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 Version ['0', '15', 'Unknown', 'Unknown', 'Unknown']FC Version 015 /home/marcos/life/Downloads/FreeCAD-releases-FreeCAD-0-15/Mod/CadQuery exists CadQuery 0.1.8 CadQuery is a parametric scripting language for creating and traversing CAD models Author: David Cowden License: LGPL Website: https://github.com/dcowden/cadquery Opened /home/marcos/life/Downloads/FreeCAD-releases-FreeCAD-0-15/Mod/CadQuery/Examples/Ex000_Introduction.py Executed /home/marcos/life/Downloads/FreeCAD-releases-FreeCAD-0-15/Mod/CadQuery/Examples/Ex000_Introduction.py Ex000 Closed Dock adjusted Exception while processing file: make_gw_export_fc.py [__new__() takes exactly 25 arguments (24 given)] File format not supported: SOIC_8 It was called from the command line with FreeCAD make_gw_export_fc.py SOIC_8 Marcos On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 4:09 PM, easyw <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 in the demo project; > the file name is kicad_StepUp_vrml_export.FCMacro > and there is also a bash file > launch-kicad_StepUp-step-to-vrml-example.sh > > The script has to be cleaned up a bit... > anyway it works... NB after exporting the VRML file, do not save the FC > STEP file or you'll get it scaled too :) > > 3) I'm going to complete a new macro named 'move_rotate_scale' (which is > not included at the moment), so it would be easier to manage manufacturer > models to align and generate vrml scaled models. > When it si ready I will let you know > > 4) Please also have a look at: > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator > there are script to generate parametric STEP and scaled VRML for SOIC, > DIP, QFP, Resistor chips and Capacitor chips > there are some configuration files in which you only need to add > dimensions as in the datasheet, then the model 3D will be generated. > There a re also some already generated examples at: > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_cap > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_gw > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_dip > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_res > > and a mini starter guide > > https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/raw/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/FC-script-generator-starter-Guide.pdf > I've added a colored pinmark and some more models. > > Could you please give me a feedback also on those scripts/models. > Maurice > > > > On 23/08/2015 17.14, Marcos Chaparro wrote: > >> 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 and maintaing the color correctly was >> to make the top level fused part 100% transparent It seems that when I >> export the fused part freecad exports all the parts inside the fusion too, >> and the object surfaces have all 2 faces, one from the fused and one from >> the original, and the colors get messed up. Forcing the fused part >> transparent it still exports duplicated faces but since one is transparent >> it doesn't bother me. Maybe it a dependency issue when compiling FC15 and >> this doesn't happen in a stable FC installation. >> >> BTW, now it is *much* easier to import 3D parts from the manufacturers 3D >> models >> http://www.paltatech.com/files/STEP_import.png >> >> I'll share the footprints when I get some free time, have to organize them >> and make a repo for it. Oh and I have to learn to scale the parts by >> 1/2.54. How do you scale them? it seems MCAD don't like to just shrink a >> part. >> There is an Draft.scale() function call in your script, does it work with >> raw STEP files? >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Marcos >> >> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 5:26 PM, easyw <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >
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