Close through-hole holes in step files

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Hi,
I have a board that has a through hole component and some mounting holes.
I want to 3d print this, but the holes for the parts mess up the 3d print of the component that goes through the hole, because they’re not actually touching.

I can’t fill all holes, because that would get rid of the mounting holes, which I want to keep, but I would like to fill in the holes for the THT components so the components are really nailed to the print.

Here’s a pic to show the difference/issue:

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I’m using FreeCAD to post-process the step file output of the board from KiCad…Does anyone have a workflow for dealing with something like this?

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Very Easy to do… and can add features in addition to closing holes…

Demo shows only closing Hole’s

NOTE:
Doesn’t matter how you get the STEP file, I show loading PCB with StepUp Workbench then, Exporting the STEP but, I could have exported the STEP from Kicad and used it… (or could grab a STEP from anywhere…)

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Awesome, this works, thanks!