Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-12 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
> > From: Dick Hollenbeck >To: Cirilo Bernardo >Cc: KiCad Developers >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

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-12 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On Sep 11, 2013 9:43 PM, "Cirilo Bernardo" 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 CGA

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-11 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:55:12PM -0700, br...@scallydesign.com wrote: > As a heavy user asn sometimes developer I would encourage the development of > a 3d -> mcad path. > STEP is fine if this can be derived from the VRML. Good luck then, STEP is a huge mess. Only freecad could help with that (A

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-11 Thread brian
27;Kicad Developers' Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB T here is also the possibility of 3D pdf files. Digikey now has them to click on. I think the broad availability of the acrobat reader to view them is a strong positive.

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-11 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
- Original Message - > From: NHays Terrace > To: 'Kicad Developers' > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB > >T here is also the possibility of 3D pdf files. > Digikey now has the

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-11 Thread NHays Terrace
] On Behalf Of Cirilo Bernardo Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 7:44 PM To: Kicad Developers Subject: [Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB 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

[Kicad-developers] 3D export of PCB

2013-09-11 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
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