Can I export to 3D model with colored texture shown on PCB?

[aaron]

You should check out @maui’s Kicad StepUp Workbench for Freecad if you haven’t already. Generally, the copper, silkscreen, etc. are not exported to the STEP because the PCB assembly will end up having more detail than the whole rest of a subsequent mechanical assembly and really slow down the MCAD tool. However, there is an old thread on importing the full PCB into Freecad:

Exporting pcb tracks to mechanical cad for FEM

StepUp doesn’t export tracks (copper layers) into FreeCAD… StepUp is aimed to mechanical integration, so tracks are just dropped for better performance. The file size and loading time of the board would increase a lot adding those items, that are not useful for mechanical designing… But there is a way to import tracks as solid in FreeCAD The linked tool was developed for PCB CAD/CAM but can be used for FEM, thermal analysis and Meshing tracks https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t…