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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

Thanks Maurice



Marcos

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:33 PM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 help in orienting modules
>     USB-C-with-reference-block.fcstd
>     (just import the block in the file you are working with and you will
>      have the right point to align the model)
> 5) some bash files to:
>     - launch-kicad_StepUp-dxf-marco.sh
>     - launch-kicad_StepUp-dxf-marco-config.sh
>       this file uses the ksu-config file to get all the settings
>     - launch-kicad_StepUp-dxf-marco-config-fusing.sh
>       this file will lauch kicad_StepUp script with a config that will
>       generate a fused with colors board+models
>     - launch-kicad-edge-dxf-marco-project.sh
>       this file will launch the kicad pro file to enables path to
>       correctly display vrml models
>       (I changed path to './shapes' for the edge-dxf-marco board)
> 6) I see you have changed the module prefix inside kicad_StepUp file...
>     the right place is the ksu-config.cfg file
>     (it let you set more features)
>
> to solve orientation prob I just reopened the STEP models you send me in
> FC015 and saved them... orientation became fine... there should be
> something wrong in FC016
>
> Please let me know if you get the file and if everything now is fine.
>
> Thank you
> Maurice
>
> On 19/08/2015 23.37, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
>
>> 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 colors get messed up, but I discovered that you can edit each face
>> color to fix them with right click->set colors, so I'm doing it that way
>> for now.
>>
>> Now I only have to discover why the connector and pins are rotated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Marcos
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Cirilo Bernardo <
>> cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Marcos,
>>>
>>>   If there is a problem with the DXF import which leaves an
>>> unconnected segment then the IDF exporter will not be
>>> able to create a board since it will not know how to repair
>>> the bad outline.  If you can use LibreCAD to create the
>>> outline and use only circular arcs and line segments the
>>> results may be better. There have been a few discussions
>>> recently about FreeCAD producing DXF files which do not
>>> import well in KiCad.
>>>
>>> - Cirilo
>>>
>>>
>>
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