3d Part design #59: Easy way to make a 3d printable model of a circuit board.

An easy way to make a 3d model of a circuit board.

Published 2 Aug 2023 2 min read

By Bob

Using the excellent open source software that's available it's pretty easy to make a printable model of a circuit board, here's how I usually do it:

Once I have a board designed in KiCad I export the .vrml file:

Then I import the .vrml file into MeshLab:

And export it as an stl file:

Now the Stl file can be imported into OpenScad and can be used to design a case or whatever else you might need to do with it:

Bob