On 31 May 2015 at 21:16, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Den 31/05/2015 22.11 skrev "Brian Sidebotham" <[email protected]>: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I only just got round to using 3D with KiCad. Mainly because I >> normally use Solid Edge for 3D solid modelling, and I could never be >> bothered to use FreeCAD at home because, well, it's not Solid Edge! >> Anyway, I just compiled FreeCAD on my Mint box and I have to say it >> works really well these days - so I should put it to use. >> >> I designed my part in metric in FreeCAD, exported to WRL and used that >> in KiCad (All works well there, so thanks to everyone who's been >> working on that part of KiCad, it now "just works"). The problem I had >> was one of scale. To get the scale right, the scale needs to be input >> as 0.393701 (1/2.54). >> >> The units in the WRL are in mm. Can I put some buttons in to set the >> scale? Buttons like "mm, cm, inches, and feet" which would be useful >> to me. Is this something can happen pre-stable release? > > Where do you want to out these buttons? In the dialog where you set the > position an dstuff? > > How do you want to save this information? > > Of you check a box, you would that to be checked when you reload the pcb. >
Where the scale is set in the footprint properties dialog when you're creating a module, information is saved as the scale. No need for a checkbox, just a button that sets the appropriate scale for a given input 3d unit to be correct. i.e. "mm" button sets scale to 0.393701. Best Regards, Brian. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
