KiCad 6 - Importing Complex Board Outlines as Vector Graphics

RE: KiCad 6 - Importing Complex Board Outlines as Vector Graphics

navadeepganeshu — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:38:21 GMT

I am facing an issue in importing .dxf in kicad 7.0.6. There are some islands between some lines and the islands gets missed leaving only the lines. Any idea how to import a .dxf with multiple layers?

RE: KiCad 6 - Importing Complex Board Outlines as Vector Graphics

DAB — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:17:27 GMT

Very interesting.

RE: KiCad 6 - Importing Complex Board Outlines as Vector Graphics

javagoza — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:58:03 GMT

Hi Frank,

You can export all the layers as separate svg files

You can use save as... or save as copy... Layers as Separate SVG (*.TAR) option

RE: KiCad 6 - Importing Complex Board Outlines as Vector Graphics

shabaz — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 04:15:26 GMT

Hi Frank,

Nice sketch! The SVG import looks very clean too. This is another piece of functionality that is more straightforward with KiCad compared to EAGLE.