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Looking for IDF or library file. #27

Open adamrumjahn opened 10 years ago

adamrumjahn commented 10 years ago

Hi, I'm building my 3D printer and I've been trying to find a nice way of housing the RAMBo. I found a neat way of importing the .brd file into Circuitworks but it's missing the library file. I believe an alternate way of doing this is importing an IDF file. If there is any way you could provide me with these files you would be helping me and the whole rep rap community a whole lot. Thanks.

elijahauger commented 10 years ago

Adamarumjahn,

I was interested in this a bit a while back as well, and for the time being, have abandoned it, although I do have the intention to come back to it if I find some time! The source data for the electronics design of the RAMBo board was done with Eagle from CADsoft (you can download everything fom this GitHub repository). This software package doesn't have native support for IDF formats.

There are some options: There is an add-on for Eagle called EagleUp which allows you to create a Sketchup file. If you've used sketchup at all, you've probably come to the same conclusion as me; it's useless.

There's another add-on called generate_3d_data.ulp, which exports emn/emp files. At least theoretically, that's what it does. I wasn't able to get a functioning set of files, but at least part of that may be user error.

Bear in mind, that if you do get this working, the actual 3D geometry of the components that you bring in will likely be represented by rectangular keep out zones. Unless the parts are already in your personal ECAD library, you're only gonna get a rough idea of the geometry.

I'd love to know if you get further than I did with this. Please keep me updated.

adamrumjahn commented 10 years ago

Hey Elija,

The emn/emp files may be the best way to do it. I will try generating the emn/emp files myself, however, you may be able to get it done much faster than I can as I am not familiar with the software. I have imported emn/emp filesbefore when I was using Pro/E, however, you are correct in that they will all appear as solid blocks with keep out zones. At the very least, there should be a height associated to each block which can also be useful information.

If you can get me working emn/emp files, I can try to model the rest of the components and generate a library file for the pcb components however, I will need a bill of materials and/or a list showing all of the components and a respective drawing of each part (or failing that a link where I can get a datasheet with dimensions). Can you help me with this?

Thanks,

Adam

Adam Rumjahn adamarumjahn@gmail.com (514) 583-7505

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:18 AM, elijahauger notifications@github.comwrote:

Adamarumjahn,

I was interested in this a bit a while back as well, and for the time being, have abandoned it, although I do have the intention to come back to it if I find some time! The source data for the electronics design of the RAMBo board was done with Eagle from CADsoft (you can download everything fom this GitHub repository). This software package doesn't have native support for IDF formats.

There are some options: There is an add-on for Eagle called EagleUp which allows you to create a Sketchup file. If you've used sketchup at all, you've probably come to the same conclusion as me; it's useless.

There's another add-on called generate_3d_data.ulp, which exports emn/emp files. At least theoretically, that's what it does. I wasn't able to get a functioning set of files, but at least part of that may be user error.

Bear in mind, that if you do get this working, the actual 3D geometry of the components that you bring in will likely be represented by rectangular keep out zones. Unless the parts are already in your personal ECAD library, you're only gonna get a rough idea of the geometry.

I'd love to know if you get further than I did with this. Please keep me updated.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ultimachine/RAMBo/issues/27#issuecomment-42300455 .

elijahauger commented 10 years ago

I just found this over at thingiverse. It's an STL file, and it may not be perfect, but it could be a good start

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:97522/#files