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Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report

Felipe De la Puente Christen wrote:

> Why not using IDES/STEP file format.

Because STEP is a hell of a standard and non-free, too. It encompasses much 
more than 3D mechanical data and aims to cover every aspect of every 
product. The standard itself is closed source. You have to pay real money 
and sign a NDA document to receive a copy. 

I once tried figure, how a cube as a 3D equivalent to "hello-world" would 
look like in STEP format. There was lots and lots information available _on_ 
STEP but none on the actual syntax.

Going the freecad way would avoid this kind of hassle. 


> According to my Aerspace related partners, DXF has almost nothing to
> apport to 3D CAD.
 
true.

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