Nick, That sounds sufficient - at least we are aware of it :)
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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