Hi all,
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From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org
[mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Armin Faltl
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:53 AM
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Subject: Re: gEDA-user: a different approach to 3D modeling
Patrick Doyle
On 21 November 2010 02:05, Peter Clifton pc...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 22:48 +, Gareth Edwards wrote:
The usability of the Blender 2.5x betas is a step-change from the
existing versions. I'm not saying it's easy, but it's considerably
less insane.
Just installed it, seems
Patrick Doyle wrote:
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM, kai-martin knaak k...@familieknaak.de wrote:
Looks like there is no open 3D exchange format that fits the
need of pcb:
a) render a beautiful image of a populated board
b) integrate pcb in a 3D work-flow to fit the board into some
tight
On 11/19/2010 08:22 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:
I suppose I've been spoilt coming from a background where the only CAD
I've used is PTC's Pro-Engineer, which has a really nice parametric
sketch editor you can extrude or revolve parts from.
HeeksCAD lets you do that. parametric sketch, then
Armin Faltl wrote:
Reading
https://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/COLLADA_FAQ#What_is_COLLADA.3F
I believe COLLADA is a format mainly concerned about DCC (digital
content creation).
It's probably very good at meshes, textures and some freeform surfaces,
but I didn't see anything about
On 19 November 2010 23:03, Peter Clifton pc...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 14:07 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:
It has to be mentioned that Blender is free and open source but Google
Sketchup is not.
I took that as known, but I don't disprove of using good commercial
software to
On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 11:53 +0100, Armin Faltl wrote:
I believe COLLADA is a format mainly concerned about DCC (digital
content creation).
It's probably very good at meshes, textures and some freeform surfaces,
but I didn't see anything about geometric primitives like spheres, cylinders
On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 22:48 +, Gareth Edwards wrote:
The usability of the Blender 2.5x betas is a step-change from the
existing versions. I'm not saying it's easy, but it's considerably
less insane.
Just installed it, seems pretty good compared with 2.45.
Thanks for the pointer!
--
Peter
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM, kai-martin knaak k...@familieknaak.de wrote:
Looks like there is no open 3D exchange format that fits the
need of pcb:
a) render a beautiful image of a populated board
b) integrate pcb in a 3D work-flow to fit the board into some
tight space.
The
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:15 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote:
Not knowing anything of which I speak (write?), would COLLADA
(https://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/COLLADA_-_Digital_Asset_and_FX_Exchange_Schema)
fit the bill? I just happened to stumble across it last week on
something totally
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +, Peter Clifton wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:15 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote:
Not knowing anything of which I speak (write?), would COLLADA
(https://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/COLLADA_-_Digital_Asset_and_FX_Exchange_Schema)
fit the bill? I just
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Clifton pc...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +, Peter Clifton wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:15 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote:
Not knowing anything of which I speak (write?), would COLLADA
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:24:05 -0500
Patrick Doyle wpds...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Clifton pc...@cam.ac.uk
wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +, Peter Clifton wrote:
Perhaps it ranks as nice to have, especially if there is some
good modelling software
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 15:24 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote:
So then why not use COLLADA and blender? (I'm not trying to push for
this, or to pick a fight, I'm just curious and trying to learn
something totally new to me.)
1. KiCad
2. VRML is easier to implement perhaps?
3. Blender can also save
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 14:07 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:
It has to be mentioned that Blender is free and open source but Google
Sketchup is not.
I took that as known, but I don't disprove of using good commercial
software to do a job. I find Blender quite challenging to work with.
--
Peter
Am 19.11.2010 23:07, schrieb Colin D Bennett:
It has to be mentioned that Blender is free and open source but Google
Sketchup is not.
Let's not forget other free software, like wings3d, which may be less
powerful compared to blender, but is much more newbie-friendly, and
quite good for
Hi:
El 19/11/10 23:07, Colin D Bennett escribió:
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:24:05 -0500
Patrick Doylewpds...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Cliftonpc...@cam.ac.uk
wrote:
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +, Peter Clifton wrote:
Perhaps it ranks as nice to have,
Bert Timmerman wrote:
http://openscad.org/
And the beginning of an OpenSCAD exporter for pcb, on top of a recent
(current) clone of the pcb git repository:
https://github.com/bert/pcb-openscad
Please give me your thoughts and opinions on both.
I see a nice way to produce 3D models
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 23:43 +0100, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
Let's not forget other free software, like wings3d, which may be less
powerful compared to blender, but is much more newbie-friendly, and
quite good for modelling (which it focuses on more than blender). AFAIK
it has wuite a
On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 02:05 +, Peter Clifton wrote:
Wings3D can export to most if not all the formats I'm interested in, but
now you make me feel stupid.. I couldn't figure out how to get started
with it other than opening existing models. Since you say it is newbie
friendly, I'll go back
Hi Kai-Martin,
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