On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 22:48 +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Windell H. Oskay wrote: > > > Wow. These screenshots are incredible. > > > > Please excuse my naive question, but is this something that the rest of us > > can expect to see in PCB someday? > > I tried to use the 3D view for regular work a few moths ago (medium density, > 4-layer, analog layout). Turns out, it makes routing/placing more confusing > than pure 2D vertical view. It is difficult to tell the distance of objects > on different layers. After all, the physical screen is 2D an the layout > problem is almost 2D.
Indeed.. I would have never imagined anyone trying to do actual layout / routing in a non-head-up orientation. I find somehow the 2.5D / 3D view is just enough to get the brain to imagine what the finished board will look like, and that helps -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
