Hi, I am another new user of Kicad and find it incredible, I have been struggling a lot with other PCB cad applications and Kicad is the first one that I find to be really user friendly, a big credit to the authors who are doing an excellent job. I want to get more into Kicad so am spending a lot of time to learn although its a slow progress.
Anyway, I have started to put together a design and created a footprint for a component that I cant find in any library and would also like to have a 3d model for it. I am a bit familiar with 3d modeling but creating models is well beyond me, so I am wondering/begging if anyone out there could help me with a bit of modeling, to be very honest I am very crap with 3d applications like wings and I need a model that is similar to a T0220_vert as in the libraries. The model I need is for a PBV Precision Current Sensing Resistor, its like the wider version of a TO220_vert model found in the Kicad lib but the PBV has four legs instead of 3, to describe it, its like having two T0220s side by side. Here's a photo http://www1.conrad.de/xl/4000_4999/4400/4470/4473/447315_BB_00_FB.EPS.jpg The pins pitch are Pin 1 and 2 are 200mils apart Pin 3 and 4 are 200 mils apart The space between pin 2 and 3 is 300mils What I am thinking is that the T0220 middle pin could be removed, then the T0220 is stretched then another two pins added. How that is done in 3d apps I have no idea and to be honest while learning wings could benefit later its too much to take in while also trying to get my head around Kicad, also I rarely use 3d apps. Also, will I be able to add onto the board design the heat sink mounting bar, should this be created as a component? The heat sink mounting bar is actually nothing more than a flat alloy plate at 130mm x 5mm x 25mm that should also fix to the PCB design, on this plate I will have 5 T0220s and two PVR resistors mounted. Best Regards Andy
