In addition to the STEP exporter (which is actually an external program) there is also the IDF exporter. However, exporters in general currently do not fit well in the code; the original idea was to have a plugin system and API for exporters but this is a very big job and I haven't had time to work on it. The result was that the STEP exporter was created as an external program so that it doesn't pollute the KiCad code too much.
- Cirilo On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Jakub Skořepa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I would like to implement 3D exporter to FBX format (proprietary to > Autodesk, but also supported by blender and other software). > Advantage to this is that it is directly supported by other software > without need to convert the file. > > Where would be best place in the codebase to implement this? > > Currently there is vrml exporter in pcbnew/exporters, but it is 1800 > lines long and I would likely have to duplicate most of it, which would > be really error-prone. > > Then there is c3d_render_createscene in 3d-viewer/3d_rendering/raytrace > (1500 lines long) which implements mostly the same functionality as > vrml exporter and that is creating geometry which then could be > exported or rendered. > > End result of this duplication is that those parts behave differently > (see attached images for screenshot from 3D-viewer and blender view of > VRML export). It would be nice if there was some kind of intermediary > representation which would be created from BOARD* and then different > parts used this representation to generate their data. This would also > supposedly simplify both renderers (ogl_legacy,raytrace) and VRML > exporter and make it easier to create FBX exporter (and any future > exporter). > > JS > _______________________________________________ > 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
