Kicad StepUp: a Seamless ECAD/MCAD PCB Data Integration

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@aaron

Many times the MD is already way ahead of the ED. I was looking for a way to do step 3 in reverse. Map the MD’s already mocked up parts to KC footprints.

you can do it…
you have three choices:

1. just ask MD to send you details of 3D connectors and place those inside KC pcb at any place, and when MD will send you the new STEP model, pull the board from your un-aligned KC pcb file, and align the placement of the KC models to the MD 3D models (there is a button in kSU to copy placement from a part to an other in the same document); after that push those models placement to KC and check if everything is fine.
   
   or
2. kSU is assigning KC time stamp to 3D FC models… add the new connectors to KC at any position inside pcb, pull the KC board inside FC and copy the correspondent 3D label (which include the TimeStamp) to the 3D models to push back to KC, and push those to KC board.
   or
3. add the new connectors to KC at any position inside pcb, use the synchronization button in FC to assign the Time Stamp related to the Reference in KC to the FC 3D model selected, and then push the 3D model position back to KC.
   

I know I have to improve kSU documentation