Kicad7_3dmodel_dir default path

because we now have the new stable release, I would like to know which is the default path on different Os for kicad7_3dmodel_dir

are these correct?

linux
/usr/share/kicad/3dmodels :question:
osx
/Applications/KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/SharedSupport/3dmodels/ :question:
win
C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\share\kicad\3dmodels :question:

On Linux, individual packagers will set KICAD_LIBRARY_DATA when building. The models will default to KICAD_LIBRARY_DATA/3dmodels

On Mac, your path is correct, as long as the user chooses to place the KiCad application in /Applications/KiCad. The could place it (theoretically) anywhere.

Similarly with Windows. As long as the application is installed in C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\ your path is correct

@Seth_h
thanks… which is tge default librarh data path for ubuntu 22?

The stable releases are /usr/share/kicad. The nightly builds are separate in /usr/share/kicad-testing or kicad-nightly

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