Trouble importing full 3D PCB into SolidWorks

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@jwr

Thank

@jwr
if you need to export board an parts to SolidWorks you can use kicad StepUp exporter tool set.
Have a look here (it is a quite verbose post )

KiCad StepUp New exporter for 3D MCAD (feedbacks are welcome)

Hi, I’ve done a script to easily export pcb board and modules to MCAD STEP format with colors using kicad StepUp the easiest way is done with minimal effort from user: just add STEP models to your standard 3D packages path and run the script (detailed instructions in README.txt) kicad StepUp is a new approach to export kicad board and modules in STEP AP214 (with colors) and create the wrl library. requirements: latest kicad FreeCAD 0.15 Please consider that the project is at beta state…

and here for the new 3d aligner tool

How to interactive align 3d model to pcbnew footprint: new tool for kicad in 'Altium' style

Hi, I’ve made a tool to align the 3d model directly moving it over the pcbnew footprint. here there is a small video tutorial: [kicad StepUp tool: 3D Step and VRML File Alignment to footprint] With ‘kicad-StepUp-tools’ it is possible to load the kicad footprint in FreeCAD and align the 3D part with a visual real time feedback of the 3d model and footprint reciprocal position. Once the 3D part is aligned to the footprint pads and silk, the model can be exported in STEP format and …

and also here, for a nice review

Hackaday

Kicad StepUp review
https://kicad-info.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/optimized/1X/d8905139abd19e6d3cd3de78cf943cbfca9037e1_1_690x388.png
Feel free to ask or give feedbacks
Maurice