pcb2blender
kicad-kbplacer
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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pcb2blender
kicad-kbplacer
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KiCad plugin for mechanical keyboard design
You can see it in action in tests here (remember to expand rows too see results) or by some examples here
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Let's Design a Keyboard with Ergogen v4: Introduction – FlatFootFox
I developed something similar (PCB only, no cases) as KiCad plugin: https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer - it uses layouts from keyboard-layout-editor.com as input.
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Been working on this one for a while
Once you get the hang of that, you can try using a tool to automate the key positioning stuff. There's a tool that repositions your keys given a KLE json (https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer and I used to use one called "Keyboard Layouter"), and there's a tool to actually generate the skeleton project for you as well (https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen). Just make sure you have a hang of KiCAD, footprints, symbols, etc before you dive too deep.
What are some alternatives?
Keyboard-Layout-Editor-for-Blender - Allows you to import keyboard layouts into blender and render them in 3d
dactyl-configurator - Generate Dactyl keyboard designs from your browser.
keyboard-tools - Tools for mechanical keyboard design
ergoslab - Design files for a 52-key, split, columnar staggered mechanical keyboard
corney-island - An Ergogen-based, autogenerated version of foostan's crkbd (Corne) split keyboard
fluxpad - Analog keypad with hall effect switches and rapid trigger for osu!
dactyl-keyboard - Dactyl-ManuForm, a parameterized ergonomic keyboard translated into Python including a cadquery / Open CASCADE implementation.
vladkvit_keyb - Symbol & footprint library for Kicad.
pico-mpad - 3d printable macropad
InteractiveHtmlBom - Interactive HTML BOM generation plugin for KiCad, EasyEDA, Eagle, Fusion360 and Allegro PCB designer