Simple CAD pgrm to create simple VRML component models?

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Mike Elliott

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For Altium Designer, I have been using the QualECAD 3-D viewer
(www.qualecad) plugin to image my pcbs in 3-D, and it's very nice. It
places gray boxes over components that have a height attached to them.
But it can also use VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) models for
more accurate component bodies, if you provide the model file.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend an easy to use, intuitive and
inexpensive modeling program that doesn't have a steep learning curve
that could be used to build simple models of simple parts (resistors,
IC's, etc.) which outputs VRML-format files?
 
Mike Elliott skrev:

I was wondering if anyone could recommend an easy to use, intuitive and
inexpensive modeling program that doesn't have a steep learning curve
that could be used to build simple models of simple parts (resistors,
IC's, etc.) which outputs VRML-format files?
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http://www.wings3d.com/
 
BEST 3D SOFTWARE IS AUTODESK INVENTOR!. I by the way have one license to
sell because we no longer need that Engineer who was on it, I keep anothe
rlicense, we started with 2. Check Autodesk websote: Inventor11 is $5200.
I can let it go for $2000.

Do NOt respond on Newsgroups, email instead and remove "death2spammers"
strings repeated in my email twice, or something to that effect, you know
what i mean.
 
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:24:56 GMT, "Marco Licetti"
<StanisDEATH2SPAMMERS@DEATH2SPAMMERSprodigy.net> wrote:

BEST 3D SOFTWARE IS AUTODESK INVENTOR!. I by the way have one license to
sell because we no longer need that Engineer who was on it, I keep anothe
rlicense, we started with 2. Check Autodesk websote: Inventor11 is $5200.
I can let it go for $2000.
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I'd say that Inventor is probably just a liiiiiitle overkill for
someone who wants to just have a 3D Representation of their board
don't ya think?

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

kimi no koto omoidasu hi nante nai no wa
kimi no koto wasureta toki ga nai kara
 
Stephan Rose wrote:
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:24:56 GMT, "Marco Licetti"
StanisDEATH2SPAMMERS@DEATH2SPAMMERSprodigy.net> wrote:

BEST 3D SOFTWARE IS AUTODESK INVENTOR!. I by the way have one license to
sell because we no longer need that Engineer who was on it, I keep anothe
rlicense, we started with 2. Check Autodesk websote: Inventor11 is $5200.
I can let it go for $2000.

I'd say that Inventor is probably just a liiiiiitle overkill for
someone who wants to just have a 3D Representation of their board
don't ya think?
Click to expand...
I wasn't gonna even respond to his kind offer.

-- mike elliott
 
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:04:19 -0700, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
<j.michael.elliott@GOLLYgmail.com> wrote:

Stephan Rose wrote:
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:24:56 GMT, "Marco Licetti"
StanisDEATH2SPAMMERS@DEATH2SPAMMERSprodigy.net> wrote:

BEST 3D SOFTWARE IS AUTODESK INVENTOR!. I by the way have one license to
sell because we no longer need that Engineer who was on it, I keep anothe
rlicense, we started with 2. Check Autodesk websote: Inventor11 is $5200.
I can let it go for $2000.

I'd say that Inventor is probably just a liiiiiitle overkill for
someone who wants to just have a 3D Representation of their board
don't ya think?


I wasn't gonna even respond to his kind offer.
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Btw, you may want to check out Milkshape 3D, it supports VRML and is
free IIRC.

http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/index.html

I personally don't have any experience with it, but I don't remember
hearing anything bad about it.

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

kimi no koto omoidasu hi nante nai no wa
kimi no koto wasureta toki ga nai kara
 
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