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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Funny you should ask Cirilo since your name came up about the 3D model
plugins.  The current road map version 5 is published as part of the
developer documentation which is available on the KiCad website.  In the
road map there is mention of support for exporting to STEP and/or IGES.
Any chance that you could provide a plugin for either one of these or
both by FOSDEM 2017?  It would be a nice feature for users to directly
export boards and footprint models to a format that can be used directly
by FreeCAD and less than free CAD tools for mechanical design.  Maybe
you could get some help from Mario and Maurice.  If you don't think this
is possible, please let me know so I can update the road map.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 7/5/2016 4:07 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Is there a pre-commit version somewhere where we can see what's
> on the roadmap?
> 
> I want to work on a PCB API so that pcbnew importers/exporters
> can be turned into plugins and I can add an MCAD exporter, but
> given my free time and the size of the job I wouldn't expect it to
> be ready for FOSDEM 2017.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I spent much of yesterday discussing and finalizing the stable version 5
>     road map with everyone here at CERN.  I will be committing the revised
>     road map soon.  Before I do, I want to make sure no one is working on
>     anything outside the road map that I do not know about.  If you are
>     working on new features that are not in the version 5 road map, please
>     inform me of what you working on and whether or not it will be ready to
>     release by FOSDEM 2017.  If it will not be ready by then, please do not
>     commit it to the product branch and keep your changes in you own
>     development branch until after I create the stable release 5 branch on
>     launchpad.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
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