Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we merge a change to STEP export despite code freeze?

2021-04-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Cirilo, I would prefer that we hold off until the master branch is open for new features. We have far more outstanding issues than I would like to see with less than 3 months to V6 release. Adding yet another new feature during the freeze only increases the potential bug surface. Feel

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we merge a change to STEP export despite code freeze?

2021-04-11 Thread Seth Hillbrand
Hi Cirilo- How would you envision this feature being used? -Seth On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 8:36 PM Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > I made a small change to the STEP exporter: > https://gitlab.com/cbernardo/kicad > > The change implements the creation of STEP models based on IDF outlines. > This makes

[Kicad-developers] Can we merge a change to STEP export despite code freeze?

2021-04-10 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
I made a small change to the STEP exporter: https://gitlab.com/cbernardo/kicad The change implements the creation of STEP models based on IDF outlines. This makes it possible for users to specify simple extruded models for some parts and more complex STEP models where the size and form matter.