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[Simon Turner <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Again I am happy to supply any 3D models I have which I can export into 
a variety of formats of in the native solid edge format that I use. I'm 
also happy to do models on request.

Simon

On 15/01/2014 20:29, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>
> > To: Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>; Ki Cad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] proposed changes for inclusion of other 3D models
> >
> > On 01/15/2014 01:27 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> > >   Hi folks,
> > >
> > >   I believe we can accommodate various types of 3D models with minimal
> > >   changes to the code base. Specifically, small changes to the class
> > >   S3D_MASTER and the GUI for associating 3D parts. I propose that we
> > >   allow the inclusion of other model types (at the moment only *.wrl
> > >   and *.x3d are allowed). The 3D viewer and VRML exporter will then
> > >   need minor changes so that they only process VRML and X3D files. The
> > >   IDF exporter can then make use of any *.idf component footprint
> > >   descriptions and in the future when we have some MCAD exporters they
> > >   will be able to filter only the items they need in a similar
> > >   fashion.
> > >
> > >   ...
> > >   Any comments / suggestions?
> > Hi Cirilo,
> >
> > Many thanks for your efforts. I've seen many folks asking for STEP/IGES
> > support in 3D viewer (also maybe export), so some time ago I wrote a
> > STEP/IGES importer based on OpenCascade. I decided to not push it to
> > Kicad, because it would require linking pcbnew with a load of OCC libs
> > and drag in few hundred megabytes in dependencies. Maybe implementing a
> > dynamic plugin system (see Miguel's blueprint) will fix this dependency
> >
> > issue.
> >
> > I attached the importer (using structures somewhat similar to the
> > pcbnew's 3D viewer) and an example app for viewing STEP files. I hope
> > this will help you with improving 3D model support in pcbnew.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
> Thanks Tom, I'll have a good look at the STEP importer. I agree that a plugin is the right thing to use, after all not everyone will want to install OCC.
>
> - Cirilo
>
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