UBUNTU: Some problems

Layout 3D Models
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Hi,
I’ve installed the version 7.0.10 on my system that has an UBUNTU version 22.04.
On the same machine by VirtualBox I’ve the same version installed on Windows 11.

Found some problems:

  1. On UBUNTU installation the 3D models are not shown. But I see the perfectly on Windows;
  2. On UBUNTU the cad seems slow. On the Virtual Machine is perfect;

Does anyone know why?
C.

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Are the 3D models installed but not visible, or not installed?

What GPU do you have? Are all the drivers up to date for it?

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The 3D model are installed.

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The GPU:
Mesa Intel@ HD Graphics 400 (IVB GT2)

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You’re supposed to see something like this:

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In Ubuntu you install the 3D models package? It’s optional.

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Under Preferences / Configure Paths, check that the 3D path is valid and that files exist there.

Also confirm that the 3D packages are installed.

This is what I have:

$ dpkg -l | grep kicad-packages
ii  kicad-packages3d                               7.0.9-0~ubuntu23.10.1                                    all          Kicad packages3d (3d models for footprints)
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Thank you for your help.
You were rigth, 3d package was not installed (sudo apt install kicad-packages3d). Than after installation I can confirm its presence but the version is different:
ii kicad-packages3d 6.0.2-1

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It seems I’ve to remove the default version and use the kicad repo.

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It works! Thank you for your help…

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