Simple CAD pgrm to create simple VRML component models?

[Mike Elliott]

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?

 

[Kalle Bass]

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?

http://www.wings3d.com/

 

[Marco Licetti]

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.

 

[Stephan Rose]

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?

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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

 

[Mike Rocket J Squirrel]

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.

-- mike elliott

 

[Stephan Rose]

I wasn't gonna even respond to his kind offer.

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