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Eagle3D + POV-Ray = circuit board preview

Ever wondered how designers make those polished 3D PCB renderings? Flickr user Rob sheds some light on the issue with the comparison seen above -

Comparison of a virtual board and a real board, designed in Eagle and rendered using the amazing Eagle3D by
Matthias Weißer, which creates files for POV-Ray.
It's like seeing the ultrasound before you have the baby!

Congratulations, it's a bouncing baby stepper driver with onboard PIC! Thanks for the tip, Rob. - Pretend board vs real board on Flickr

Both apps are free and mac/win/linux-compatible -

Eagle 3D ULP add-on for Cadsoft Eagle

POV-Ray 3D raytacer

Cadsoft Eagle freeware version

HOW TO - Make a custom library part in Eagle's CAD tool

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Posted by: Spiffed on March 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM

As an avid Eagle3D user, I've started an Eagle3D group on Flickr and would appreciate submissions of any renderings you may have. http://www.flickr.com/groups/663492@N24/

Posted by: _x on March 18, 2008 at 2:11 AM

Even better if this was free software (GPL).

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