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[Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx>]

On 27 October 2015 at 15:27, Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to show you some screenshots of the progress of a 3d-viewer render based on raytracing (with some vitamins) that I am working on:
> https://meocloud.pt/link/aaf06e3f-e308-40c8-bddb-f8aa762b4a16/20151027_3d-viewer/
> (please download the file image if you want see it in full resolution)
>
> To keep this email short, I will not add details, please feel free to make any questions.
>
> There are (at moment) two modes of rendering: preview (while moving) or quality rendering. In preview mode it render a fast draft  in order to get some interactive framerate while adjusting the view of the board. So the screenshots label as 'preview' shows it to compare draft/quality.
>
> The quality rendering time.. depends on how many CPUs you have and (special) how fast your cache is. In my laptop, 8 cpu processor, it can take longer than a eye blink.. ..probably two or three eye blinks.
>
> If you would like to try it in your machine, you can try built my branch:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~mrluzeiro/kicad/kicad_new3d-viewer
> (probably have issues to build on windows)

This is great news. My machine doesn't have a working GPU (iMac5k GPU
is not supported yet by the AMD Linux driver), so I am looking forward
trying out your branch for a faster and also improved viewing
experience.

>
> There are still lot of room for improvements, ideas and things to do ... special, add of 3D models (Cirilo is working on path, plugins and cache of models, I plan to start next working on a parser or adding some support to display the 3D models by the render... )
>
> I would welcome anyone interested in this areas to join us to speed up the development or add a little more of improvements.
>
> Cheers,
> Mario Luzeiro
>
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