I have decided to remove the VRML message for kicad 5.0 a long time ago, because we have the STEP and IGES plugin by that time.
2017-05-09 5:26 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected]>: > 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
