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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Before I would allow OCE as a KiCad dependency, it must build without
modification from source on OSX, msys2/mingw32 and msys2/mingw64 at a
minimum.  If it fails this test, then someone will have to provide
packages for these platforms.  Has this been tested?

On 3/10/2016 4:11 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
>  I have a 3D plugin built to support STEP and IGES visualization via OCE
> and have linked 3 screenshots below.  
> 
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXS1pKSE5uNVp0VG8
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXclV4enBueWhnaGM
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_XTJN-s8aXclV4enBueWhnaGM
> 
>  The HackRF STEP model was created by Maurice via his KiCad StepUP
> tools for FreeCAD.
> 
>  If people would like this plugin to be pushed into 3d_initial_merge then
> let me know; I would need to add a CMake option to build it since it
> depends on OCE and should not be built by default. Just remember that
> these models will not be visible in 3DViewer until the current 3DViewer
> has been replaced by one which uses the scenegraph objects from
> 3d_initial_merge.  Mario is making a lot of progress with his 3DViewer
> branch, so hopefully it won't be too long before we have all the latest
> 3D visualization codes. :)
> 
>  One note: although the new 3D viewer will be able to directly use the
> STEP/IGES models (no need to convert to VRML), actual MCAD
> exports is still a long way away since it depends on the implementation
> of a plugin system for reading and manipulating the PCB data itself.
> 
>  Thanks to Tom Wlostowski for the initial OCE investigations and his
> sample c++ code for converting STEP to VRML.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> 
> 
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