Any chance YouTube video's will be made on how to use Wings3D to make components?

[GeertVc]

Hi,

I’m not a “wintered” user of Wings3D but I thought it would be a good idea to also create video’s on how to make 3D shapes of components. One component I wanted to create, is a normal, standard TO92 body for a regular transistor, like the BC546 (to name one).
There exists a TO92 body in the standard KiCAD distribution (called t092.wings/t092.wrl), but that component does not have its legs in a row, as most of these components have (at least, the BC546’s and the likes).
I already tried to create a variant of the existing TO92 body, until now without success…
Hence, my question on one or more courses about Wings3D, showing how to make such things as a modified TO92 case.

Best rgds,
–Geert

[ChrisGammell]

Can’t say I’ve ever tried it. The 3D viewer has always been a bit of an extra for me so I don’t rely on it too much. I can give it a shot at some point in the future, but probably can’t guarantee a date.

[Hoejrup]

I think this tutorial looks promising - not a video though.

There seems to be plenty of wings3d youtube videos, and with the tips from the above tutorial I think you should be good to go

[GeertVc]

Looks promising, will give it a try!

[s_light]

if you not afraid of new software and a ‘little extra learning’ check out my ‘guide’:
i use FreeCAD to basically generate my parts. with some extra work in blender and finaly wings3d to convert to the fileformat that KiCad likes…
its a longer work-flow but there for you can really accurate design your parts in FreeCAD with an parameter driven design…

My 1st 3D model for Kicad

Hi Andy, that looks cool do you entirely designed it in wings3d? i think you could have done this in KiCad itself - just rebuild the PCB and export the 3D-Data - i have never get the motivation to learn wings3d… i use blender and FreeCad to design my models… and for the process to convert so that kicad finally can read it i use wings3d example of the HopeRF RFM69 modul (as THT variant): Blender Render: [Blender Render - HopeRF RFM69] KiCad 3D Display: [image] sometimes…

have fun

[cbernardo]

If you can write Python scripts then I recommend not using Wings3D. It was easier for me to write specialized tools for creating 3D models than to use Wings3D:

kicad3dmodels.sourceforge.net

In fact the QFN/DFN/SOIC/TQFP 3D models by Michal Stec were recently rebuilt using these tools and the former workflow of OpenSCAD -> STL -> Wings3D -> VRML was thrown away.

You can model a TO-92 package with the leads in any shape you want using these tools.