From 8789800e38239e85f9ffc2126fcbf36d130af071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Salvador E. Tropea" Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:14:57 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCs] Added a note about 3D aliases deprecated in KiCad 7 --- README.md | 3 +++ docs/README.in | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 86c4e1d8..001e3b86 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5941,6 +5941,9 @@ Use the `field_lcsc_part` option if KiBot fails to detect the schematic field co ### 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 diff --git a/docs/README.in b/docs/README.in index b8b66729..4c0aa7f3 100644 --- a/docs/README.in +++ b/docs/README.in @@ -2067,6 +2067,9 @@ Use the `field_lcsc_part` option if KiBot fails to detect the schematic field co ### 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