Exporting silkscreen to SVG result in double text

[bertrand_meneroud]

Hi,
when I export my silkscren to an SVG.
And I open the SVG in inkscape, in contour mode I can see the text in double

In normal display mode, the single line text is not shown.
Unfortunatly, I want to use this SVG with another software (lightburn), and I don’t have any display option in it.

Why is kicad exporting the text twice. Like once in shape mode and another one in line mode.

Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64

Version: 7.0.10-119-gf45e3ca339, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.2.1
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.4.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19045), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Jan 25 2024 04:13:47
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.4.0-DEV
ngspice: 41
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[BlackCoffee]

@bertrand_meneroud

Why is kicad exporting the text twice.

I exported SVG of Text and Opened it in 7 programs - all presented it correctly, including Inkscape.

Inkscape has the ability to reveal internal aspects (for inspection and modification) but, display in Normal mode shows the SVG text correctly - it’s only when selecting Display-Mode’s options that you see what you show.

Why? Because that is one of Inkscape’s capabilities and you can read about it if you do some research (but, not at this Kicad forum).

Kicad exports SVG correctly

[dsa-t]

@bertrand_meneroud

Why is kicad exporting the text twice. Like once in shape mode and another one in line mode.

To make it searchable. The real (“shape mode”) text should be invisible, it’s a bug in lightburn if it renders invisible elements.

[bertrand_meneroud]

HI,
Yes I think it’s a bug in lightburn.
Well, I’ll be using DXF for my export. I did’nt find it at first, but usign the plot menu I can get a DXF