Which drafting CAD tools do you use in conjunction with KiCAD?

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@thestumbler

OpenSCAD for 3D (for somewhat pretty 3D views of my board, depending on the fidelity of the part models, the results can be simply an illustration or a precise likeness - each has its uses)

Hi @thestumbler for 3D
please have a look @ FreeCAD and kicad StepUp for 3D modeling and exporting your board to STEP

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 there are also some related 3D mechanical libraries

3D new library for Mechanical CAD exporting and enclosure design

Hi, after having completed kicad StepUp, the new 3D exporter for MCAD, I’m going to create a 3D mechanical lib to be used both for kicad internal 3d-viewer and for 3D mechanical interchange / collaboration and enclosure design. I’m organizing the library to be usable as easier as possible, just copying the DIRECTORIES and configuring the environment VARIABLE for kicad. I have just completed the DIR structure. The 3D models will be: parametric models coming from technical datasheet FreeCA…