PCBnew footprint proprieties and 3d view
Description
I think it is a problem that has always existed, the inability to "turn off" certain components from the 3d viewer. It often happens to me to anticipate the appearance of the assembled product to the assemblers but there are parts that we must assemble at a later time (for example batteries, displays, etc.) and we must ensure that the result of the 3d preview does not include them. The real pain in the ass is that you have to open "footprint properties" go to the "3d settings" tab and alter the name of the step file so that kicad can't find it. Wouldn't it be easier for the 3d viewer to respect the setting of the "Show" flag or even add a flag in the "General" tab such as "3D Hidden" ????
KiCad Version
Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.99.0-3207-g147540b3b), release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.5
libcurl/7.71.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1g (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.41.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
Date: Sep 7 2020 21:04:48
wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.73.0
OCE: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.71.0
ngspice: 32
Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 with C++ ABI 1014
Build settings:
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON
Edited by Michele Giorato