----- Original Message ----- > From: NHays Terrace <[email protected]> > To: 'Kicad Developers' <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB > >T here is also the possibility of 3D pdf files. > Digikey now has them to click on. > I think the broad availability of the acrobat reader to view them is a > strong positive. > >
The 3D PDF is a pretty thing, but there is no free software available for producing it. The aim of producing a 3D VRML file is to give people a path for producing 3D STEP files for mechanical fit checks and so on; this is a temporary solution which will allow people to get work done while waiting for a better MCAD solution (which I hope to provide when FreeCAD has the required features). It would be nice to be able to provide 3D PDFs in the future for marketing purposes, but this is not a feature which any users have asked for. - Cirilo > -----Original Message----- > From: Kicad-developers > [mailto:kicad-developers-bounces+nhays=terracecorp....@lists.launchpad.net] > On Behalf Of Cirilo Bernardo > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 7:44 PM > To: Kicad Developers > Subject: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB > > Hi Folks, > > I was investigating options for exporting 3D VRML including the board and > the best option I could find was to make use of libCGAL. The catch of > course is that I cannot add such a functionality within KiCAD itself because > the CGAL license is incompatible (a mix of LGPL and GPL3). If I make a > stand-alone exporter which KiCAD can of course invoke via a 'system()' > call, > would it be possible to include the full source in the KiCAD tree with the > stand-alone exporter being GPL3? > > - Cirilo > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
