[solved] 3d shapes not showing up in rc3 (debian testing)

[mlampert]

For the past 3h I’ve been reading all posts and watching tutorials about getting the 3d shapes for footprints to show up - and all I get is a bare PCB no matter what I do.

I’ve verified that the 3d models are installed (/usr/share/kicad/modules/packages3d), the shape is correctly set in the footprint properties and I made sure that all “3D model visibility” in the 3d viewer preferences are checked - still no dice.

Even when I use “Add 3D Shape” in the footprint properties the preview window stays blank (black), regardless of which shape (wrl or step) I select. Same if I hit “Alt 3” in the footprint editor, no 3d shapes other than the pcb.

I opened some of the 3d shapes files with FreeCAD and they do contain the proper shape. I’m at the end of my wits - any help is much appreciated!

Edit: added version info -----------------------------------------------------------------
Application: kicad
Version: 5.0.0-rc3+dfsg1-1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.60.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0h zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.32.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 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: 1.62.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.60.0
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=OFF

[hermit]

I haven’t paid lots of attention to this topic in terms of detail but let’s start with was there a previous install that might have a stale configuration file?

[mlampert]

I have done a rm -rf ~/.config/kicad
I got all the messages about this being the first time kicad running and all that - although I did install the 3d packages afterwards (have restarted kicad since though).

[tijuca]

This is #903291. It’s fixed in -2 that should be migrated to testing today.

Please try to verify first on https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=kicad to see if the issue isn’t already know.

[mlampert]

It sure is - I literally did update my debian distribution before posting - and after seeing your post I tried again - sure enough there is a new version of kicad and the problem is fixed!

As far as I’m concerned, that is awesome and prompt customer service!
Thanks a lot - and sorry for the noise.

[mlampert]

One more question - why is “Export -> Step” disabled?

[Rene_Poschl]

Is it disabled for all projects?
If it is it might have something to do with how your version is compiled. (In todays nightly on ubuntu this tool is accessible.)