Thanks Wayne, I'll create a branch on launchpad and keep people up to date on developments.
- Cirilo On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:19 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/14/2014 6:38 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > > For over 2 years I have maintained a project for generating VRML models > > for use with KiCad. > > ( See http://kicad3dmodels.sourceforge.net. ) The code includes basic > > objects or tools > > which can be used to describe parts using parametric models. I think if > > the source can be > > included in KiCad then more people will use it and perhaps even > > contribute to extending > > the code. If this sounds like a good idea, let me know and I will start > > preparing the code for > > inclusion in KiCad. This will take some time since I will have to review > > the coding style and > > modify the CMake files to integrate well with the KiCad source. > > > > I would propose to add these tools to the 'utils' source directory since > > it is an independent tool. > > Initial builds would have to be optional since the code has currently > > only been tested on Linux; > > one of the reasons I would like to move the source into KiCad is to get > > more feedback on > > cross-platform builds. Hopefully the tools will eventually run on all > > supported platforms and can > > become a default enabled tool in KiCad. One advantage of this parametric > > modeling is that > > much less memory is required to produce high quality models when > > compared to the current > > popular technique of manual modeling in Wings3D + conversion to VRML. > > The current tools for > > example have a number of Python scripts which can generate many > > thousands of models. > > > > - Cirilo > > > > Cirilo, > > I recommend that you push your changes to a separate branch on launchpad > and submit a merger request so other developers can test and comment on > you changes. Once there is enough developer support, the changes can be > merged into the product branch. This is my preferred way of merging > large change sets into the product branch. For small change sets, > patches are preferred. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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