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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo,

I was thinking that may be an intermediate step in exporting the full 
board for mechanical purposes could be to add the option to export the 
plain pcb with bounding boxes of the vrml modules...

that could eliminate the problem related to vrml models and could 
simplify a lot the mechanical model, maintaining the information for 
building a mechanical 3D layout  ...
the bounding box version of 3D modules plus the plain pcb should be 
enough for mechanical purposes interchanges...

do you think it could be possible to add the option to export bounding 
boxes beside the plain pcb board with the export IDF menu?
do you think this could be useful?

thank you

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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