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PCB stencil exporter
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A simple way of exporting a PCB stencil with OpenSCAD through a DXF exported paste layer.
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During my master's thesis, I had to solder several PCBs, which proved to be quite tedious. To streamline the process, I created a small script in OpenSCAD. The script takes a DXF-exported paste layer and generates an STL model with the inverse of that layer, exposing the areas where solder paste needs to be applied.
Steps to create stencil
- Export a DXF formatted file containing the B.paste or F.paste layer
- Add the file inside the same folder as this sketch.
- Set the name of the file in this script.
- Set the stencil width and height accordingly to your desired dimensions.
- correct the DXFs positioning (relies on origin in PCB editor)
- Render (F6) and export as STL
- print out
- Happy Stencilling!
My own creation
Just to prove the usage, here is one of my exported stencils:
Please leave a comment if you made it and/or if there is an issue! It would make my day :)