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Re: [PATCH] Fix for 3D model offset

 

Hi Maurice,

On 15/11/2017 1:21 PM, easyw wrote:
Just a clarification request:

Kicad Stable has version assigned to 4
Previous stable had version assigned to 3

I imagine that next stable would have version assigned to 5...
Am I right in supposing the next numbering release?

If I'm fine, with the proposed patch the new stable release, if assigned
coherently to actual releases numbering, will fail the check that is in
this patch; the new parser will then mess up all 3D offsets each time
the board will be saved/displayed...

+            if(m_requiredVersion < 20171114UL)

I think you write this assuming the v5 file format will have m_requiredVersion set to 5. If I recall correctly, we have decided to use dates for file versioning and this method will be kept for v5 and later versions, so we should be safe here.

As I already stated the actual situation has no problem in displaying
the correct offset in 3D viewer and the exporters are fine...
The only 'issue', if we can say this is an issue, is that the offset is
assigned to deci-mils and not millimeters inside the footprint...

This is going to open big headaches for which enhancement?
My 2 cents

The solution Oliver has proposed looks solid to me, I do not see any potential headache. The patch has a very noble goal of fixing one of the biggest KiCad sins - incoherence. I think the reason is good enough to commit the patch.

Regards,
Orson

Maurice



On 11/14/2017 10:55 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
Wayne,

Please find attached updated patch set. If an old version is detected,
inches are converted to mm.


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