[Discuss] 3d models of sparkfun parts

[Nathan Seidle]

Yep! Thanks David. We're going to post the STLs as the lowest common
denominator but encourage higher level files (even if they're proprietary).

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:57 PM, David A. Mellis <dam at mellis.org> wrote:

> BTW, I mentioned this in the comments on the SparkFun homepage post but it
> would be great to collect and provide any original CAD files along with
> exported STLs, etc. Even if they end up being in a bunch of different
> formats, it's much better to have them than not.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Nathan Seidle <nathan at sparkfun.com>wrote:
>
>> This is really helpful! I agree, EagleUp is great if you have a good
>> stockpile of component models. Thanks Chris! We'll find a way to link
>> to/use the models you've created.
>>
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>> Nathan Seidle
>> CEO, SparkFun Electronics Inc
>> Boulder, CO
>> Phone : 1-303-284-0979
>> Fax : 1-303-443-0048
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Chris Church <
>> thisdroneeatspeople at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2013, at 11:28 AM, malcolm stanley wrote:
>>>
>>> this is helpful
>>> https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1115
>>>
>>>
>>> We've been doing the same with our designs now, starting to include
>>> SketchUp! models for our newer boards.  We use EagleUp! to do that (like a
>>> lot of the Sparkfun users).  The only difficult part is designing the
>>> components that you don't have, everything else is automated.  We've put
>>> our sketchup component models into the public domain here, if you're
>>> looking for a few extras:
>>> https://github.com/DynamicPerception/EagleUpModels/
>>>
>>> It is immensely helpful, and makes work with our enclosure manufacturer
>>> easier now (we 'rough up' designs and send them to them for inspiration
>>> along with the DXF and an actual board).
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
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