Opinion: pcbnew Migrate 3D Models

Description

I like this feature. But I think it would be helpful if it also displayed the footprint here. It’s very hard to tell which model is the right replacement—for example, when all the buttons look the same but are different sizes.

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KiCad Version

Application: KiCad PCB Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 10.99.0-605-g832b9c1771, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.3.2 EGL/GLX
	FreeType 2.12.1
	HarfBuzz 6.0.0
	FontConfig 2.14.1
	libcurl/7.88.1 GnuTLS/3.7.9 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.4 libidn2/2.3.3 libpsl/0.21.2 (+libidn2/2.3.3) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.52.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.13

Platform: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition), 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, Wayland, wayland, GNOME, gnome, AppImage
OpenGL: Intel, Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2), 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.3.6, EGL 1.5

Build Info:
	Date: Apr 20 2026 02:25:55
	wxWidgets: 3.3.2 (wchar_t,STL containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.74.0
	OCC: 7.9.1
	Curl: 7.88.1
	ngspice: 45.2
	Compiler: GCC 12.2.0 with C++ ABI 1017
	KICAD_IPC_API=ON
	KICAD_USE_PCH=OFF

Locale: 
	Lang: de_DE
	Enc: UTF-8
	Num: 1.234,5
	Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)