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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: NHays Terrace <nhays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'Kicad Developers' <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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.
> 
> 


The 3D PDF is a pretty thing, but there is no free software available for producing it.  The aim of producing a 3D VRML file is to give people a path for producing 3D STEP files for mechanical fit checks and so on; this is a temporary solution which will allow people to get work done while waiting for a better MCAD solution (which I hope to provide when FreeCAD has the required features). It would be nice to be able to provide 3D PDFs in the future for marketing purposes, but this is not a feature which any users have asked for.

- Cirilo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kicad-developers
> [mailto:kicad-developers-bounces+nhays=terracecorp.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> 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
> 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
> 
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