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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/kicad_StepUp_v0.519.zip/download
NB this version will put the board at the right position only if IDF is 
exported to Xref=0;Yref=0 (pcbnew version > 6091)

I added a starter guide (adoc and pdf) both for kicad StepUp
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/kicadStepUp-starter-Guide.pdf/download
and for FreeCAD script generator.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/FC-script-generator-starter-Guide.pdf/download

I patched also the scripting to generate 3D models in STEP, to be 
execute correctly also in linux (cadquery freecad module has been 
updated too).
(I tested the scripts in ubuntu but it should work also in debian)

Please have a look :)

Maurice


On 14/08/2015 16.02, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
> 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, in order to get 0.15 I had to compile it, and since
> it was the same effort as getting the bleeding edge I compiled 0.16.
>
> I keep forgetting that gmail's inline images are not shown here, the
> screenshot in my last mail was this one (thanks Mario)
> www.paltatech.com/files/offset.png
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Marcos
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:46 AM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Marcos, thank you for the board...
> >
> > 1. I had a quick look and I see the position prob...
> > IDF import in FreeCAD, with this complex edge board, adds a rotation and
> > probably the center of rotation is not fine ... I' m going to investigate a
> > bit more if this depend on import or export or on my calculations...
> >
> > 2. about the rendering of wrl model SIL7, which version of FC did you use
> > to export it?
> > I tried your wrl in kicad and is not well displayed, then I exported the
> > STEP model to wrl in FC 0.15 and the rendering is fine...
> > I will post the wrl model when I'll be back home.
> >
> > Thank you again for your feedback
> >
> > Maurice
> >
> > On 14 August 2015 01:59:39 CEST, Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > This should work, see attached a test board
> > >
> > > [image: Inline image 1]
> > >
> > > The SIL7 model is awful, somehow it looks ok in freecad and really bad
> > > in
> > > kicad.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marcos
> >
> > --
> > Sent from Mobile