26 Apr 2008 10:49:39

Henk van Winkoop

Searching for PCB/Components Visualizer

Hi, I'm searching for some (simple?) Freeware Tool to visualize in 3D a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with components like Resistors and Transistors on it. It's only needed for visualization and I should be able to manually draw PCB tracks on it and make 2D screenshots of it. All tips are welcome. Thanks, Henk

26 Apr 2008 13:22:41

Jean-Yves

Re: Searching for PCB/Components Visualizer

In article <4812eca5$0$6005$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl >, "Henk van Winkoop" <h.van.winkoop@wxs.nl > wrote: > Hi, > > I'm searching for some (simple?) Freeware Tool to visualize in 3D a Printed > Circuit Board (PCB) with components like Resistors and Transistors on it. > > It's only needed for visualization and I should be able to manually draw PCB > tracks on it and make 2D screenshots of it. > > All tips are welcome. > > Thanks, > > Henk eagle available at www.cadsoft.de free for boards up to 100x80mm -- Jean-Yves.

26 Apr 2008 08:53:51

Rich Webb

Re: Searching for PCB/Components Visualizer

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:49:39 +0200, "Henk van Winkoop" <h.van.winkoop@wxs.nl > wrote: >Hi, > >I'm searching for some (simple?) Freeware Tool to visualize in 3D a Printed >Circuit Board (PCB) with components like Resistors and Transistors on it. > >It's only needed for visualization and I should be able to manually draw PCB >tracks on it and make 2D screenshots of it. > >All tips are welcome. Kicad has that ability integrated with its PCB layout application. There aren't 3D models for every component but it's easy enough to build new ones (or modify existing) using the (also free) Wings3D. Versions available for Windows and Linux. http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/ http://www.wings3d.com/ -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

26 Apr 2008 11:27:41

JeffM

Re: Searching for PCB/Components Visualizer

Henk van Winkoop wrote: >I'm searching for some (simple?) Freeware Tool >to visualize in 3D a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) >with components like Resistors and Transistors on it. A previous thread on this: http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/93a409e991e946eb/8b7489399210829c?q=Eagle+Vutrax-*-*-*-*-*-IDF-format-*-*-*-*-such-as-Solidworks-and-Pro-Engineer+Kicad-*-has-a-*-*-3D-component-modeler+ask-Vutrax-support-for-a-30-day-trial+Kilobuck-packages-*-*-*-*+Matthias-*+EZPC-*-Numberone-Systems+DXF (Repacement for the broken 72... link) http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:lM5Wr6E5xTAJ:www.matwei.de/doku.php?id=en:eagle3d:eagle3d+txt+ZIP+Windows.Installer Another thread with someone trying to hawk his (inferior) attempt: http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/95f3c5a80d56571d/d4b231ebcd1e07c6?q=*-*-*-*-better-than-yours+new.libraries+matwei.de+*-*-*-fully-paid-*+browse_frm+aquilotto3d.com+Do-you-know-Eagle3D+daily.update+*-*-*-*-*-*-thieves+no+zzz+operating.system.independent+linux.and.wine+DOS-only+DOSEMU

04 May 2008 20:11:37

mtech

Re: Searching for PCB/Components Visualizer

Also National instruments UTILBOARD have nice 3D PCB view. "Henk van Winkoop" <h.van.winkoop@wxs.nl > wrote in message news:4812eca5$0$6005$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl... > Hi, > > I'm searching for some (simple?) Freeware Tool to visualize in 3D a > Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with components like Resistors and Transistors > on it. > > It's only needed for visualization and I should be able to manually draw > PCB tracks on it and make 2D screenshots of it. > > All tips are welcome. > > Thanks, > > Henk > >