> Any ideas on this? IIRC there were some people interested in this kind of > thing.
Hey guys, greetings from CircuitHub. Since you asked... ;-) ...here's what we're thinking in the 3D space: We're about to preview release 2D KiCAD support (symbols and footprints). We're also working on a 3D solution. You can see an example part (a Blackfin processor) here to get an idea of what we're trying: https://circuithub.com/parts/AD/ADSP-BF526BBCZ-3A/components We have a 3D editor (webGL-based) that works in the browser to create 3D chip models by specification. We then export these to various tool formats and include them in your library. For MCAD integration, we are thinking that we could just take the KiCAD board file (or Gerbers) and render a complete 3D outline for MCAD that would alleviate the huge dependency and complexity of bringing that capability directly inside KiCAD itself. 1. The library contains the ID of the part (included when placing parts from the CircuitHub library), 2. the 3D model is linked to the part (as you saw in the link above), 3. export could be handled by our server farm, 4. and executed automatically via a KiCAD plugin. Just to be clear, this is a free service. If you have any feedback for me, you can write me directly ([email protected]) to avoid bothering the list, unless it's appropriate for the list (I apologize, but I don't know the protocol here). In any case, THANK YOU ALL so much for your work on this tool. The world needs you. Cheers, -Jonathan --- Jonathan Friedman, PhD Co-founder, CircuitHub https://circuithub.com The world's free universal parts library _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
