Re: gEDA-user: quick question

[Xtian Xultz <xultz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree with you. 100%

Somebody knows about that 
http://www.opencascade.org/ ?
The screenshot are really cool.
Better than rendering the board, is to export for a program like that.

Em Sáb 11 Fev 2006 10:46, Stuart Brorson escreveu:
> PCB doesn't do this.  However, the layout editor which is part of the
> open-source Kicad suite does.  Here's a link:
>
> http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/
>
> The utility of the 3D feature is dubious, IMO.  To use it you first
> have to create mechanical models of all your parts (a real PITA), and
> then it is useful only if you have already created a detailed
> mechanical model of the rest of your system.
>
> Yes, this can come in handy if you are building cards to be inserted
> into a card cage, to take only one example.  In that case, you model
> all the boards, as well  as the card cage.   But face it:  The folks
> using gEDA/PCB or Kicad aren't doing designs at that level of
> complexity.  Folks doing full mechanical models of their systems are
> using heavy-duty commerical tools and are working in a team.   And the
> open-source tools lack other, more basic features enabling design-team
> work, like lockfiles and interfaces to parts databases.  Also, there
> is no good open-source mechanical 3D CAD program out there, so any 3D
> board models you create will be very lonely.
>
> Anyway, I agree that the 3D modeling stuff looks cool.  I just think
> it is not that useful for folks currently using the open-source tool
> flow.  Perhaps someday that will be different.   The first step in
> that direction is a good open-source 3D mechanical CAD tool.
>
> Stuart
>
> > I have just seen this artical "3D board modeling with Eagle and POVRay"
> > on hack a day
> > http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000617073526/
> > Its a tool called Eagle3D that translates the 2D PCB layout into a
> > 3-dimensional view. As i dont use Eagle i have not tested this software
> > myself but after reading about it and looking at the gallary
> > (http://www.matwei.de/doku.php?id=en:eagle3d:eagle3d)  it looks like a
> > really good feature.
> >
> > My question, is there a simular kind of tool that can be used with PCB,
> > im just intrested.
> >
> > Also the reason i posted here is that PCB seems to be the tool of choice
> > for geda users so i figured some of you would know, you might be
> > intrested in this and the fact i watch this list and dont really want to
> > subscribe to yet another mailing list :)