Request for export of TQFP32-08 model files about 3d_models HOT 6 CLOSED

FWIW it seems this model is possibly equivalent: https://github.com/sparkfun/3D_Models/blob/master/products/9261/stl/9261.STL (via)

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Further investigation into the repository content suggests that there are multiple models that are only present in form of the SketchUp file. Are there any plans to export a consistent set of formats for each model?

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Thank you so much for your message! All of our models in the Products folder will typically have a consistent set of formats. A good example would be this: Product 9393.

Individual components used to build up those products are housed in the Production_Parts folder and will normally only have a .SKP file. Where I'd say 95% of our product models are made from scratch, through a combination of Solidworks, SketchUp, and Blender, there are some cases where we use preexisting models. That tends to be more of the case in regards to the Production_Parts folder since it is a collection of individual components solely used to populate our larger models found in the Products folder. When populating our 3D models for our SparkFun specific boards, the only requirement is to have the .SKP file which is why you'll rarely find other formats in that folder unless they've been made from scratch.

That being said, I can definitely talk to some people here at SparkFun to see if they would be on board with supplying other formats within our Production_Parts folder. In the meantime though, I'll be more than happy to add the TQFP32-08.stl format for you. I'll comment back when it is complete.

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The TQFP32-08.stl you requested can now be located in the following folder: TQFP32-08.

It seems, at this time, we will not be adding other formats to our Production_Parts folder as it is purely utilized to aide in building our 3D models for the storefront. That being said, we will always supply multiple formats to our Products folder, and any requests we get to supply additional formats for components in the Production_Parts folder we will have no problem fulfilling.

If you have any further questions please let me know. Thank you for your inquiry!

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Thanks for your detailed reply and exporting the TQFP part for me, I appreciate you taking the time to do so (even though it's taken a long time to get back to you!).

For a client project (https://github.com/Omniblox/Eagle-Loader) I wrote a script to automate generation of .stl files from the SparkFun SketchUp models: https://github.com/Omniblox/pcb-component-models/blob/master/tools/generate_missing_stl.rb

These generated models are currently in my fork of the 3D_Models repo here: https://github.com/follower/3D_Models/tree/batch-stl-export. (And in a standalone model "library" used by Eagle-Loader here: https://github.com/Omniblox/pcb-component-models.)

Would SparkFun be interested in a PR with the additional exported models?

Thanks again for your assistance and providing the models.

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We'd be happy to accept your PR.

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