Nick, Good point. I'll raise a small patch later on that looks for IGES if no STEP is found
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > What about iges files? Should't it try to export iges files if no step is > found? > > 2017-11-07 0:32 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: > >> Hey Orson, >> >> I've got it now. Go ahead and commit it if you have it ready to go. If >> not, I will do it in the next day or so. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> On 11/6/2017 6:02 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote: >> > Hi Wayne, >> > >> > I think it only affects the STEP exporter (kicad2step executable), which >> > cannot handle WRL models at all. With the patch applied, the exporter >> > looks for a model with the same file name, but .step extension. In case >> > there one is found - it is during the STEP export. I believe there is >> > only an extra feature, no functionality removed/broken. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Orson >> > >> > On 11/06/2017 05:07 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >> If I'm reading this patch correctly, exported wrl files will always >> have >> >> step file references in them even when they are found. If that is the >> >> case, then I am opposed to this change. AFAIK, opening the wrl board >> >> file will fail with the embedded step file links. It would make more >> >> sense to me that kicad2step would attempt to substitute the wrl file >> >> links withe step files when converting wrl to step. >> >> >> >> On 11/4/2017 8:47 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: >> >>> The attached patch implements the feature suggested here >> >>> : https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1710796 >> >>> >> >>> Problem: >> >>> >> >>> .wrl files are specified as default but these don't export to MCAD. >> >>> >> >>> Solution: >> >>> >> >>> On STEP export, wrl files are replaced with their step counterparts >> (if >> >>> such models exist). >> >>> >> >>> This is essentially what Maurice's famous StepUP tool does. >> >>> >> >>> Turns out it was a pretty simple fix :) >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Oliver >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> 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 >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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