Many vendors of enclosure publish STEP files and often they include the PCB (max recomended size) as a part. I have tried to import them into FreeCAD and convert to SVG (KiCAD imports SVG) but with no luck. Does anyone have an idea how to go about this? // GH

STEP file to SVG

paulvdh September 4, 2023, 8:01pm 3

PCB shape from enclosure STEP file 3D Models

Hi, new to KiCad, trying to create a PCB edge to match an enclosure. I found this post talking about FreeCad and StepUp, but the details are lacking, or I’m to daft to get it. The post shows a STEP file with multiple parts, my STEP file when opened in FreeCAD shows only a single object in the tree: Is there are current or more complete youtube or tutorial that shows how to extract a PCB edge from a STEP/STL, and I mean really end to end, install extension, activate extension, open STEP…

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