Does Wings3D have any benefit over FreeCAD with regard to VRML support? I certainly agree that we should perhaps suggest FreeCAD over Wings.
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.berna...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I note that the Windows installer still finishes with the "You should > > install Wings3D" message. Is anyone really still using this? > > > > Perhaps the time has come to remove this message... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > Personally I would like to discourage people from using Wings3D; however > VRML > is still supported and all the documentation refers to the Wings3D > modeler. I would > be happier to change the message from "You should install" to > something else; after > all Wings3D is not required for KiCad to work. > > If someone updates the documentation on 3D models then we can suggest > FreeCAD for designers with 3d solid model requirements, Maurice's > FreeCAD/StepUp > tools for those who also want pretty VRML files, and Wings3D for those who > only > want pretty VRML files (but for some reason don't want to use StepUp). > It would be > good if we also had some documentation demonstrating how to create models > in > FreeCAD otherwise most new users will simply be overwhelmed and have > little hope of > doing what they want. Without such documentation I would be more > inclined to mention > StepUp (which Maurice has documented and supports) but not FreeCAD on its > own. > > - Cirilo >
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