

STP, a common sharable 3D CAD format that should be importable by all reasonable CAD systems. The file format provided by SnapEDA seems to be.


You need to know very specifically what you’re looking for. However, be assured that you’ll have to know your components closely: SnapEDA has a massive selection of all variations of components. This is a technique that can be used to create dimensionally accurate spaces to fit the components. Holes will line up, cavities will fit the components, and so on.Īnother approach is to use the electronic component 3D model to “subtract” it from the base 3D model. This allows the CAD designer to adapt the creative portions to ensure they can accommodate the purchased electronics after the part is 3D printed. While the bulk of a product’s design might be its case, buttons and other elements that are created from scratch in a CAD tool, it’s useful to include accurate 3D models of the same electronic components in the design. There’s a big use for these models when designing products.
