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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Mario, I'm probably your friend here!

The COLOR_SETTINGS is used for the switchable color theme system.
It is not used for board-specific colors, for example if someone wants to
customize the soldermask color of a particular board.

So, would you want these lighting settings to be tied to the system color
theme, to the system settings, or to a board in particular?

The color theme editor is not yet integrated well into the 3D viewer, but
it could be.  That way, people could also create and share different 3D
color themes the same way they do with themes for the board and schematic
editor today.

-Jon

On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 12:49 PM Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking for help on anyone behind the "settings saving and best
> practice".
>
> I noticed there were lots of changes related how settings are saved.
> Currently  the color settings on 3D-Viewer come from:
> COLOR_SETTINGS* colors = Pgm().GetSettingsManager().GetColorSettings();
> They are labeled as LAYER_3D_
> There is LAYER_3D_BACKGROUND_BOTTOM and LAYER_3D_BACKGROUND_TOP that are
> not really layers.
>
> I have in mind, to implement a color options of the lights on Raytracing
> render,
> (please also comment if you have anything to say about this idea)
> so I was looking for guidance where/how should it be implemented and
> where/how should it be saved.
>
> For me it looks better to store this colors next to other 3D-Viewer
> settings (EDA_3D_VIEWER_SETTINGS)
> but still not sure how to add there a color parameter.
>
> I appreciate any hint!
>
> Regards,
> Mario Luzeiro
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