Hide 3D module

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior]

Sometimes I use a 3D representation of a module / component part (e.g. BeagleBone, Raspiberry, Arduino, ...) to check the full board representation and to be able to make the mechanical / enclosure project. But these stays over a lot of other parts in the 3D visualization so, could be used to right-click it and have the option "hide this 3D part". Allow a list in the 3dviwer of the hidden parts.

Application: Pcbnew
Version: 5.99.0-unknown-c3175b4~86~ubuntu16.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.2
    libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.15.0-66-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    Build date: Oct 3 2019 11:48:52
    wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.58.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
    Curl: 7.47.0
    Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 with C++ ABI 1009

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_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Mario Luzeiro (mrluzeiro)]

it would be nice to have..
..but you can workarround it already.

You can set your module to be Virtual
http://www.kicad-pcb.org/img/klc/F8.1a.png

Then on 3D-Viewer, you can use the shourtcuts
T - THT
S - SMD
V - Virtual

to show/hide the modules.

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr)]

Thanks @Mario, this workaround help in some case.
Not in my specif one, for example, when I put a Raspberry or BeagleBone I use the common pin header plus the 3D visualization of the module. In this specific case I would like to hide just the 3D of the module.

I propose, if possible in the 3D viewer environment, mouser right click with the option: hide this 3D, hide all 3D **this name** (will hide all instances that match with the 3D file).

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2525