----- Original Message ----- > From: Mário Luzeiro <mrluze...@ua.pt> > To: Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_berna...@yahoo.com>; jp charras > <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr>; "kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net" > <kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:24 PM > Subject: RE: [Kicad-developers] 3D-Viewer new rendering and contributions. > >> Any suggestions on how this can be unified will be welcome. One option >> is to add a selection item to the VRML dialog to specify if the offset >> is mm or inch. With that option I can also implement a good IDF solution. >> - Cirilo > > I don't know how KiCad deals with unities. > As a KiCad user I feel that the offset dialogue should be using the same > mm/In > mechanism selection. > > After that, maybe for historical reasons, the Wings3D unit size should be > kept. > > You may have a look on the VRML 1 (format) models from 3D Content Central. > They > come with very small scale. I notice I had to scale it by 254 to make it the > fit > the correct size (sorry I didn't scientific investigated the math unities > here). But, that it to point that different model sources will have different > unities .. so I guess KiCad have to follow just one unity (the "Wings3D > unity") >
The VRML specification states that 1VRML unit = 1m, but this is not a requirement. So KiCad used 1VRML = 0.1inch and many models on the internet use the VRML recommendation. > As a KiCad user, right now, I use the 3d Viewer mostly as an amusement > feature > rather than an mechanical aspects validation tool. So as long as it looks > good, > It will make me happy :) > but it will be nice if we keep the "science visual validation" of the > PCB/models. > I agree; it's eye-candy, but it is very impressive to people who are not electronics engineers and it can help to get support for a project. - Cirilo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
