3D viewer board colors

[Leandro Heck]

3D viewer should have a way to store the colors within the project.
Also, it should have a way to reset default colors.

[Leandro Heck (leoheck)]

Application: kicad
Version: 5.0.1-unknown-7573c6a~66~ubuntu18.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.58.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.19.1 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.30.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.65.1
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.58.0
    Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1011

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

Does the Preferences->Reset to Default Settings menu entry not reset the color to their defaults? This is in 5.0.0. If not, there are two separate bug reports. One is a bug because reset defaults should restore the default colors. The other is a wish list for color saving which would be this bug report.

[Leandro Heck (leoheck)]

I didn't know about that. I guess that this seetings should come near the
entry to change the board colors.

Thanks for pointing me that Wayne.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 10:10 Wayne Stambaugh <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Does the Preferences->Reset to Default Settings menu entry not reset the
> color to their defaults? This is in 5.0.0. If not, there are two
> separate bug reports. One is a bug because reset defaults should
> restore the default colors. The other is a wish list for color saving
> which would be this bug report.
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797435
>
> Title:
> 3D viewer board colors
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> 3D viewer should have a way to store the colors within the project.
> Also, it should have a way to reset default colors.
>
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[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

This resets all of the 3D viewer settings not just the colors so it seems it is in the correct place to me.

[Ian McInerney (imcinerney)]

In v6 there is now the ability to specify the silkscreen and soldermask colors inside the board stackup manager, so ideally we should auto populate the 3D color settings using that information and allow the user to override it if desired (see duplicate report lp:1851990 pointing this out).

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2261