KiCad Tools

A collection of tools to help with importing and rendering KiCad PCBs in Blender.

Installation

From Blender's "Preferences > Add-ons" menu select "Install" then select "kicad_tools.py"

Tools

Import KiCad PCB (File > Import > KiCad PCB)

Import a VRML (.wrl) file exported by KiCad. When exporting from KiCad the option to "Copy 3D model files to 3D model path" must be selected.

Create KiCad Nodes (Object > Create KiCad Nodes)

Geometry nodes are generated for displacing and extruding PCB geometry. Other modifiers are also added to the PCB objects.

Apply KiCad Modifiers (Object > Apply KiCad Modifiers)

Apply all modifiers added to KiCad objects. This dramatically improves performance.