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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can we possibly get this done before the stable release which hopefully
will be some time near the end of July?  It would be nice to roll this
out around the same time.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 6/20/2015 2:51 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 2015-06-20 2:53 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>>  Marcos Chaparro has added a screenshot to the wikipedia entry on KiCad:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiCad#/media/File:KiCad_3D_with_IDF.png
>>
>> The screenshot shows the new 3D Viewer rendering of the video demo board
>> along with a VRML rendering of an exported IDF file. Perhaps this can be
>> put into the official web page at some point?
>>
>> As for the web page, it would be nice to have a new one launched with the
>> stable release. Shall we put a call out on the various lists for people who
>> may wish to volunteer to work on ideas?
> 
> Yes probably. I can try to have a look tomorrow, i no one beats me to
> it. In the future I am more inclined to make some gallery or something
> and not nessesarely have only one. But I would also like to get a new
> site based on some static site generator, with the restriction that is
> should read asciidoc, easily, such that we can embed the docs in a
> nice way. Or at least that is my idea.
> 
>> I have no special objection to the coldfire demo board which has featured on
>> the page for so long, but the "2011 Nov" date in the screenshot suggests
>> that there has been no development for a long time. If nothing else we
>> should repeat the screenshot with a current release, but my preferred
>> action would be to feature an Open Hardware design (with the permission
>> of the creators of course). With the various changes to 3D file format
>> support especially in the past year I should be able to use SolidWorks
>> to help create any necessary models to make the featured board look
>> good.
> 
> There are many cool looking open hardware designs made with KiCad out there.
> 
>> Many of the screenshots on the current page have also been outdated
>> for some time; for example the 3D views are from an era where the board
>> and many other features have not been rendered.
> 
> True.
> 
>> - Cirilo
>>
>>
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