--- In [email protected], Dan Andersson <d...@...> wrote: > > Yes, I have been running BRL Cad since 1997. I use it for radar lumination of > moving and stationary objects. > > The GUI is actually quite decent when you get used to it. >
Great! I have now discovered that conversion is done with command line utilities in the bin dirctory. There are individual utilities to convert to and from BRL-CAD format. So far, I have got an IGES file from <A href="http://catalog.tycoelectronics.com/TE/bin/TE.Connect?C=1&PN=5520250-3&M=BYPN&LG=1&I=13";>this page</A> and I have used iges-g to convert to BRL-CAD. First time I ran it there were warnings suggesting I try various options. In fact unless you use either the -t or the -n option the output file contains little less than a header. Presumably at this stage I could just use g-vrml to get a kiCad 3D package file, but alas I cannot get this to work. What I can do is open the converted file in BRL-CAD, and if I activate the Geometry Browser on the tools menu I can click on 'all' and see what appears to be an accurate and detailed wire mesh of the connector. It would be great if we could piece together the procedure to import these files into KiCad. Apart from the Tyco products, if they are required for DoD contracts then surly there are many other iges files of 3D component shapes out there.
