@xzf16
it seems you have enabled the “Start Turntable after loading” option…
this option has a small bug (since long time)… it seems it is very rarely used
I’m going to fix it asap
If you uncheck this option, your board will be loaded just fine
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Yes, after I disable the ‘Start Turntable’ option, it works fine.
Thank you.
And I have another question, after I loaded the PCB file into freecad, if I do some modification in the KiCAD for the PCB file, how can I update the the change to the FreeCAD? I haven’t seen any update/refresh/synchronization button in the KiCADStepUp WB.
Hi Maui,
Maybe you misunderstood what I mean.
I mean, if I do a modification for the PCB file in the KiCAD, for example, I move a component from one place to another place, and then want to check whether the movement has a conflict to the housing or not in the FreeCAD, what shoud I do next? Press the ‘Load KiCAD board file’ button and choose the PCB board to load it again? But if I want to check the conflict after each movment, maybe these steps will cost much time. It’s great if we can have a re-load button or refresh button or update button, when I have a movement, I just need to press this button once and the loaded PCB in the FreeCAD will be updated automaticly.
And I think KiCAD also need this button to update the PCB file from FreeCAD simply instead of close the file and reopen it.
This is only a small suggention.
from the kicadStepUp-cheat-sheet
and ECAD-MCAD-collaboration
you can push & pull footprint placement from 3D model position
https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-stepup-a-seamless-ecad-mcad
All the pdf docs are available at the FC StepUp WB Menu
Oh, I haven’t see this video before, it’s so cool.
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