[Kicad-developers] proposed changes to VRML and IDF exporters

2015-08-05 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
Hi folks, I'd like an opinion on some changes I'd like to make to the VRML and IDF exporters before the stable release. 1. VRML: In Export VRML the choices of unit in the output file are Inch, mm, and meter. In my opinion the 'meter' option is 100% useless and I propose to change this to 100

Re: [Kicad-developers] proposed changes to VRML and IDF exporters

2015-08-05 Thread easyw
Hi Cirilo, which is the offset problem in IDF exporter? At the moment the only issue I've found in the IDF exported file is the offset of the pcb when you rotate the board and components inside kicad pcbnew before export the IDF file (but I think is a quite improbable case)... thank you

Re: [Kicad-developers] proposed changes to VRML and IDF exporters

2015-08-05 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
Hi Maurice, The X,Y,Z offset associated with the individual IDF component models is interpreted as whatever the currently selected pcbnew units are (mm, inch) so the interpretation varies. I need to change the code so that the XYZ offset is always interpreted as inches. The board offset is a