Visualize Your Designs: 3D Eagle BRD Viewer with ATmega

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Summary

The 3D BRD Viewer is a free tool designed to visualize CadSoft EAGLE PCB designs in a 3D space, allowing users to view their boards with a full 360-degree rotation. It supports nearly 200 component models and enables users to manage missing models either by defining custom boxes using datasheet dimensions or uploading STEP/DAE files for specific components. Adjustments to component placements are saved locally for consistent future views.

Parts used in the 3D BRD Viewer:

.brd file (EAGLE PCB design file)
Various 3D models of electronic components
Custom box model (user-defined via datasheet dimensions)
STEP and DAE format files (for component models from manufacturers)

3D BRD Viewer is a free tool to visualize CadSoft EAGLE PCB Designs in 3D. You can drag your .brd file anywhere on this page and have a full 360 degree view of how your board will appear after assembly.

Overview

Models

The tool currently has close to two hundred 3D models of different components. We’ve tried to include the most used packages, but we can’t account for every device out there, and probably your board won’t render completely the first time you load it. “Not found” models are red-ish colored (right hand side list), once you select an element click “Manage Model” and try to find your element model in the list of available models. If you can’t there are two other options:
1. Define a box – find the datasheet for your device and get the dimensions from there.
2. Upload a file – stp and dae formats are currently supported. Most connector manufacturers provide a step file for their products.
After you click “Place” the tool will add that model to the scene for all elements with the same package. Then if there are alignment issues you can move each element individually from it’s dropdown menu. The changes you make are saved in your browser local storage based on the filename of the board, so that next time you load it it will have the same translations/offsets/models/boxes.

for more detail: 3D Eagle BRD Viewer

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