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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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> Marcos
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> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> > >
> >
> > 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