Mail Archives: geda-user/2014/11/17/15:08:37
Milan Prochac wrote:
> There is no future for 3D in PCB next years...
Decent 3D _in_ PCB would open a large can of worms. Right now, the
internal representation is explicitely 2.5D. To make real 3D happen, would
likely require extensive changes to the core engine, to the data structure
and not the least to the file format. In addition, there needs to be a way
to draw models of the components.
IMHO, it would be best to do refer all the heavy 3D lifting to
applications that were specifically developed for this task.
> I made two attempts to make 3D exporters - one for VRML, another for
> OpenSCAD (as Bert mentioned in his reply).
> The first one was ignored completely,
I am very much in favor of a way to connect PCB layout to a CAD work-flow.
Since VRML import is hardly supported in CAD applications, this format
feels like a dead-end.
> the second one was buried on one of cemeteries for new ideas called
> "feature branch" (LP699502-openscad-exporter).
If I remember correctly, interest in an OpenSCAD exporter bogged down
because of license incompatibilities. However, these issues have been
resolved in a good way. Since about January 2014 OpenSCAD is licensed in a
way that is perfectly fine for use in an otherwise GPL licensed
environment.
Let's resurrect the 3D export patient! ;-)
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