Footprinter.xyz - Quick footprints from component datasheets

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@paulvdh

Do you have some experience with FreeCAD?
I really like the way in FreeCAD, and how parametric drawing works.

Parametric drawing means you first just draw something that vaguely resembles what you want to draw, and then later you add refinements. and these refinements can also be adjusted later individually.

In FreeCAD when you’ve drawn an object and then added a length measurement, you can simply click on the mesurement, and type a new number for the size of that object (or use the scrollwheel to adjust in 1mm steps).
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In FreeCAD there is already a way to import a picture, and scale the picture for reverse engineering purposes. I experimented once with it and it worked pretty good to determine the size of some gears I made a photograph from.

@paulvdh you probably missed that in FreeCAD there is already a tool to create a footprint and export it to KiCAD directly…

KiCad StepUp: The Sketcher for Footprint generation

Hi, following some internal needs I have developed the generation of footprints from FreeCAD Sketcher to KiCad PCB Footprint Editor. [image] Latest Enhancements: Footprint Generator SMD, TH, NPTH, Drills allowed FSilks, FFab, FCrtYd technical Layers Edge.Cuts for footprint allowed Round Rectangles pads Poly-Lines (and DXF) for filled pads @Shack @Rene_Poschl may find this useful for their Librarian work. @davidsrsb @hermit @leoheck and others from their topics also… StepUp Cheat Sheet w…