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PCB Editor - STEP export of the PCB

Description

PCB STEP export doesn't work.

The GUI shows no hints, the export window simply doesn't appear.
On the CLI, I see the help message (usage information) of the kicad2step, without any error message.
If I try to run kicad2step manually (kicad2step -o test.step pcb.kicad_pcb) , the export works as expected...

Steps to reproduce

  1. Load a PCB with 3d models
  2. Try to export a STEP file

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad

Version: (6.0.7), release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2
	libcurl/7.84.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1q zlib/1.2.12 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.2 libidn2/2.3.3 libpsl/0.21.1 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.48.0

Platform: Linux 5.17.15-1-MANJARO x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, xfce, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Jul 26 2022 07:44:25
	wxWidgets: 3.2.0 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.79.0
	OCC: 7.5.3
	Curl: 7.84.0
	ngspice: 37
	Compiler: GCC 12.1.0 with C++ ABI 1017

Build settings:
	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
	KICAD_USE_EGL=ON
	KICAD_SPICE=ON