Hi Mark
It is not a kicad feature, in fact it doesn't
even run inside kicad. It's better off on the FreeCAD's website as a
feature than KiCad because its entirely a freecad plugin.
at the moment the script cannot be easily invoked from inside pcbnew
because of some missing python API interface...
I'm hoping that something similar to the following request could become
a reality :)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1526064
"Ability to assign shortcuts to run a specific script or adding toolbar
buttons would be great!"
Anyway I'm trying to let kicad users knowing about the exporter in kicad
website, because kicad users are the people who will use the exporter to
get a mechanical model of their board and parts...
FreeCAD is used as a 3D MCAD converter, nothing is required by the user
apart launching the script
I think that many kicad users would be aware of using a different MCAD
sw they are used to, so forcing them to learn howto use FreeCAD to
convert their artwork is not my preferred way ...
With kicad StepUp script very little knowledge of FreeCAD is necessary,
and for the conversion, it is just possible only to install FreeCAD and
run the script, without doing anything in FreeCAD...
I could also configure the exporter to run the conversion hidden, so the
FreeCAD process could be not even displayed, but I prefer to see the
script in action :)
I know it is mine, so it natural that I like it a lot ;)
but have a look at the crazyflie exporter conversion:
https://youtu.be/XmNGdqkKbpM
I was going to create a more fancy external tools section akin to the
made with kicad pages.
please let me know in which way you would like the format to add some
description to the new section, asap it will be ready, and I'll be happy
to pull the request
@Wayne
This is what I was thinking.
thank you for your mail and of course for your great work with kicad!
Maurice
On 14/12/2015 17.11, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
On 12/14/2015 10:04 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
The problem was he was trying to push it into the features section of
the website previously. It is not a kicad feature, in fact it doesn't
even run inside kicad. It's better off on the FreeCAD's website as a
feature than KiCad because its entirely a freecad plugin.
Agreed. StepUp is not a KiCad feature. It is an external tool albeit a
very useful one.
I was going to create a more fancy external tools section akin to the
made with kicad pages.
This is what I was thinking.
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