Where to find electrolytic capacitor 3D model FreeCAD source

[paulvdh]

A simple search:

FreeCAD capacitor 3D drawing at DuckDuckGo

brought me back to this forum. A long post from 2015 about 3D models for KiCad made in FreeCAD:

Device library proposal

You are right. But you could handle these generic parts the same way it is done today: You may still be able to define some parameters such as ‘value’ for the part. You would simply have to make one generic device for R, C, L, … And if you need some more specific part such as a high precision resistor from a specific manufacturer, you might add a second device file to your library containing for these parts with some additional information (such as package 3D-Models, simulation model) from a s…

That thread links to the “github / easyw” also already posted by Rene.

Joan Sparky posted in that tread:

@Joan_Sparky

PS: if anyone sees some 3d model he likes in the pic, just contact me, I’m happy to share.

right under a picture of a PCB with (among others) a nice looking capacitor. She also states she made all her 3D models herself.

Device library proposal

The problem you have “need to make symbols/footprints myself, even if publicly available” won’t be solved by “lumping symbols/footprints/3d models together in one big database”… So far I did make all the symbols and footprints I use myself… and 3d models I only reused the resistors. I don’t trust the stuff that’s available. And the only thing that would make my life a bit easier would be a better footprint editor and some more consistency in workflow for eeschama/symbol editor and pcbnew/foo…