Hi Tom, As I explained in the past, STEP models generated by OpenCascade are unusable to MCAD users. I'll look at the IGES support in OpenCascade; I didn't even think of this since the STEP support left me with such a bad impression.
- Cirilo On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski < tomasz.wlostow...@cern.ch> wrote: > On 17.02.2015 22:30, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > > Hi folks, I'm just letting everyone know that I've started development on > > a framework for the IGES model specification (and I've also purchased > > a copy of the STEP Model and Resources Library). > > > > Although we ultimately want to use STEP since this can eventually tie > > in to PSI-5, I believe IGES will take much less time to implement and > > is a quicker path to providing KiCad with a vital tool for industry. > > Cirilo, > > Do you plan to implement IGES support for Kicad from scratch? Because > exporting board geometry into either IGES/STEP using OpenCascade is IMHO > quite trivial and the only thing it depends on is just the 3D plugin > support... > > Tom >
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