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[DOCs] Added a note about 3D aliases deprecated in KiCad 7

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Salvador E. Tropea 2023-02-23 09:14:57 -03:00
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### 3D models aliases
This is a KiCad 6 feature that was removed in KiCad 7. If you use it please migrate to environment variables as KiCad 7 did.
If you still interested on it continue reading.
This is a very limited feature in KiCad. You can define an `ALIAS` and then use `ALIAS:MODEL_NAME`.
The `ALIAS` will say where to look for `MODEL_NAME`. This looks coherent with the way KiCad handles symbols and footprints.
But it currently has a huge limitation: this information is stored along with the user configuration and there is no way to

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### 3D models aliases
This is a KiCad 6 feature that was removed in KiCad 7. If you use it please migrate to environment variables as KiCad 7 did.
If you still interested on it continue reading.
This is a very limited feature in KiCad. You can define an `ALIAS` and then use `ALIAS:MODEL_NAME`.
The `ALIAS` will say where to look for `MODEL_NAME`. This looks coherent with the way KiCad handles symbols and footprints.
But it currently has a huge limitation: this information is stored along with the user configuration and there is no way to