Re: gEDA-user: quick question

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Anyway, the biggest missing piece to the puzzle here is good
> mechanical 3D CAD.

Yup.  I think exporting PCB files to other formats is pretty easy
(anyone want to write a DXF exporter for the new HID system? ;) but
finding something to *do* with those formats is harder under *nix.

OTOH, a pcb to quake converter would be interesting.  I often render
woodworking designs as quake maps so I can walk around them and view
them in various settings.

I think the tricky part would be getting the mask and silk layers to
form against the copper/fr4, rather than being a flat sheet just above
it.

Another option is a GUI HID that uses OpenGL to render the board.  It
would be OK to be view-only, but it would be cool to still have the
show/hide layer, zoom, and mark features.