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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:18:49 -0700
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:57:31 +0100
Stefan Salewski <mail AT ssalewski DOT de> wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 14:15 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> 
> > To be honest, they were actually really amazed by the 3D
> > rotation feature of PCB (Peter C's pcb+gl_experimental branch)
> > and its capabilities.  I could probably convince them to use
> > gEDA if it was fully functional on Windows. 
> 
> Yes, the fine 3D pictures from Peter C.'s Blog 
> http://pcjc2.blogspot.de/2011/02/pcbgl-repository-instructions.html
> and Anthonys Toporouter pictures (now removed from the Web) are
> strong attractors for Windows users.

True, but actually I was referring to the simpler and now-available
3D board rotation (not 3D parts models) that you can use today from
the gl_experimental branch.  While a bit of a novelty, I have found
the 3D board view useful at times.

> But I wonder why your colleagues do not use a multiboot maschine.
> Installing an Ubuntu on a free partition is easy, many Windows
> people do it now. When you do EDA work, you do not really need
> Windows programs at the same time...

It's true that it could be done, but unless I can convince them to
make a large-scale move to GNU/Linux, it won't be a good solution.
I'm sure they won't be happy about rebooting into another OS every
time they want to access an EDA design, or refer to an email.

Regards,
Colin