I have added 3D PCB export support to #KiCad. It is now available in the nightly builds for v10!
Mark Roszko
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Dark mode in KiCad on Windows is now available in nightly builds.
If all functions as desired, dark mode will be in the 10.0 release.
@dantalion @kicad But KiCad isn't "sticking to X11".
People thought it was "KiCad sticking to X11"? The blog post was "KiCad works on Wayland, we just can't fix these issues for you as they are out of our hands" and "Use X11 if you are bothered by these unfixable issues".
;)
@dickenhobelix @kicad @claudius The issue linked and the kicad blog post is entirely about inconveniences and missing features expected by users of desktop CAD systems. Kicad works under Wayland. We just encourage users who find the issues an inconvenience to look into X11, macOS or Windows for their needs as we cannot fix them.
@dickenhobelix @kicad @claudius
Here's an example of the Wayland committee hell.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/337
Cursor warping. It can't be merged without another compositor saying they'll implement it. Only KDE and cosmic said yes
So the feature is effectively frozen unless someone spends the next year lobbying.
It simply isn't worth our time.
Linux users that need these features need to be raising noise that they are losing functionality that is standard in macOS, Windows and X11.
@dickenhobelix @kicad @claudius We have tried and the conversations died out. The main problem is, we as _volunteer_ developers doing this in our free personal time don't have time to haggle with a committee for months.
reddit is unleashing the lawyers on the university. (Posted a hour ago)
@zwol PDF isn't a binary file format, it's bad to even mention it as an example lol
@Judeau use nickel strips to "extend" the tabs out so you can solder wire to the strips in a better configuration. Nickel to nickel tabs solder just fine. Just do it really fast to avoid heating up the cell.
@Judeau the tabs are welded. You can't solder them onto a cell as the cell cans usually because the metal is incompatible with solder or you risk damaging the coin cell because it's so small and easy to heat up.
Personally I would just "make" a new battery. These cells are often available with the tabs from the factory. So you just buy one and transfer the wires over.
Or find an additional piece of nickel stripping to solder and extend the prewelded nickel strips to move the wire solder point.