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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:46:36 -0400
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Subject: [geda-user] "Visualizing circuit boards with SketchUp and the [RS] PCB Converter"
From: Bob Paddock <graceindustries AT gmail DOT com>
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I came across an article in the Google SketchUp Blog about using
SketchUp to do 3D modeling of boards:

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/09/visualizing-circuit-boards-with.html

"Recently, RS Components ... developed the PCB Converter plugin for
SketchUp. Its function is to convert IDF files from most 2D circuit
board design applications (like their own DesignSpark PCB) to COLLADA,
which SketchUp can read and write..."