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Freeware or cheap IDF Viewer

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Ok, I'm successfully making my IDF files.  However, I'd like to view

them to make sure that they look reasonable before handing them off to a

mechanical designer.

 

Anyone know if there is a freeware/opensource/cheap IDF viewer out

there?  I use the eDrawings viewer from SolidWorks to view/check 3D CAD

files for mechanical enclosures and racks and it works well, it just

doesn't support opening an IDF file.  I don't need to edit/modify the

IDF files I am producing, I'd just like a sanity check before handing

them off to someone else.

 

Thanks,

 

-Michael

 

 

 

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  • Thierry Pottier wrote:

    I use ALIBRE a cheap but not free CAD.

    I can try your file and make a PDF of drawing.

    I have try before to use the uld but not succes.

    Now I use PovRay. Nice to make documentation.

    Thierry

     

    Thierry,

     

     

    It seems to me that Eagle3D and perhaps PovRay are used to make a human

    viewable 3D image (rendered to 2D) for perhaps documentation purposes.

    What I am looking for is a 3D model to be imported into a 3D CAD program

    (SolidWorks in this case) so that my mechanical designer can design the

    enclosure that this PCB goes into (checking for mechanical interference

    for instance).  Do I have this right, or can Eagle3D or PovRay also make

    a mechanical model that can be used in a 3D CAD environment?

     

    Thanks,

     

    -Michael

     

     

     

     

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  • Thierry Pottier wrote:

    I use ALIBRE a cheap but not free CAD.

    I can try your file and make a PDF of drawing.

    I have try before to use the uld but not succes.

    Now I use PovRay. Nice to make documentation.

    Thierry

     

    Thierry,

     

     

    It seems to me that Eagle3D and perhaps PovRay are used to make a human

    viewable 3D image (rendered to 2D) for perhaps documentation purposes.

    What I am looking for is a 3D model to be imported into a 3D CAD program

    (SolidWorks in this case) so that my mechanical designer can design the

    enclosure that this PCB goes into (checking for mechanical interference

    for instance).  Do I have this right, or can Eagle3D or PovRay also make

    a mechanical model that can be used in a 3D CAD environment?

     

    Thanks,

     

    -Michael

     

     

     

     

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