.
>
>>
>> Thus, footprint files cannot be parsed differently based on their file
>> version. Changing "at" between mm and inches will work for the pcb but
>> not for the individual footprint files
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 7:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     I misunderstood the intention of this patch.  I though it had nothing
>> to
>>     do with the units change patch.  I will revert it.  Please send me the
>>     file format change patch when you get a chance and I merge them both
>> at
>>     the same time.  Sorry about the mix up.
>>
>>     On 11/11/2017 03:34 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>     > Wayne,
>>     >
>>     > I had not yet made any changes to the file parser. Have you done
>> this
>>     > according to your new file-version approach? Or do you want me to
>> submit
>>     > a further patch implementing that?
>>     >
>>     > On 12 Nov 2017 07:16, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>>     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     >     Oliver,
>>     >
>>     >     I committed your patch to the KiCad development branch.
>>     >
>>     >     Thanks,
>>     >
>>     >     Wayne
>>     >
>>     >     On 11/08/2017 05:05 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>     >     > Attached is a patch that fixes the problems I found in my 3D
>>     model
>>     >     array
>>     >     > investigation. As discussion on that is stalled for now,
>>     this patch
>>     >     > simply fixes the model offset issues.
>>     >     >
>>     >     > 1. Display offset units in 3D preview window
>>     >     >
>>     >     > - Offset units are displayed (either inches or mm)
>>     >     >
>>     >     > 2. Fix offset in 3D rendering
>>     >     >
>>     >     > - It appears that the internal units for 3D model offset
>>     (mm) were
>>     >     being
>>     >     > multiplied by 25.4 incorrectly
>>     >     > - Fixed rendering in OGL and Raytracing
>>     >     >
>>     >     > 3. Fix offset in 3D export
>>     >     >
>>     >     > - VRML export
>>     >     > - STEP export
>>     >     >
>>     >     > Oliver
>>     >     >
>>     >     >
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