Hi Rene, Not sure if it is documented. Cirilo was the main person on the development of the 3D searching paths. Searching the mailing list there may be some hints to this questions, but it may not be totally true or updated at this moment:
https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg24138.html https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg14225.html https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg24232.html Regards, Mario Luzeiro ________________________________________ From: Kicad-developers <[email protected]> on behalf of Rene Pöschl <[email protected]> Sent: 11 January 2019 17:25 To: KiCad Developers Subject: [Kicad-developers] What is the difference between the use of 3d model search path entries and normal path variables (environment variables)? Hi, I noticed that the configure path tool in the footprint editor has a new part added to it. This part seems to manage 3d model search directories. Such a search directory consists of the path, an alias, and a description. As there is a way to change the order of search path entries i would guess that there is also prioritization at play. Could someone detail how this would be used? Would it clash with the use of normal path variables (after all our official footprints all use the KISYS3DMOD path variable)? Which of the two is preferred assuming these two are meant to serve the same usecase? _______________________________________________ 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
