Hi all, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of > kai-martin knaak > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 11:43 PM > To: geda-u...@seul.org > Subject: 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. > > ---<)kaimrtin(>--- > -- > Kai-Martin Knaak > Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 > >
Intermediate Data Format (IDF) may be a viable solution, some main stream CAD applications use it or have import/export functionality for IDF. The format is described here: http://www.simplifiedsolutionsinc.com/images/idf_v20_spec.pdf Or have a google with "IDF CAD". Happy reading. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user