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[Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

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From: Nick Østergaard [oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 March 2015 00:18
To: Mário Luzeiro
Cc: Wayne Stambaugh; kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d-viewer future discussion

>> The 3d-viewer may not deal with / use proper CAD data information.. it will deal more with triangles (in final stage to be rendered to the GPU).
>> Maybe we can then have something in 3d-viewer that will export in a "3d format file" for usage in softwares such as POV-ray, 3D Studio Max, Maya (but not for CAD tools.. that should be in keep in a 3D exporter in Pcbnew as it is now.. IMO).

>This is what the VRML exporter fulfills now.

That is right.
IMO, if we want to be logical correct, I think that type of exporter should be in the future in 3d-viewer side and not in Pcbnew. Because VRML is not a CAD format.

The way VRML exporter works right now, it gets all data info from the board...and constructs the VRML file.
Another valid way, the way I was referring, would be the 3d-viewer get all the data from _his 3d rendering data structures_ and convert it to a VRML file... in the end it should give similar results.
For the visualization propose both ways are good.

Regards,
Mario Luzeiro