What about a controversial idea: Read "at" dimensions as inches, but new files write "offset" in mm.
This preserves read compatibility but fixes the units issue going forward. On 9 Nov 2017 03:15, "jp charras" <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 08/11/2017 à 11:05, Oliver Walters a écrit : > > Attached is a patch that fixes the problems I found in my 3D model array > investigation. As > > discussion on that is stalled for now, this patch simply fixes the model > offset issues. > > > > 1. Display offset units in 3D preview window > > > > - Offset units are displayed (either inches or mm) > > > > 2. Fix offset in 3D rendering > > > > - It appears that the internal units for 3D model offset (mm) were being > multiplied by 25.4 incorrectly > > - Fixed rendering in OGL and Raytracing > > > > 3. Fix offset in 3D export > > > > - VRML export > > - STEP export > > > > Oliver > > Hi Oliver, > > Looks like currently, Pcbnew stores 3D offset in inches, unlike any other > value. > This is very annoying, but we have to leave with that. > > Therefore the patch breaks compatibility with any other Pcbnew version, if > 3D offset is not 0. > > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > 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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