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Kovacs Levente wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 10:41:51 +0200
> Milan Prochac<milan AT prochac DOT sk>  wrote:
>
>    
>> For more than 3 years the VRML export filter was available for PCB,
>> including parametric model generators allowing to create VRML models
>> on fly (http://pcb.bastl.sk/)...
>>
>> Guess, what happened here?
>>      
>
> Milan,
>
>
> There is a PCB-plugins package distributed in launchpad.net. I think you
> should consult withe Bert, and release your exporter as a plugin.
>
> https://launchpad.net/pcb-plugins
>
> Levente
>
>    
Hi,

You can either download the tarball from launchpad 
https://launchpad.net/pcb-plugins , a ppa from 
https://launchpad.net/~mehanik/+archive/ubuntu/geda-unstable or clone 
from github https://github.com/bert/pcb-plugins

Get a free github account, add your code to your cloned repository and 
do a pull request.

Your commits are welcome :-)

BTW: I started a topic branch in my pcb working repository to include 
plugins into the upstream repository of pcb, eventually to be merged 
into master and pushed upstream, at the moment it's hard to find spare 
cycles for this.

https://github.com/bert/pcb/tree/plugins

Here commits are welcome too :-)

The disadvantage I see when plugins are included in the main pcb 
repository is the burden on developers to maintain them ... for an 
example: see the toporouter history of events ... it's almost abandon-ware.

A very promising idea and feature for pcb ... only a single developer 
devoting his time to other projects ... :-(

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.