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FreeCAD 0.18 freezes after clicking "Export 3D Model to KiCad". #12
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@dervayja
I use FC 0.18 regularly and I have no issues... |
I'm closing it.. feel free yo reopen in case of need. |
I'm having the exact same issue. Downloaded a molex .stp positioned it, when I try to export it freecad just freezes (I left it for one hour during lunch brake). Eventually I forces closed it using task manager. Windows 7 x64 Any suggestions? Workaround? |
Hi @MathieuMH |
I have the same problem. I've used KiCAD for years. FreeCAD not so much. I opened a fresh instance of FreeCAD. I created a new document and opened the KiCAD StepUp Workbench. Not knowing how to use KiCAD StepUp, I first created a "Part". (Gosh, why else is there a "Part" toolbar button on the StepUp workbench toolbar?) Then I loaded a footprint that I generated myself, Next I loaded a .step file that I downloaded from the Phoenix Contact website. After moving the connector into position, I clicked on "Export Model to KiCad". Two hours later, I was still waiting. After restarting FreeCAD, I tried again, this time without creating any "Part". I was able to export the .step and .wrl files without any problem. Here is my info: OS: Windows 8.1 I don't know how to tell the version of KiCAD StepUp, but it wasn't working when I upgraded FreeCAD to version 18. I used the FreeCAD Addon Manager in the last couple of days to update StepUp. |
I'm back with the same problem but different circumstances. This time I created my own part (a D0-214AC package). FreeCAD was giving me grief when I attempted to create a "union" of the part, so I generated a "compound" part. When I attempted to load the part into KiCAD StepUp, it refused to take a compound part. So I opened the .step file in FreeCAD and I was able to delete the compound then create a union from that. When I load the footprint, .step file, then try to export, FreeCAD hangs again. I've attached a .zip file with the .kicad_mod, .fcstd and .step files. The FreeCAD module is a bit of a disaster... I might have mentioned that I'm a total newbie. |
have you read the cheatsheet document?
This is not clear to me? What do you mean? Have you a FC file with your model which is having this issue? Unfortunately all the reports here are incomplete because no one had attached a FC file showing the issue. Please try to follow these old videos Note that now you can start the StepUp tools If you want you can even start a thread at KiCAD forum |
@mike-ady
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@mike-ady |
I'm working on responding to your questions/requests. This will take a while. I have attached a .zip file with the proper footprint for the DO-214AC package. Sorry about that. |
@mike-ady |
I have looked over the cheat sheet several times. I apologize for saying this, but I find it incomprehensible. It doesn't seem to tell me anything that I want to know. Thanks for pointing out the help. It shows "kicad StepUp version 8.3.2.3".
I clicked on the first button on the first toolbar that appears when I open the KiCAD StepUp Workbench. Its tooltip reads "Create a new part and make it active". Now that I look at it, it seems that that toolbar appears in all workbenches. I didn't end up with a .fcstd file, because FreeCAD hung and I had to abort it. When I went back to recreate what happened, of course the hang didn't occur. I don't remember exactly what I was doing when I had the problem, but after a couple of tries I found a way to reproduce it. After reproducing the problem once, I of course had to start over after FreeCAD hung. Then I tried saving to a .fcstd file just before I clicked on "Export 3D Model to KiCad". On opening the saved file in another instance of FreeCAD, the hang didn't occur. Even the action of just saving to a .fcstd file before attempting to export the .step/.wrl files seems to resolve the problem. So I downloaded ShareX and I went through the motions of recreating the problem. I've attached a .zip file with my .step and .kicad_mod files, and the ShareX video. My sequence of actions was as follows:
I did not take the time to orient and place the connector on the footprint since that is irrelevant to the problem. Also, I don't recall selecting the "Part" object before clicking on "Export 3D Model to KiCad" when the problem first occurred, but I'm a newbie and anything is possible. Is it possible that an apparently empty part is causing the export tool to loop infinitely? Thanks for your help. |
…t to STEP avoiding a freezing when selecting a n empty Part container for export to STEP #12
Hi @mike-ady
The yellow button is not related to StepUp WB, it is an internal container used by FreeCAD to handle multi objects Anyway here some tips:
I cannot reproduce this issue in a win pc, nor on linux; acting as in your screencast, FC doesn't hang... it just create an empty model... |
@easyw
I also saw that behavior when I deviated from the procedure shown in the video. In any case, this is not really a problem since there is no need to create a part. I won't do it again. I upgraded to "kicad StepUp version 8.3.2.5". The "part" hanging behavior is still there. The other problem that I mentioned with the DO-214AC package does not appear to be resolved. FreeCAD still hangs when I attempt to use the .step file that I sent earlier. I also created a .step from the DO_214AC-fusion.FCstd file that you sent. FreeCAD hangs with that too. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong... I selected the "Fusion_copy" object in that file and exported it as a .step file. Am I supposed to do something else? |
Please enable Report View Panel (FC View Menu, Panels, Report view) to see error messages in FC and post the screnshot of those errors. |
@easyw PoM not present The text in the Report panel did not change after clicking the export button. |
@mike-ady |
@mike-ady I've workaround-ed the issue forcing the user to save a file before continuing to export the model. |
That sounds like a bug in FreeCAD. I upgraded to "kicad StepUp version 8.4.0.1". That works much better. It handles everything that I have to throw at it. |
@mike-ady |
But it works just fine in 0.17
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