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[Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas-

I will add this library to the include.  Odd that it wasn't required on
Linux.  Can you send me your CMakeOutput.log?  The version checking is
pretty important and those files don't change, so I'd like to track down
why it would work for 7.1 but not for 7.2.

-S

2018-02-08 7:29 GMT-08:00 Thomas Figueroa <tom_figueroa@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hey Seth,
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> Working great with OpenCascade 7.2! I had to modify the Cmake file, though,
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> to include TKV3d in the library list. I get unresolved external link
> errors when compiling
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> s3d_plugin_oce otherwise (unresolved symbols SelectMgr_Selection,
> PrsMgr_PresentableObject, and AIS_InteractiveObject respectively).
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> I also had to remove the version checking, as it was unable to get the
> version via regex matching for some reason.
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> -Thomas
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> *From: *Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, February 6, 2018 2:34 PM
> *To: *kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *Subject: *Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Allow OpenCASCADE standard
> edition
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> I've updated this to allow use of OpenCascade 7.2 as well.
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> Nick, I added a few more helpful error messages to CMake file.  Let me
> know if you are still seeing the configure error with a clean cmake.
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> -Seth
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> 2018-02-02 12:47 GMT-08:00 Thomas Figueroa <tom_figueroa@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> Hey Seth,
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> I was able to successfully use OpenCascade 7.1 and export using kicad2step!
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> Now to find out why…
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> -Thomas
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> *From: *Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Friday, February 2, 2018 11:10 AM
> *To: *Thomas Figueroa <tom_figueroa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc: *kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject: *Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Allow OpenCASCADE standard
> edition
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> Hi Thomas-
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> I located a windows machine to try this.  I suspect that this is an
> artifact of OpenCascade 7.2.  Can you test with OpenCascade 7.1?  I haven't
> tracked down exactly what changed in 7.2 but it appears that 7.0 and 7.1
> work but 7.2 will require additional work in kicad2step.
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> Of note, OCCT 6.8 also works but 6.9 (and OCE 0.18, which is based on 6.9)
> do not work either.  This is due to a compiler optimization but appears to
> be a different issue than the 7.2 one.
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> -Seth
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> 2018-01-31 19:04 GMT-08:00 Thomas Figueroa <tom_figueroa@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> Hello Seth,
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> I’ve had the opportunity to test this on Windows (MSVC, but I’ve had the
> same issue with MSYS2).
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> 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.
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> The following output is from the command line kicad2step:
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> 20:31:07: C:\dev\kicad-personal\utils\kicad2step\pcb\oce_utils.cpp:
> fileType: 163
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>   * no such file: ''
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> 20:31:07: C:\dev\kicad-personal\utils\kicad2step\pcb\oce_utils.cpp:
> PCBMODEL::AddComponent: 574
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>   * no model for filename for ‘’
>
>
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> This repeats for every model. If you have any ideas, I’d be very willing
> to try them out.
>
>
>
> - Thomas
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> *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
>
>
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> ​Hi All-
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> 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.
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> The attached patch allows compiling KiCad with either the OpenCASCADE
> community edition or standard edition.
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> 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.
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> -Seth​
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