On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Oliver Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > Does Wings3D have any benefit over FreeCAD with regard to VRML support? I > certainly agree that we should perhaps suggest FreeCAD over Wings. >
You can get better material appearances using Wings3D but it really is a nuisance to get right. For those who script their own models in FreeCAD it's much better to use StepUp and assign material appearances for VRML. However, I suspect some people would still rather use Wings3D even though the resulting model has no value whatsoever for mechanical use. I guess you could always set up polls to see what sort of responses you get from users. - Cirilo > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Oliver Walters >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I note that the Windows installer still finishes with the "You should >> > install Wings3D" message. Is anyone really still using this? >> > >> > Perhaps the time has come to remove this message... >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> Personally I would like to discourage people from using Wings3D; however >> VRML >> is still supported and all the documentation refers to the Wings3D >> modeler. I would >> be happier to change the message from "You should install" to >> something else; after >> all Wings3D is not required for KiCad to work. >> >> If someone updates the documentation on 3D models then we can suggest >> FreeCAD for designers with 3d solid model requirements, Maurice's >> FreeCAD/StepUp >> tools for those who also want pretty VRML files, and Wings3D for those who >> only >> want pretty VRML files (but for some reason don't want to use StepUp). >> It would be >> good if we also had some documentation demonstrating how to create models >> in >> FreeCAD otherwise most new users will simply be overwhelmed and have >> little hope of >> doing what they want. Without such documentation I would be more >> inclined to mention >> StepUp (which Maurice has documented and supports) but not FreeCAD on its >> own. >> >> - 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
