That looks good to me and it will also be extremely useful for all other types of 3D models (currently only IDF but IGES is in development). This would require a change in the file format, specifically the addition of a unit type in the 3D model section, and I think such a change is best done before the stable release so that people who adopt the stable release aren't bitten by a pcbnew file format change later.
I would use radio buttons rather than normal buttons and perhaps change that unit to "0.1 inch" to serve the existing models or even consider 3 sets of units: mm, in, 0.1in. - Cirilo On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Brian Sidebotham <[email protected] > wrote: > > > On 1 June 2015 at 10:46, Brian Sidebotham <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 31 May 2015 at 23:25, Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Brian, > >> > >> I suggest we leave the scaling etc until after the stable release; > it's a > >> nightmare. > >> > >> Historically the scaling allowed users to reuse similar models if they > >> didn't already > >> have a suitable model, for example grow or shrink a THT 0.25W resistor > to > >> pretend > >> it's a 0.5/1.0/2.0W type or a small glass-encapsulated diode. I think > with > >> the > >> currently available tools and numerous models there is no need to > support > >> this > >> intended behavior and the GUI should only have a Z rotation and a Z > offset; > >> to > >> remove all ambiguity we do need to specify the units of the Z offset. > > > > Changing the way scaling works is not on the table here. Only a > > user-helper which is to fill in the pre-existing scale UI with values > > that are awkward to work out for a normal user (and laborious to type > > for everyone). That's all I'm proposing - as well as a documentation > > update. > > > > Like this: > > > >
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