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    Posted: 07 Sep 2018 at 2:09pm
There seems to be no ability to generate 3d models for Kicad. I'm used to using this excellent software for Altium, to generate high quality library components with associated 3d models. I thought generating for Kicad would be the same, but it only generates the footprint, no 3d model.

Is there any plans to introduce 3d output for Kicad?
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The Library Expert outputs to 3D STEP, if a CAD tool cannot import 3D STEP files, it’s beyond our control.
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I must be missing something then, no step file is generated for me when I select kicad as output.
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If you select any CAD tool (eg., KiCad), you only get the footprint for the CAD tool.
Select 3D STEP to output 3D STEP.
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You need to select the 3D STEP option in the CAD tool translator. 
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Thanks, that's the dialog I see when I use the output to altium option on my work machine, but I have another installation of PCB library expert where that check box is just not there (at least when kicad is selected).

Must be a version thing, or perhaps an artifact of only selecting kicad from the list of outputs.

I will have another go.
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Library Expert V2016 is way out of date. Hundreds of updates have been made since then. 

Upgrade to Library Expert Pro V2018.08 for free here - 
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I could not able to select 3D model. Doed pcb library expert pro 2016.13 have this option?
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That's correct. V2016 does not have that option. Upgrade to V2018.08. 

 
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