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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2015-03-31 21:17 GMT+02:00 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.
>>
>
> You can just use the IDF exporter to get a more CAD friendly PCB.
>

Thanks, I didn't try it, its very useful.

Is there a way to include the components models or it has to be done
manually?