KiCad-StepUp Export to STEP Changes FreeCAD Project

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@Michael_Mulligan

But if it’s not expected, could the union (and subsequent delete) be done in the Export?

In some case the union may fails, so it is useful to make the operation before the exporting action…

@Michael_Mulligan

Either way is fine, I just observe I was surprised and didn’t figure out the technique you suggested.

I made some video tutorials for that (now a bit ‘old’), linked in the cheatsheet…
full demo howto
align 3d model to footprint
a User’s video tutorial

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