Great work Thomas! I have reached out to JST (a few months ago now) but have received no response as yet. I think we should definitely try to chase them up again, though.
There has also been some effort made towards generating various connector models via parametric scripts (see https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator ) However being able to download and distribute official models will save a LOT of time and effort. Cheers, Oliver On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:02 AM, cedric.dew...@telfort.nl < cedric.dew...@telfort.nl> wrote: > > >----Origineel Bericht---- > >Van : thomas.pointhu...@gmx.at > >Datum : 02/08/2016 20:40 > >Aan : kicad-lib-committers@lists.launchpad.net > >Onderwerp : [Kicad-lib-committers] Company approved usage of their 3d > models inside KiCad > > > >I contacted the company Würth Electronics (http://www.we-online.de) some > time ago about using their > >3D-Models inside KiCad. They answered recently and after a little bit of > clarification I'm now > >announcing their positive reply: > > > >* They allowed to use their 3D-Models inside KiCad as long as they are > used for components from > >Würth Electronic. That means we are not allowed for example to use their > Models for an SO-8 chip > >which would be a generic footprint/model. Parts like the Shielding > Cabinets which I made some time > >ago are no problem because they are clearly Würth Electronic Components. > > > > > >The original important line of the reply (in German): > > > >> So lange unsere STP-Dateien ausschließlich in unseren Libraries > verwendet werden, haben wir > >> prinzipiell nichts dagegen einzuwenden, wenn Kunden unsere Bauteile in > Libraries pflegen. > > > > > >Now we should check how to include external sources without re licencing > them by mistake under the > >GPL. Then we could start to use their 3D-Models inside KiCad. I think > this are great news, and > >we could also write letters to other companies about using their > 3D-Models inside KiCad. (Especially > >JST because there are already 3D-Models from them merged inside KiCad) > > > >We should also add a wiki page to document which companies agreed with > usage of their Models inside > >KiCad under which conditions. > > > >Regards, > >Thomas > > > Hi Thomas, > Thank you for taking the time to actually contacting Würth. I didn't come > past the I-should-do-that stage :-) > Regards, > Cedric > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > Post to : kicad-lib-committers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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