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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Les look for input from other users, most of them will use precompiled
binaries.

I compiled freecad using 2 commands

$ cmake -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
$ make

Its probably a dependency issue on my side, and i don't have the time to
dig too deep into this.

Thanks!
On Aug 24, 2015 10:05 AM, "easyw" <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Marcos,
>
> I think is related to the problems you have in fusion objects with colors
> ...
>
> it could be a setting in FreeCAD but I have to investigate better...
>
> I attached the parameter-generated QFP100 3D STEP/VRML model placed on a
> parameter-generated footprint (from qfp_wizard.py)
> As you can see there are all colors ...
>
> Here there are the models files that should be showed with colors
>
> https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/blob/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_gw/soic/soic_8_39x49_p127.FCStd
>
> https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/blob/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_gw/soic/soic_8_39x49_p127.step
>
> https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/blob/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator/generated_gw/soic/soic_8_39x49_p127.wrl
>
> Could you please post me the way in which you have built FC from source?
> (like the command line history)
>
> thanks
> Maurice
>
>
> On 24/08/2015 14.21, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
>
>> 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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