@Wayne, this builds on top of my m_Preview addition so I’m happy to review it 
and merge it after Oliver re-bases.  But where do we stand on PCBNew file 
format changes for 6.0?  (There are also some hold-overs I have from 5.1; 
namely storing defined diff pair dimensions and the courtyard DRC settings in 
the files.

> On 14 Mar 2019, at 08:30, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> This has gone unresolved for a while now - if I put in some effort to rebase 
> this, is there any likelihood it will be accepted? 
> 
> This patchset does involve a file format change to the PCB file but it is 
> backwards compatible and introduces a useful new feature.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:27 PM Oliver Walters 
> <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
> The attached patchset expands on the "Preview" checkbox in the 3D model tab 
> in the footprint editor. 
> 
> This "Preview" option currently only applies to the preview window. However 
> if the user wishes to disable display of a given 3D model in the PCB renderer 
> they must delete the 3D model from the footprint entirely.
> 
> The new patchset does the following:
> 
> 1) The state of the m_Preview parameter for each 3D model is observed in the 
> various 3D renderers and exporters
> 
> 2) The m_Preview parameter is saved to file (both .kicad_mod and .kicad_pcb)
> 
> With regard to file saving, if the 3D model is "enabled" (default state) then 
> the file is unchanged making this change largely backwards compatible. If the 
> 3D model is disabled, then the keyword "(disabled)" is added to the file.
> 
> You can now quickly toggle 3D models on/off on an individual basis and this 
> is statefully saved between sessions.
> 
> Patch-set is rebased and compiled from 
> b445b0fab28f7dd41273801d06d7705215c57c0f
> 
> Regards,
> 
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