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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo,
good to hear that!
That would be an other good feature for kicad!

Please consider also the option to convert and export vrml modules 
beside the plain pcb, so one can easily integrate the 3D rendering with 
the IGES export.
I mean that, at the moment, modules has their vrml libraries and the 3D 
rendering is based on vrml too.
So it would be a double work, without an internal and direct 3D 
feedback, to add iges modules to the project instead to export directly 
the vrml modules.
May be it could be useful to add a check option (as for plain pcb 
export) to export pcb and vrml modules to iges.

Please let me know your opinion...
Maurice

On 24/05/2015 08.07, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>   The IGES code is now at a stage where a PCB model can be generated with
> cutouts and drill holes
> and various component models can be placed within the assembly. I will
> conduct further tests by
> generating PCB assembly files from IDF files before moving on to planning
> the plugin refactoring in pcbnew, cleaning up the IGES lib in preparation
> for a possible merge into KiCad, and finally implementing the IGES export.
>
>   One thing to consider with the IGES code is whether it is better to
> eventually merge it with KiCad or to leave the library as a separate
> project in hopes that other people on the web will be interested in
> improving the code for other purposes.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
>
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