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Now onto selecting the component – On your Diptrace design, select the part which you wish to update the 3D component for (right mouse click), and select 3D Model:įind the imported component by clicking the “All Models” box, search down the list for the named component. Tools > 3D Preview > Patterns and Models Searchĭialog box will open – All you need to do is click “OK” that is it! – the new component/components will be imported Now in Diptrace you need to Import (refresh) the 3D folder so that Diptrace finds the new component/components. The folder that you will need to put the 3D pattern in will be under the installed Diptrace folder usually: Once you have the downloaded 3D pattern, unzip it and put the file into Diptrace, I would probably rename the file to something like Pin_Header_8pin (depending on you’re pattern) but leave the file extension, this will help you find the part in Diptrace later. The image below shows the steps required for download. Use the search box to search for your required part/component, Once you have found the part/component that you require: For an example Pin header you will need to select the number of contacts (pins) you require etc and then click the “Validate” box to update the component for download, then select the file type from the drop down box under “Free CAD download” this is IMPORTANT you must make sure that the correct file type is selected, you want to select the “VRML” file type, then click download.
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But you will have to register to the website to download the files.
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I have found a website it is a website which as Free 2D and 3D CAD Models of User-Contributed and Supplier-Certified Parts. A WRL file inludes data specifying 3-D details such as vertices, edges for a 3-D polygon, surface color, image-mapped textures, light and reflection mapping, and transparency. WRL (Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)) file extensions for it’s 3D patterns:

So if you’re like me and are fed up of the lack of available 3D patterns in Diptrace then this is a way I have found to import your own or already made 3D patterns.ĭiptrace uses.
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There is a free not for profit version available which has all the features as the full priced version however you are limited to a double sided board with up to 300 pins. If you have never used Diptrace before, I highly recommend that you check it out here:
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Bitfogav took the time to do an excellent write up on how to add new 3D patterns into the Diptrace 3D model library.

This is a similar board, only from Diptrace:Īnd finally, the same board from Diptrace, but this time using gerber-viewer.The great info on this page comes all thanks to bitfogav from the forum. Some pics: This is a gerber from Eagle, on seeedstudio's gerber viewer The parts in question did come from an Eagle library, but replacing one of the caps with one from Diptrace didn't seem to solve the problem.

Viewing much of the same board, done in Eagle, appears fine.Īny thoughts? I imported the schematic and parts libraries from Eagle, but did the layout in DIptrace. If I view the gerber file in some other gerber viewers ( or CircuitPeople's) they appear OK. Specifically, electrolytic cap outlines aren't shown.

However, when generating Gerbers, some of the top silk is not appearing when using gerber viewers such as the one on SeeedStudio's site (or gerber-viewer.easyeda, which appears to be the same engine). I have started using DIptrace again (3.2.0.1), and am getting along with it (more or less).
