2015-03-31 22:48 GMT+02:00 Marcos Chaparro <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2015-03-31 21:17 GMT+02:00 Marcos Chaparro <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> As a user, I'm pretty happy with 3d-viewer, its good enough for most of >>> our marketing purposes. >>> Eg.: https://github.com/mrkindustries/openPSU >>> >>> IMO, pcbnew should be able to export a STEP 3D model of the board, the >>> mechanical integration is done with freecad or solidworks and the proper way >>> to do so is a STEP instead of the VRML format. >>> If I want a proper analisys I have to replicate the boards in the 3D CAD >>> by hand instead of just exporting it. >> >> >> You can just use the IDF exporter to get a more CAD friendly PCB. > > > Thanks, I didn't try it, its very useful. > > Is there a way to include the components models or it has to be done > manually?
The IDF format is a more simplistic format for exchanging PCB and component information to MCAD. It does not use the VRML models to generate a 3D model, but needs some other shapes to make extrustions from. See https://github.com/ciampix/kicad-doc/blob/master/src/asciidoc/IDF_Exporter/IDF_Exporter.adoc _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
