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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

The plugin will definitely happen before any integration; I'm also unwilling
to add anymore mess to the existing code and if the change isn't made
now then it will become unmanageable.

- Cirilo

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On 2/17/2015 6:03 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski 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
>
> The plugin has to happen first.  Then port the existing 3D model parser
> code to the new 3D plugin.  Then add new 3d model support be it IGES,
> STEP, etc.  The current 3D model parsing code is a mess.  I will resist
> stacking more code on top of this mess.
>
> >
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