I’ve added 3d models to parts in my PCB. I can see the 3d models when I view the board, but when I go to file->export->step, none of these files show up in the exported step file, and I get a bunch of messages like this:
Could not add 3D model to P3.
File not found: ${KIPRJMOD}/packages3d/B2B-XH-A.step
I’ve verified that kicad thinks KIPRJMOD is pointing at the correct directory, and file permissions look good. I’ve tried several checkboxes on export, including “Substitute similarly named models”. I’m wondering if this is some kind of CLI export bug? and KIPRJMOD is not properly being passed to what’s being run? or maybe it’s not properly expanding KIPRJMOD?
I would appreciate any help with this, it makes collaboration difficult.
the header of B2B-XH-A.step is
ISO-10303-21;
HEADER;
FILE_DESCRIPTION (( ‘STEP AP214’ ),
‘1’ );
FILE_NAME (‘B2B-XH-A.STEP’,
‘2023-11-14T13:41:34’,
( ‘’ ),
( ‘’ ),
‘SwSTEP 2.0’,
‘SolidWorks 2021’,
‘’ );
FILE_SCHEMA (( ‘AUTOMOTIVE_DESIGN’ ));
ENDSEC;
KICAD version
Application: KiCad PCB Editor x86_64 on x86_64
Version: 8.0.1-8.0.1-1~ubuntu22.04.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.1
FreeType 2.11.1
HarfBuzz 2.7.4
FontConfig 2.13.1
libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.17
Platform: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, KDE, x11
Build Info:
Date: Mar 14 2024 17:17:31
wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.74.0
OCC: 7.6.3
Curl: 7.81.0
ngspice: 42
Compiler: GCC 11.4.0 with C++ ABI 1016
Build settings:
