Mail Archives: geda-user/2014/11/16/04:00:29
Shashank Chintalagiri wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've noticed the 3 view on PCB for some time now. I'm curious to know
> if/what it's used for. On PCB version 20140316, I don't see any
> Z-depth at all, ie :
> - No Z-depth at all between layers
> - No PCB thickness
> It basically looks like a printout of what is normally visible is
> rotated around. Is there some way to change the thickness/z-spacing
> values?
>
> I've also been looking around to see if there are any ways to add 3d
> 'footprints' in some way. I came a across a few starts, as it were,
> but most of them seem more than a couple of years old with no
> definitive state of the project.
>
> Could anyone tell me what the state of being able to add 3d components
> in garden variety PCB is? Is there a relatively promising approach
> that's being looked at? I'm happy to (over time) draw the necessary 3D
> models for at-least the footprints which I use.
>
> Thanks
> Chintalagiri Shashank
>
>
Hi,
In the past I've made an attempt for an OpenSCAD exporter, have a look
at the development branch at the upstream repository:
http://git.geda-project.org/pcb/log/?h=LP699502-openscad-exporter
This branch contains two approaches for an OpenSCAD exporter one by me,
the latest commit contains a separate exporter by Milan Prochac.
I let it drop from my bucket list, so it's just sitting there, almost
complete, for some time now, gathering bit-rot.
If you want to dive into this functionality I will give you all the
support you need, just ask :)
I have some basic crude models over here:
https://github.com/bert/openscad-models
Kind regards, Bert Timmerman.
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