David Griffith dave@661.org [kicad-users]
2018-01-31 16:18:57 UTC
Suppose I have my project in /home/dave/proj/boards/foo/. I have some
custom 3D shapes that need to be distributed along with the project: for
instance, /home/dave/proj/boards/foo/pcb_push.wrl. Specifying a full path
like that will cause irritation when someone else wants to do something
with the project. Therefore I want KiCad to look for the file in the
project directory. Here's how I thought it would work:
1) Click on the footprint, then press 'e' to edit the footprint
properties.
2) Press the "3D Settings" tab.
3) Delete any files listed under "3D Shape Name".
4) Press "Add 3D Shape" and punch in your custom .wrl file; just the
filename, no path.
5) Press "OK".
6) Select Viewer->3D_Viewer.
7) I expected to see my board rendered with my custom shape, but instead,
all of KiCad crashes every time I try this.
Is there any reason why KiCad should not read a file from the project
directory? This seems like a convenient way to specify such a thing.
In any case, I think input needs to be more carefully checked, at least in
this place.
custom 3D shapes that need to be distributed along with the project: for
instance, /home/dave/proj/boards/foo/pcb_push.wrl. Specifying a full path
like that will cause irritation when someone else wants to do something
with the project. Therefore I want KiCad to look for the file in the
project directory. Here's how I thought it would work:
1) Click on the footprint, then press 'e' to edit the footprint
properties.
2) Press the "3D Settings" tab.
3) Delete any files listed under "3D Shape Name".
4) Press "Add 3D Shape" and punch in your custom .wrl file; just the
filename, no path.
5) Press "OK".
6) Select Viewer->3D_Viewer.
7) I expected to see my board rendered with my custom shape, but instead,
all of KiCad crashes every time I try this.
Is there any reason why KiCad should not read a file from the project
directory? This seems like a convenient way to specify such a thing.
In any case, I think input needs to be more carefully checked, at least in
this place.
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