>________________________________ > From: Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com> >To: Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_berna...@yahoo.com> >Cc: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:27 PM >Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB > > > > >On Sep 11, 2013 9:43 PM, "Cirilo Bernardo" <cirilo_berna...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I was investigating options for exporting 3D VRML including the board and >> the best option I could find was to make use of libCGAL. The catch of >> course is that I cannot add such a functionality within KiCAD itself because >> the CGAL license is incompatible (a mix of LGPL and GPL3). If I make a >> stand-alone exporter which KiCAD can of course invoke via a 'system()' call, >> would it be possible to include the full source in the KiCAD tree with the >> stand-alone exporter being GPL3? >> >> - Cirilo > >Your proposed path seems to adequately side step licensing problems (but you >would have to write new board loading code, which is not technically optimal). >But getting code into the tree has always been about more than licensing >compatibility as you know. >We have some project concepts brewing which you can also possibly benefit >from. Waiit a week, is my suggestion. > >
Thanks Dick, I'll wait a week and see what's new. Regards, Cirilo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
