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[Martijn Kuipers <martijn.kuipers@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the verge of asking a stupid question: 

Why isn't VRML sufficient? Most packages support it and there is even a free library (Coin3d is now GPL).

/Martijn

On May 6, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, the full models can be done later,
> 
> What I find more important is the full PCB detail (holes, countour, etc..) which it's really used
> for MCAD integration :-)
> 
> If you do it for IGES (which I think it's a good Idea), please consider to do it like a plugin (3D exporter)
> because, this way somebody could come later and do something yet fancier that we thought
> about .. :)
> 
> Miguel Angel Ajo
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> 
> On Monday, 6 de May de 2013 at 10:13, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 10:06:18AM +0200, Miguel Angel Ajo wrote:
>>> anyway I find more useful a full model output (with all shapes) than bounding boxes :)
>> 
>> Then you *really* have a lot of memory and processor time to handle you
>> designs :D (alternatively you don't need complex designs). Boundary models
>> are also used for airflow calculation models, BTW. Really there is
>> usually (if not ever) no advantage in having a pin-by-pin model of a QFP
>> or something (except eye candy, maybe)
>> 
>> IGES is not 'easy' (it's a little easier maybe, in respect to STEP) but
>> at least is a) stable (STEP is not actually finished yet) and b) fully
>> and freely documented. The fact that c) is AFAIK still required for some
>> goverment work should ensure that it won't go away in a short time...
>> 
>> --
>> Lorenzo Marcantonio
>> Logos Srl
>> 
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