Thanks Maurice, that link was helpful. I'm using v0.14 and the latest 0.16 to test these things.
I'll keep playing with freecad, i think your script is already okay, the problem is me that I'm not a freecad power user. Best regards Marcos On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:11 PM, easyw <ea...@katamail.com> wrote: > Hi Marco! > > thank you for your feedback > > I had to learn myself too that FreeCAD has a not an easy fuse tool... > > please have a look at: > http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=8451#p69489 > it explains why sometimes when you fuse objects, the saved model is still > multi-part or have geometry problems... > DesignSpark Mechanical is a nice tool to open the STEP artwork and check > if there are geometry problems (unfortunately only for windows, not for > linux or osx) > > Sometimes you just need to extend a bit a solid into the other... > After a bit of learning I managed to fuse all components and board together > (only in case of lot of small objects, which are not useful for MCAD > exchange, the fusion doesn't work) > > If you would like to share your models, I will upload them to the repo > that I'm trying to build > I've ask also to let the official repo to accept FreeCAD models.. that > would be enough to improve the conversion job... > > Please find attached a block reference that I use to import in FreeCAD > when modeling the 3D part, to have a reference in alignment > (if you import the STEP file, the part will be included in the document > you are working with) > > I'm working also on a FreeCAD macro to easily move and rotate objects, > when ready to deploy I will upload it beside the script > > Which FreeCAD version are you using? > I don't have any problem in fusing parts and preserving colors > > I attached the demo board with all the components fused as one single > object, with all the colors preserved (I'm adding to the script also the > option to fuse all the boards objects) > > I added also the option to have bounding boxes for all, or part of the 3d > models of the pcb. > I attached also a picture of hackrf-one with all bbox except the connectors > > keep in touch > Maurice > > > > > On 05/08/2015 21.40, Marcos Chaparro wrote: > >> Hi Maurice, >> I'm not that Marco and I'm not involved in documentation, but this week I >> tested your script and its really nice. It is key to have a repository of >> wrl+step models, it was a bit painful to get the step models for an old >> project but once the setup is ready the workflow is good. >> >> I'd suggest to include in the tutorial the creation of a simple part in >> freecad, it took me a while to realize that it doesn't handle well >> multiple >> part objects, and I still can't fuse parts while preserving the colors. >> >> I made a DCDC converter step model, a buzzer and downloaded a SO16 step. >> I'm not sure where to get open source models so we can add them to your >> repo. Freecad has some models, for example >> /free-cad-code/src/Mod/Idf/lib/0805_SMD.stp they could be bettery though. >> >> Thanks a lot for this work. >> >> >> >> >> Marcos >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Maurice, >>> >>> I think Marco is currently on vacation. The new documentation format is >>> asciidoc. You can use git to clone the current documentation at >>> https://github.com/ciampix/kicad-doc. Information on how to use >>> asciidoc can be found at http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/ >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> On 8/5/2015 8:23 AM, easyw wrote: >>> >>>> @Marco >>>> >>>> what could I do to prepare a small tutorial for the kicad stepup script? >>>> do you accept libre-office file or pdf file? >>>> I'm sorry but I'm new to the doc side :) >>>> >>>> thank you >>>> Maurice >>>> >>>> On 17/07/2015 15.12, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 7/17/2015 3:36 AM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Excellent! >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you (all) think should be nice to have a small step tutorial / >>>>>> explanation how can someone reproduce identical results for another >>>>>> boards? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes. Any help we can provide our users is a good thing. Something >>>>> like >>>>> this should be added to the user documentation either as part of the >>>>> Pcbnew manual or as a stand alone tutorial. I don't have a preference >>>>> one way or another so I'll leave that decision to our documentation >>>>> experts. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Mario Luzeiro >>>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>>> From: Kicad-developers >>>>>> [kicad-developers-bounces+mrluzeiro=ua...@lists.launchpad.net] on >>>>>> behalf of easyw [ea...@katamail.com] >>>>>> Sent: 17 July 2015 02:43 >>>>>> To: Marcos Chaparro; KiCad Developers >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] official web page >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Marcos and all, >>>>>> >>>>>> it took me a bit but here is the hackrf-one generated with STEP models >>>>>> by kicad stepup script and the hackrf-one in kicad 3d-viewer with all >>>>>> the 3d-models generated from the conversion of the STEP models. >>>>>> I also checked the geometries of the generated board with models and >>>>>> there are no problems ... >>>>>> >>>>>> The rendering result shows that the two scenarios are exactly the >>>>>> same, >>>>>> and I didn't get any problem in rendering all the vrml models in >>>>>> kicad. >>>>>> >>>>>> generating the 3D modes in FreeCAD will produce a vrml 3D models with >>>>>> >>>>> no >>> >>>> shading issues and with mechanical respect of all the dimensions >>>>>> >>>>>> It would be nice if some of these screenshots could be in the official >>>>>> web page... >>>>>> >>>>>> please let me know what you think >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>
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