Hi there, I have just made a 3d model of a VU meter we are using, in freecad. In the 3d model I have included a PNG for the background of the meter itself (with the scale). This I can export to WRL, and reload into freecad fine.
And the 3d model shows up in kicad, but not when I include the PNG. Then, nothing shows up at all. Is this supposed to be supported?
Unfortunately KiCad’s 3D Viewer does not support textures
There is something you can try for fun:
Some time ago I added a 3D text as a IC package information.
The process I did to get 3D text (if I remember correctly) was:
Get a good resolution clear image
Using Inkscape convert the image to a vector and clean it. ( I dont remember if I did other process conversion)
Export it with a format that FreeCAD can understand.
Import it with FreeCAD (I dont remember the details). You may want to extrude it if you want.
I would love to see that detailed VU meter and that you could share for community!