I totally agree with you. 100% Somebody knows about that http://www.opencascade.org/ ? The screenshot are really cool. Better than rendering the board, is to export for a program like that.
Em Sáb 11 Fev 2006 10:46, Stuart Brorson escreveu: > PCB doesn't do this. However, the layout editor which is part of the > open-source Kicad suite does. Here's a link: > > http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/ > > The utility of the 3D feature is dubious, IMO. To use it you first > have to create mechanical models of all your parts (a real PITA), and > then it is useful only if you have already created a detailed > mechanical model of the rest of your system. > > Yes, this can come in handy if you are building cards to be inserted > into a card cage, to take only one example. In that case, you model > all the boards, as well as the card cage. But face it: The folks > using gEDA/PCB or Kicad aren't doing designs at that level of > complexity. Folks doing full mechanical models of their systems are > using heavy-duty commerical tools and are working in a team. And the > open-source tools lack other, more basic features enabling design-team > work, like lockfiles and interfaces to parts databases. Also, there > is no good open-source mechanical 3D CAD program out there, so any 3D > board models you create will be very lonely. > > Anyway, I agree that the 3D modeling stuff looks cool. I just think > it is not that useful for folks currently using the open-source tool > flow. Perhaps someday that will be different. The first step in > that direction is a good open-source 3D mechanical CAD tool. > > Stuart > > > I have just seen this artical "3D board modeling with Eagle and POVRay" > > on hack a day > > http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000617073526/ > > Its a tool called Eagle3D that translates the 2D PCB layout into a > > 3-dimensional view. As i dont use Eagle i have not tested this software > > myself but after reading about it and looking at the gallary > > (http://www.matwei.de/doku.php?id=en:eagle3d:eagle3d) it looks like a > > really good feature. > > > > My question, is there a simular kind of tool that can be used with PCB, > > im just intrested. > > > > Also the reason i posted here is that PCB seems to be the tool of choice > > for geda users so i figured some of you would know, you might be > > intrested in this and the fact i watch this list and dont really want to > > subscribe to yet another mailing list :)
