Maurice, please reread the email. It was a bug that caused it to not work with uppercase, this is not the desired behaivour.
2017-02-22 14:52 GMT+01:00 easyw <[email protected]>: > Hi Cirilo, >> >> 1. Rejection of 3D files with upper-case extensions in Windows > > reject 3D files with upper case in windows is not the best behavior imo... > Many manufacturers are using Upper-case extension > i.e. > http://www.tensility.com/3dmodels/54-00011.STEP > Wouldn't be easier accept lower and upper case instead? > Windows is a case insensitive OS > > Maurice > > > On 22-Feb-17 9:10 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: >> >> I have attached a patch to the bug report: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1659027/comments/14 >> >> I have tested on Linux and Windows but more testing/comments >> appreciated. >> >> Bugs fixed: >> 1. Rejection of 3D files with upper-case extensions in Windows >> 2. non-ASCII path bug in fileType() function of 3D plugin >> 3. non-ASCII path bugs in KiCad's 3D cache object >> >> Notes: >> >> * non-ASCII path bugs are likely present in the other >> 3D plugins (vrml, x3d, IDF) so I need to have a look at the >> code for those and fix the bugs. >> >> * there is a fundamental non-ASCII path bug in OpenCascade >> and by extension OCE: on Windows OpenCascade/OCE do >> not provide a mechanism for opening files via Windows' >> _wfopen() function so only files with a pure ASCII path may >> be processed. Some posts on the web suggest that this bug >> has been fixed in the latest version of OpenCascade but I >> haven't had time to verify this. For the moment, in Windows >> only, we cannot use files which have any non-ASCII characters >> in the absolute path. Linux is not affected and I have no idea >> about OSX. >> >> - Cirilo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
