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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Easyw

I think they will fit fine on the 3d-viewer page. But we would need to
be able to distinguish your kicad stepup script and the VRML only
models. I think it could be explained under the video with a few
sentences. Feel free to make a pull request with that and the images.

2015-09-09 0:45 GMT+02:00 easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Wayne,
>
> thank you for your reply.
>
> I already noticed that there is the link
>   http://kicad-pcb.org/help/external-tools/
>
> What I'm missing are the 2 images that I made with hackrf-one in kicad
> 3d-viewer and in MCAD Catia.
> Those images were been included in old kicad web site.
> http://confluence.kicad-pcb.org/download/attachments/589828/hackrf-one-stepup-kicad-3d-viewer.png
> http://confluence.kicad-pcb.org/download/attachments/589828/hackrf-one-stepup-catia-assembly.png
>
> I was thinking if you may consider to put those images also in the new web
> site, just under the video of the 3d-viewer
> http://kicad-pcb.org/discover/3dviewer/
> where the web page says:
>  'Export a realistic rendering of your project as a picture or a MCAD
> hierarchical assembly.'
>
> The two images show how Kicad can provide 3D data transfer from ECAD system
> to the MCAD world.
>
> Thank you again for your attention.
>
> Maurice
>
>
> On 08/09/2015 00.42, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>
>> Maurice,
>>
>> It's already mentioned here: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/external-tools/.
>>
>> Is this what your looking for or did you have something else in mind?
>>
>> I haven't had a chance to use this yet but it sounds really interesting
>> so it will be near the top of my list of things to include during the
>> next development cycle.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 9/6/2015 6:17 PM, easyw wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Wayne,
>>> regarding kicad StepUp script,
>>> please have a look at this comment...
>>>
>>> https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-stepup-new-exporter-for-3d-mcad-feedbacks-are-welcome/1048/13
>>>
>>>
>>> I've improved the script and tested it quite heavily...
>>> Please consider that the script does not touch any kicad file, it only
>>> reads the data and generates the STEP model followings the data read.
>>>
>>> I know that now you all are focused on the stable release, so I'm not
>>> asking to add the script to kicad, but I'm thinking it would be nice and
>>> may be useful to MCAD users, to add just a mention that it is possible
>>> to convert kicad board in STEP through the script, as in the starter
>>> guide that I have done in asciidoc.
>>>
>>> May be under http://kicad-pcb.org/help/documentation/
>>> just after 'IDF exporter' section
>>> and/or in the manual.
>>>
>>> Thank you for considering that,
>>> Maurice
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/08/2015 16.02, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Maurice,
>>>>
>>>> The 7z archive attachment in you original email looks find to me.  All
>>>> of the image files appear to be correct.  Before we include the step up
>>>> script documentation in the KiCad documentation we need to include
>>>> script in KiCad.  Would those who have tested this script, please
>>>> comment on whether or not it is ready to be added to the KiCad source.
>>>> It would be nice to have some step support for the stable release but
>>>> only if it's ready.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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