> AFAIK, Protel is the only ECAD packkage that will export it's board
outline
> directly in 3D to Pro-Engineer, a task that takes me an entire day by
hand.
> That alone would make me interested in using it.

Actually the 3D feature of Protel is only a toy. You cannot set the height
of components, instead it just uses some unchangeable fixed sizes based on
the Protel standard part designators :-(.

When they announced the 3D viewer I was tempted to have our company upgrade
from Protel98 to get that feature. Thankfully I got the real info on the 3D
viewer from the independent Protel Mail list before I had us waste our money
(none of us here can find any new features of P99 that would be useful to
us). Basically the 3D viewer is only suitable for impressing
Marketing/Sales/Management types :-).

There is a third party add-on for about $1000.00, I think, that lets you
generate 3D models were you have complete control over the 3d parts
outlines.

FWIW - Protel has bought a bunch of other companies, including P-CAD, and
now goes by the name Altium.

Paul

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