I am advocating only for people who don't want to globalize their models that might be super specific. If I have a custom extruded heatsink model(because custom heatsinks are dirtcheap) that is literally only made for one board, why would I want to put that in the global folder?
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Thor-Arne <[email protected]> wrote: > Relative to board file is a bad idea, it will require 3D models to be > duplicated for each project. > Perhaps this should be handeled by the File->Export->VRML (not that I've > tried that one). > > And, yes. Please apply this patch. ;) > > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roszko > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:19 PM > To: Simon Wells > Cc: KiCad Developers > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D model relative path dialog > > > Relative to the board file seems like a better idea btw. In case you > want to package 3d models with a PCB when distributing the source. > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When you add a 3d model for a footprint >> >> If the model file is inside the KISYS3DMOD directory then it is >> automatically made relative path >> If the model file is outside the KISYS3DMOD directory then you get a >> dialog >> as to whether it should >> be relative or not, >> >> If the model file is not in the KISYS3DMOD directory it seems like a bad >> idea to make the model >> have a relative path because if you move either the KISYS3DMOD directory >> or >> the model it >> requires changing the path, whereas if its absolute then you only need to >> update the path if you >> move the model file. >> >> I have created a branch with a patch to remove the dialog and if theres >> consensus then i will submit >> a merge request with it. (the branch is lp:~xzcvczx/kicad/relpath-dialog) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Mark _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
