I don't understand what this feature does exactly. Can you provide a demo and/or a patch?
2015-04-26 15:20 GMT+02:00 easyw <[email protected]>: > Hi to all, I just slightly modified 3d-viewer to add this feature: > the option to toggle visibility for 3d models when they are assigned as > virtual in pcb footprint menu. > > I use this feature to add to the board mechanical parts (e.g. spacers, box, > etc) and be able to display or not them in 3d-viewer. > In this way I can manage the pcb routing without viewing the 3D mechanical > parts, and check dimensions and other mechanical needs just toggling the > visibility of the virtual 3D models. > > I don't know if someone may consider this useful... I use this feature a lot > to verify dimensions, holes and mechanical needs during the pre-production > phase. > > I also modified the export to vrml file to add the option to export or not > the virtual 3d models. > > The differences with the standard kicad source code are very small and if > the developers would think that feature may be usefull to be add to the > release, I can post this patch... > > Please let me know you opinion... > Thank for this great sw > > Maurice > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
