Altium Embedded/Linked 3D models

Library Expert exports an Altium Script and a 3D STEP.

1. The user defined Footprint Name
2. The user defined Physical Description
3. The Package Height
4. The 3D STEP model
5. The component Terminal Lead rectangle on a user defined mechanical layer
6. The Silkscreen and Polarity
7. The Assembly Drawing Outline
8. The Placement Courtyard

Is there something that we're missing?

This should be possible.

The ability to embed a 3D model in footprint has been around for quite a while, and it was working great with PCBLibraries.  But it appears a recent update of Altium must have changed the default setting for the location of the 3D model.  As you pointed out, you need to manually change it from "File" to "Embedded".  If you look at the script created by PCBLibraries, the following lines of code are the ones of interest:

        STEPmodel := PcbServer.PCBObjectFactory(eComponentBodyObject, eNoDimension, eCreate_Default);
        Model := STEPmodel.ModelFactory_FromFilename('C:\Component.STEP', false);
        STEPModel.Layer := eMechanical13;
        STEPmodel.Model := Model;
        NewPCBLibComp.AddPCBObject(STEPmodel);

You can observe all of the options for these objects by typing a period after the object name.  For example, type a period after "STEPModel" and you will be presented with all the parameters and methods of the object.  I played around with a few of them but wasn't successful in getting it to work.  I'll submit a support case at Altium and see if they can help identify what is needed to set the 3D model location to "Embedded".

Fortunately the workaround is simple.  But if you are batch building a bunch of components, then it would be more tedious to have to modify each component before saving the library file.

Greg