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kicadStepUp: ECAD to MCAD FreeCAD WorkBench
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"Pull sketch from PCB" does not import layers from footprints #205

Open transistorgrab opened 8 months ago

transistorgrab commented 8 months ago

When I imported a PCB into FreeCAD it only pulled in lines from "User.3" that are directly drawn in the PCB. Shapes that are in that layer and come from footprints are not imported. See attached screenshot.

Are there plans to support this? For me I use this to define breakouts or holes for mechanical parts like buttons or screws.

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easyw commented 8 months ago

@transistorgrab ATM the layers are only loaded from the board and not from the footprints. For your workflow, a possible solution is to plot the layer as dxf and then import it in FC. If you plot with i.e. aux origin, it should be aligned to the kSU loaded pcb layers.