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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Maurice,
it works now.

Should the models have the correct colors?

See attached what I see:


Marcos

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:41 AM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Marcos,
>
> I had a prob in syncing github files...
> now they should be synchronized.
> https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/archive/master.zip
>
> You need also to download the latest version of CadQuery Module
> https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/archive/v0.2.0.zip
>
> Just delete the old CadQuery Mod in FreeCAD and use the new one.
> (CadQuery 0.1.8 has been recently updated to fully support these new
> features)
>
> I just tried and it seems fine now.
>
> thank you again for your feedback.
>
> Maurice
>
>
> On 24/08/2015 01.26, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
>
>> 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 <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> 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 <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>         <mailto:easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>

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