Hi,
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I went a bit further in upgrading the Idf Importer rearranging the Geometry and PartNumber as before, but adding a double control on Part and Geometry to match a 3D emp model when placing parts.
In this way I managed to conserve a better (fully) compatibility to old version, but I managed to read also IDF format coming from kicad idf exporter
Moreover I added also the ability to load the .emp file, let the user to load the library models in FreeCAD, each by each
If this could be of some interest I could post the latest code...
anyway I'm adding this upgrade / FreeCAD WB to my kicad StepUp project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/
to let kicad users to fully import exported IDF files in FreeCAD
I added the following features:
1. displaying Flat Mode models instead of wireframe as default view
viewtopic.php?t=5848
2. adding a double control on PartNumber and Geometry to match a 3D emp model
3. supporting Z position of emp models
4. skipping PROP in emp file to avoid aborting
5. adding color to shapes with internal code option IDF_colorize
6. adding .emp module model/library load option
attached the images of the kicad pic_programmer exported as IDF file and imported by old and new version
pic_programmer.emn, pic_programmer.emp