i just love it how STEP models for electronic components...

i just love it how STEP models for electronic components are all locked down now 🙄 and also obviously wrong like this "7-segment" display.

Like 23 January at 1:22 | Open on mastodon.social

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it is supposed to look like this.

23 January at 1:23 | Open on mastodon.social

ivory

@tubetime nah haven't you heard? They got them new fancy displayless 7-seg displays

23 January at 1:25 | Open on wetdry.world

*sigh* i just rolled my own.

23 January at 2:30 | Open on mastodon.social

23 January at 2:39 | Open on hachyderm.io

Rue Mohr

@tubetime Its so much harder when there are no proper threads...

23 January at 5:40 | Open on infosec.exchange

@tubetime that’s a coffin for ants, actually

23 January at 1:23 | Open on mastodon.social

Ben Pye

@tubetime who's locking them down? I've generally not had any issues grabbing the vendor STEP models and using them in KiCad...

23 January at 2:10 | Open on mastodon.social

@benpye in this case the vendor has no step model.

23 January at 6:52 | Open on mastodon.social

@tubetime "locked down" how? /genq

23 January at 2:15 | Open on fosstodon.org

Rue Mohr

@tubetime ? what software?

23 January at 5:41 | Open on infosec.exchange

@RueNahcMohr that's just some web view from one of the component 3D model sites

23 January at 15:02 | Open on mastodon.social