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On 16. 11. 2014 8:42, 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

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, the second one was buried on one 
of cemeteries for new ideas called "feature branch" 
(LP699502-openscad-exporter).

There is no future for 3D in PCB next years...

Milan