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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry it took so long to get back to this but I've been really busy.
The the capacitor example makes sense although I'm not sure this is a
significant enough feature to warrant a file format change.  I'm not
terribly opposed to this idea either.  I do have a few questions.  Can
multiple models be visible at the same time?  If so, have the STEP and
VRML exporters been tested to work under this case?

Cheers,

Wayne

On 3/14/2019 10:26 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
> 
> No, it would need to be saved in the file.  Think of it as Units for 3D
> models: for instance you might have 30mm, 35mm and 40mm tall capacitors
> all assigned to the single 20mm diameter 7.5mm pitch footprint.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
> 
>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 13:38, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> I haven't looked at Oliver's patch so I'm flying blind here.  My
>> question is why does this require a board change.  Is this a state we
>> really need to save in the board file or could it be some 3D viewer
>> visibility state option saved in a config file?  I would prefer the
>> latter if possible.  I guess I don't understand the purpose of this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 3/14/2019 6:44 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>> @Wayne, this builds on top of my m_Preview addition so I’m happy to
>>> review it and merge it after Oliver re-bases.  But where do we stand on
>>> PCBNew file format changes for 6.0?  (There are also some hold-overs I
>>> have from 5.1; namely storing defined diff pair dimensions and the
>>> courtyard DRC settings in the files.
>>>
>>>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 08:30, Oliver Walters
>>>> <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This has gone unresolved for a while now - if I put in some effort to
>>>> rebase this, is there any likelihood it will be accepted? 
>>>>
>>>> This patchset does involve a file format change to the PCB file but it
>>>> is backwards compatible and introduces a useful new feature.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:27 PM Oliver Walters
>>>> <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    The attached patchset expands on the "Preview" checkbox in the 3D
>>>>    model tab in the footprint editor. 
>>>>
>>>>    This "Preview" option currently only applies to the preview
>>>>    window. However if the user wishes to disable display of a given
>>>>    3D model in the PCB renderer they must delete the 3D model from
>>>>    the footprint entirely.
>>>>
>>>>    The new patchset does the following:
>>>>
>>>>    1) The state of the m_Preview parameter for each 3D model is
>>>>    observed in the various 3D renderers and exporters
>>>>
>>>>    2) The m_Preview parameter is saved to file (both .kicad_mod and
>>>>    .kicad_pcb)
>>>>
>>>>    With regard to file saving, if the 3D model is "enabled" (default
>>>>    state) then the file is unchanged making this change largely
>>>>    backwards compatible. If the 3D model is disabled, then the
>>>>    keyword "(disabled)" is added to the file.
>>>>
>>>>    You can now quickly toggle 3D models on/off on an individual basis
>>>>    and this is statefully saved between sessions.
>>>>
>>>>    Patch-set is rebased and compiled
>>>>    from b445b0fab28f7dd41273801d06d7705215c57c0f
>>>>
>>>>    Regards,
>>>>
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