I wish that the viewer did provide an accurate, pretty picture (as implied below). A comprehensive, easy to use "3D Viewer" certainly DOES have value for those of us who need to generate proposals and reports. Yes, one "pretty picture" is still worth a thousand words. Many clients are swayed if they see a comprehensive graphic preview of the PCB.
But the Protel viewer is virtually useless. Except for a few generic parts, components are rendered as gray blobs. There is no reasonable way to generate realistic components. I would never insult a client or embarrass myself by presenting this type of rendering. A true 3D CAD compatible interface is another issue beyond that of a viewer for client visualization. Yes, it could be a useful engineering development tool. Regards, Fred A Rupinski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[3]: View PCB 3D > Hi Lloyd, > your comments are very true for the Desktop-EDA package. However I > think some of the points expressed were misunderstood. The 'Protel' "viewer" > is a toy with virtually no useful purpose. Protel needs to align themselves > with the industry and develop a true 3D mechanical interface (sorry forget > the acronym) rather then a "viewer". The Protel viewer is useless, > absolutely useless. Would ACAD, Solidworks or any other get away with a > pretty viewer in their products, no you need output suitably formatted for > inclusion in the next level of development tools? Showing a pretty picture > (even one with user defined models) serves no measurable useful purpose. > This is what I think some of the other posters have been trying to say. The > Qual-ECAD or Desktop-EDA tools are a proper path for 3D development, not a > simple Protel viewer. > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
