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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2015-03-19 11:43 GMT+01:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I know everyone is busy leading up to the stable release, but for
> anyone interested (including lurkers) my libIGES project is now
> at a stage where IGES files can be created and part and assembly
> files can be read and put into a single assembly file. Since everyone
> implements Native->IGES export differently I need volunteers to
> download and build the source and to test the library on IGES files
> from various sources. Any reports of issues will help contribute to
> a robust IGES exporter and help ensure that various MCAD
> packages can read the files and convert them into a reasonable
> native representation.
>
> Source: https://github.com/cbernardo/libIGES
> Dependencies:
> + cmake
> + make
> + g++
> + boost_filesystem, boost_system
>
> Some instructions on building and how to help with testing
> are in the source's README.testing file.

Thank you.

> At this stage I believe the library has a long way to go before
> it can provide KiCad with an IGES exporter, but the more
> people test the sooner I will be able to get it into shape.

It sure seems :P  I have reported the #1 issue on your github page. I
hope this can motivate you.

> FreeCAD seems to work reasonably well in displaying files
> but doesn't support colors, so any colored models used
> simply look gray in FreeCAD.

Good to know.