> >This is an important feature, I've been playing recently with .step in > >FreeCAD, and the .step support worked quite well. It also seems to be the > >standard for 3D exchange for mechanical CAD. > > > > Yes, STEP AP203 (and more recently AP214) and the much older IGES are perhaps > the most widely supported formats for exchanging 3D shapes.
AMF, Collada and STL might also be a good options but STEP is a preferred/acceptable format for 3D models of components. However you may also want to look at IDF for the actual board. http://www.iheartrobotics.com/2009/04/ecad-vs-mcad-round-1-fight.html IDF can be used to support things like assignment of keep-out zones for connectors and back-annotation for routing the board. -- Bill Morris <[email protected]> I Heart Engineering http://www.iheartengineering.com <3 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
