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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Multiple models is an existing feature (for building up parts).  There’s just no individual control over visibility.

Cheers,
Jeff.

> On 25 Mar 2019, at 18:38, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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