kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Pedro Martin <pkicad@xxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,
From a user point of view, sometimes I add 2 different models to the 
same footprint: a power transistor and its heatsink, a male pinheader 
and its female matching connector. Just to check they won't "crash" with 
other components when connected.

And I also keep the .wrl and .step models for each footprint.

Cheers,
Pedro.

El 31/03/18 a las 01:11, Jeff Young escribi�:
> Yikes.  That�s probably beyond a couple of help strings in the UI.
>  Perhaps I�ll just de-emphasize the multiple-models part of it for users
> who don�t need this.
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> > On 30 Mar 2018, at 23:13, Nick �stergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Den l�r. 31. mar. 2018 00.02 skrev Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
> >     A footprint can have several 3D models associated with it
> >     (confusingly named 3D Shape Names in the dialog, but never mind that).
> >
> >     What is the purpose of this?
> >
> >     Is it so that library devs can add different formats and the
> >     renderer will choose the first it has a plugin for?
> >
> >
> > No
> >
> >     If so, we need to say that in the UI.  Right now if you add two
> >     models, selecting between them has no effect.  (That makes sense
> >     if the above is true and you as a user have figured that out, but
> >     is confusing as all heck otherwise.)
> >
> >     But that also means you might want to order them (so that a
> >     preferred one will be selected over a fall-back if both plugins
> >     are available), no?
> >
> >     Or is it for some other reason entirely?
> >
> >
> > Sometimes you would like to add myltiple models to a footprint.
> >
> > There is a subtle but important feature. It will render a wrl model
> > over a step file, because users with wrl models use them for more
> > control over surface properties, but will still be able to export a
> > step assembly if the model exists with the same name as the wrl, but
> > just with the stp extension. See Maurices freecad script tool.
> >
> > On that, I don't really think we need to do much in the GUI other that
> > what is done now.
> >
> > One feature that is a bit wonky is the preview when browsing for a
> > model. It is not a standard opem file dialog because it was not
> > possible to add the preview pane in wx on all platforms to the native
> > file selector. It was decided to have the one we have now for cross
> > platform consistency.
> >
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Jeff.
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> >     Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> >     More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp