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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

 I've been playing with OCE for visualization of IGES and STEP and have a
very rough
converter to translate IGES/STEP to VRML suitable for kicad's consumption.
In the
link below I am viewing a mechanical part (*.wrl file at the moment,
exported by the
rough tool) in the 3D file browser:

 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXdnoxN2dPWFI2aEk

 There is still a lot to be done: clean up code, calculate normals, convert
to 3D plugin,
create appropriate CMakeModules for OCE, test, test, test --- but with some
luck we
will be able to simply use IGES and STEP model files as we currently use
VRML
files (pending merge of 3d_initial_merge and later inclusion of Mario's new
3D viewer).

- Cirilo