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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
As a user, I'm pretty happy with 3d-viewer, its good enough for most of our
marketing purposes.
Eg.: https://github.com/mrkindustries/openPSU

IMO, pcbnew should be able to export a STEP 3D model of the board, the
mechanical integration is done with freecad or solidworks and the proper
way to do so is a STEP instead of the VRML format.
If I want a proper analisys I have to replicate the boards in the 3D CAD by
hand instead of just exporting it.
[image: Inline image 1]

Thats the one thing I'd ask for, and I'm aware its not easy at all.

Regards


Marcos

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx> wrote:

>
> ________________________________________
> 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
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