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[Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas-

Thanks for testing!  Couple questions:
- Which version of OCCT are you testing?
- Are you able to correctly export the board when using OCE?
- Do you not see the missing model messages when using OCE?

-Seth

2018-01-31 19:04 GMT-08:00 Thomas Figueroa <tom_figueroa@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hello Seth,
>
>
>
> I’ve had the opportunity to test this on Windows (MSVC, but I’ve had the
> same issue with MSYS2).
>
> STEP models work great in the 3D viewer, and in the footprint module
> editor, just as in OCE.
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot get the STEP export to work. I’ve had a run at
> using OpenCascade before
>
> and encountered this exact same issue. As an example, I’ve attached an
> outputted file.
>
> The following output is from the command line kicad2step:
>
>
>
> 20:31:07: C:\dev\kicad-personal\utils\kicad2step\pcb\oce_utils.cpp:
> fileType: 163
>
>   * no such file: ''
>
>
>
> 20:31:07: C:\dev\kicad-personal\utils\kicad2step\pcb\oce_utils.cpp:
> PCBMODEL::AddComponent: 574
>
>   * no model for filename for ‘’
>
>
>
> This repeats for every model. If you have any ideas, I’d be very willing
> to try them out.
>
>
>
> - Thomas
>
>
>
> *From:* Kicad-developers <kicad-developers-bounces+tom_figueroa=
> hotmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Seth Hillbrand
> *Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2018 12:55 PM
> *To:* KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject:* [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Allow OpenCASCADE standard edition
>
>
>
> ​Hi All-
>
>
>
> Currently, the build requires the opencascade community edition.  For
> various reasons, I need to have the current non-community edition of
> OpenCASCADE installed on my work machine.
>
>
>
> The attached patch allows compiling KiCad with either the OpenCASCADE
> community edition or standard edition.
>
>
>
> I've tested on a homebrew-based Mac install as well as Linux but haven't
> verified MSW, if someone would be willing to test it there, that would be
> great!  The basic search routines are lightly modified from FreeCAD's logic
> and keep their LGPL copyright on the CMake file.
>
>
>
> -Seth​
>
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>