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VE Final Project: 3D PCB
Overview
Team members: Andri Mar Jónsson & Ágúst Hlynur Hólmgeirsson
Team name: Eagle3D
Project name: 3D PCB
Project tag line: This enviroment helps PCB designers in visualizing their PCB design
Motivation / Scenario
This idea got started because when designing a PCB component layout is a crucial factor in whether or not that design is a success or not.
The eagle layouting program only gives us a 2D view of the design.
There exists a program called Eagle3D that can show a PCB design in 3D. That program is very limited because it uses raytracing to render the images and therefore does not allow for real time manipulation of the PCB.
Approach
Our approach to this project will be to find out the structure of the eagle format and find a way to convert that into a panda3D model that can be viewed and manipulated.
Prototype
Our prototype 3D viewer should be able to show a virtual PCB using common components that can be manipulated in real time in 3D.