From: Kicad-developers
[kicad-developers-bounces+mrluzeiro=ua...@lists.launchpad.net] on behalf of
easyw [ea...@katamail.com]
Sent: 30 August 2015 15:39
To: Marcos Chaparro; KiCad Developers
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad StepUp update and STEP repository of
parametric models
Hi
Hi Marcos,
I updated the script with very minor improvements (most cosmetics).
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/latest/download
I improved also the doc
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/kicadStepUp-starter-Guide.pdf
and most of all I added the
Les look for input from other users, most of them will use precompiled
binaries.
I compiled freecad using 2 commands
$ cmake -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
$ make
Its probably a dependency issue on my side, and i don't have the time to
dig too deep into this.
Hi Marcos,
I had a prob in syncing github files...
now they should be synchronized.
https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/archive/master.zip
You need also to download the latest version of CadQuery Module
https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/archive/v0.2.0.zip
Just
Hi Marcos,
I've built FC 015 and FC 016 in debian following all the advices from FC
site and it seems there are still some issues in fusing objects and
conserving colors.
I tried some workaround without positive results.
So at the moment, I consider the script to generate parametric models
Debian didn't package FC 0.15 because of these unmet dependencies:
https://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=freecad
I was looking for a package maintener email to ask about this and ran into
that page. Debian users should sit and wait or get hands on the code to
make it work. I
Hi Marcos,
thank you for the feedback.
The screenshot is very nice!
1) For fusion object, it is strange, I don't have prob in conserving
colors neither in FC015, nor in FC016 both in win and linux...
but I'm on ubuntu and I used the ubu repos
2) To scale a part there is already a small macro
Hi Maurice,
the issues were related to using freecad 0.16 and non compatible DXF files
(Freecad 0.15 and 0.16 produced an incompatible dxf file that was fixed
re-exporting it using librecad in R14 format, later you told me that R12 is
better but I didn't try.
The final woraround for fusing parts
VRML scaling works great using
freecad your_part.step kicad_StepUp_vrml_export.FCMacro
The parametric generator gives me the following error:
FC Version
['0', '15', 'Unknown', 'Unknown', 'Unknown']FC Version 015
/home/marcos/life/Downloads/FreeCAD-releases-FreeCAD-0-15/Mod/CadQuery
exists
FC
Hi Marcos,
could you please confirm me that the only issues you get where related
to import a non compatible DXF file and using FreeCAD 016 for generating
STEP files?
I'm going to update the kicad StepUp starter guide and I would like to
add this feedback results.
Thank you
Maurice
On
Hi Marco,
attached design-mod2.zzp (renamed to attach the file containing scripts,
... just rename it to .zip)
the file has:
1) the right DXF and the corresponding IDF file
2) the XQFN module fused with colors
3) the USB-C and pogo_pin correctly oriented
4) a FC file with a reference block to
Hi Marco,
1) could you please send me also the board with only these 3 modules
(usb, qfn, pogo_pin)? (no net, just edge and 3 modules would be fine)
it would be easier check the probs
2) fusion with color is possible in FC 015 and 016 ... I'm going to send
the X2QFN-12 fused with color asap
About the USB connector, don't follow the original part from the
manufacturer, it took me a while to align it.
Here is the step and vrml of that connector. Its the same manufacturer
step, but aligned.
http://www.paltatech.com/files/USB-C.zip
and the connector footprint:
Hi Maurice,
1) could you please send me also the board with only these 3 modules (usb,
qfn, pogo_pin)? (no net, just edge and 3 modules would be fine)
it would be easier check the probs
You'll find the design files here
https://github.com/paltatech/std-mainboard
In my computer the 3D
Thanks Cirilo,
opening the dxf generated by FreeCAD with LibreCAD and then exporting to
DXF from LibreCAD worked.
This screenshot is the result of the StepUp script:
http://www.paltatech.com/files/DXF_workaround.png
Maurice, I managed to fuse the objects using part-union. After the fusion
the
Hi Marcos and Cirilo,
1) DXF can be fully supported only if the DXF is in R12 version
With R12 version and the recent patch of Marco Hess (already committed),
it is possible to import also ellipses
As Cirilo pointed out, opening the file with LibreOffice and then saving
it (better in R12
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Marcos Chaparro nitrous...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Maurice,
1) could you please send me also the board with only these 3 modules
(usb, qfn, pogo_pin)? (no net, just edge and 3 modules would be fine)
it would be easier check the probs
You'll find the design
Yup, FreeCAD 0.16 was the problem, I got so used to kicad's bleeding edge
being so stable that I expected too much from FreeCad latest build.
Compiling and re-saving everything solved the rotation issue.
http://www.paltatech.com/files/StepUp_mint.png
Tomorrow I'll try to send more feedback
Hi Marcos,
it took me a bit but I managed to align the board.
Now the script can manage also circular board, board with arcs and pcb
rotated inside pcbnew.
I also made an update for the board position for the new IDF exporting grid.
Thanks Maurice,
the board edge is actually a footprint, and it was rotated 180° in
kicad_pcb file, I don't know if that matters.
About 2), you're right, freecad 0.14 messed up the vrml export. I tried
with 0.16 and it looks perfect. I'm on a debian box, the stable freecad
version for us is 0.14,
Hi Lorenzo, have you tried the script? Could you please send me a feed back?
Thank you
Maurice
On 13 August 2015 08:59:35 CEST, Lorenzo Marcantonio
l.marcanto...@logossrl.com wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 01:37:40 +0200,
easyw wrote:
All the models are STEP AP214 3D models fully colored and
Hi Marco ...
could you please send me a frontal image of the board ('Fit Image'), so
I could replicate a similar edge to check the routine that identify the
center of pcb?
Or better just the kicad file with only the edge? (No netlist nor
components, text etc)?
Thank you
Maurice
On
Hi Marcos,
I don't have this issue (normally I use smd, so mm are a huge gap)
1) could you please send me a sample board to check why you get an
offset? (it is enough a bare pcb plus 1 or 2 STEP model)
I would like to check if the 3D model is correctly aligned ...
Is your pcb rotated?
I
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