Eagle CAD PCB to STL??

[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

I'm trying to convert a PCB board design from Eagle CAD to a
skeinforge-able STL. How can I do this? I want to print a resist onto
copper in abs! So, I need the positive of the circuit, such as traces
and pads.

Thank you,
-Tim

[Andrew Plumb]

I started capturing some simple gerber2scad see script material here: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/tree/master/gerber/

I also have some ULP code here to write out schematic data into an XML format. Haven't had time to work on the layout side much.

Andrew.

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[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

What can I do with the XML files generated?
-Tim

On Aug 3, 7:04 am, Andrew Plumb <and...@plumb.org> wrote:
> I started capturing some simple gerber2scad see script material here:http://github.com/clothbot/eda/tree/master/gerber/
>
> I also have some ULP code here to write out schematic data into an XML format. Haven't had time to work on the layout side much.
>
> Andrew.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>

[Nathan Hilderman]

I have used a plug-in for Eagle that created a 2d image of the layout. I then imported that picture into Sketchup and 3d all the parts. I thought the plug-in was built in to the standard download of Eagle. I'll check later though for what it was called.

[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

Thanks Nathan! Whaat do you mean by, "3d all the parts?"

-Tim

On Aug 3, 12:01 pm, Nathan Hilderman <nathan.hilder...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have used a plug-in for Eagle that created a 2d image of the layout. I
> then imported that picture into Sketchup and 3d all the parts. I thought the
> plug-in was built in to the standard download of Eagle. I'll check later
> though for what it was called.
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Tim Ballas - Bot#1461

> <timbal...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
>
> > I'm trying to convert a PCB board design from Eagle CAD to a
> > skeinforge-able STL. How can I do this? I want to print a resist onto
> > copper in abs! So, I need the positive of the circuit, such as traces
> > and pads.
>
> > Thank you,
> > -Tim
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[Nathan Hilderman]

I added the Z dimension to all the parts. There was no easy way in Eagle to export the layout as 3 dimensional parts.

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[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

ok. Let me know what that plugin i called when you get a chance.
Thanks,
-Tim

On Aug 3, 12:22 pm, Nathan Hilderman <nathan.hilder...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I added the Z dimension to all the parts. There was no easy way in Eagle to
> export the layout as 3 dimensional parts.
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Tim Ballas - Bot#1461

> <timbal...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
>
> > Thanks Nathan! Whaat do you mean by, "3d all the parts?"
>
> > -Tim
>
> > On Aug 3, 12:01 pm, Nathan Hilderman <nathan.hilder...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I have used a plug-in for Eagle that created a 2d image of the layout. I
> > > then imported that picture into Sketchup and 3d all the parts. I thought
> > the
> > > plug-in was built in to the standard download of Eagle. I'll check later
> > > though for what it was called.
>
> > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Tim Ballas - Bot#1461
> > > <timbal...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > > > I'm trying to convert a PCB board design from Eagle CAD to a
> > > > skeinforge-able STL. How can I do this? I want to print a resist onto
> > > > copper in abs! So, I need the positive of the circuit, such as traces
> > > > and pads.
>
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > -Tim
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[Nathan Hilderman]

It comes with Eagle, and is the "dxf" script under "ULP". You need to open this up with the Pro version of Sketchup.

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[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

Could I use Blender to do the same thing?
-Tim

On Aug 4, 3:50 pm, Nathan Hilderman <nathan.hilder...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> It comes with Eagle, and is the "dxf" script under "ULP". You need to open
> this up with the Pro version of Sketchup.
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Tim Ballas - Bot#1461

> <timbal...@gmail.com>wrote:

[Jordan Miller]

yes blender can import and extrude dxf to 3D

jordan

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[Tim Ballas - Bot#1461]

Can anyone explain how to do this in blender step by step? I haven't
really used blender at all.
Thanks,
-Tim

On Aug 4, 10:09 pm, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> yes blender can import and extrude dxf to 3D
>
> jordan
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[Nathan Hilderman]

There is a free download for Sketchup to import .dxf files from here:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=161784

If you chose this route, it is easy to create the Z dimension with the
extrusion tool.

[Jordan Miller]

if you post the .dxf somewheres... will be easier

jordan

[beverageexpert]

you could also check out roboteernat pcb milling wiki for some tips.
he uses the pcb gcode plugin for eagle. I am sure you can get it to do
what you want with some fiddling.

http://wiki.makerbot.com/roboteernat-s-mill-documentation-page


bryan