________________________________________ From: Nick Østergaard [[email protected]] Sent: 30 March 2015 00:18 To: Mário Luzeiro Cc: Wayne Stambaugh; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d-viewer future discussion
>> The 3d-viewer may not deal with / use proper CAD data information.. it will >> deal more with triangles (in final stage to be rendered to the GPU). >> Maybe we can then have something in 3d-viewer that will export in a "3d >> format file" for usage in softwares such as POV-ray, 3D Studio Max, Maya >> (but not for CAD tools.. that should be in keep in a 3D exporter in Pcbnew >> as it is now.. IMO). >This is what the VRML exporter fulfills now. That is right. IMO, if we want to be logical correct, I think that type of exporter should be in the future in 3d-viewer side and not in Pcbnew. Because VRML is not a CAD format. The way VRML exporter works right now, it gets all data info from the board...and constructs the VRML file. Another valid way, the way I was referring, would be the 3d-viewer get all the data from _his 3d rendering data structures_ and convert it to a VRML file... in the end it should give similar results. For the visualization propose both ways are good. Regards, Mario Luzeiro _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
