Gerber to PCB straight lines to oval

[modemo]

Hello,

I’m new here and English isn’t my first language so sorry for any mistakes.
I have an issue with the build in Gerber viewer of Kicad6.
When I export from the viewer to the PCB editor my straight lines becomes oval?

On the left is what i have on the Gerber viewer and on the right is what i get when i export from the viewer to the PCB edior.

I’m confused why, is there any way to fix that?
thanks

[m852]

In the gerber output configuration window, try disabling aperture macros

[modemo]

How do i do that? I couldn’t find the gerber output configuration.

[johannespfister]

@m852

In the gerber output configuration window, try disabling aperture macros

I understand that he doesn’t have the source files but want to import external Gerber files.

@modemo

Which version do you use?

Because this bug was already reported and fixed a few days ago:

Bugreport: GerbView: Corners are rounded when gerber exported to KiCad PCB (#14136) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab
Fix for 7.0: Export rectangular aperture GBR_SEGMENTS as polygons. (7a50654f) · Commits · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab
Fix for master/7.99: Export rectangular aperture GBR_SEGMENTS as polygons. (140f76b8) · Commits · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab

[m852]

In the window of your board, select the files for production… If you only have gerber, then you will not be able to do it in kicad there is no editor

[paulvdh]

I suspect it’s some kind of bug, as johannespfister also already mentioned.

But I think it also does not matter much.
The concept of a “footprint” does not really exist in Gerber files, and therefore you also can not export footprints to a KiCad PCB. You can export them as copper zones / pads, but in my opinion it’s better to just delete all those pads and replace them with real footprints. Some time ago I made a FAQ article of how to re-create a KiCad project from Gerber files:

Reverse engineering KiCad project from Gerber files

2022-01-17 The goal of this reverse-engineering tutorial is to re-create a complete KiCad project from partial information assuming the only information available is a schematic in some readable, (but not EDA form, such as a .pdf or a .png picture), and a set of gerber files. The Gerber files will create a PCB with much PCB information missing, however, using this method is easier than re-designing a PCB from scratch, and can also be extended to any other program that creates Gerber files. …

[m852]

Of course, you can already rewrite everything… But usually only gerber and not a project are needed to produce or order boards… In this case, in the normal gerber editor, changing all sites (apertures) from oval to rectangle will take 5-10 minutes

[modemo]

You’re correct i don’t have the source file i import an external gerber file.

I use Kicad6 and thank you for the link i will look into that.

[johannespfister]

The bug will probably not be fixed in KiCad 6. I even doubt that the current stable version, 7.0.2, has it fixed. If you want the bugfix you can download the the Nightly version (but you can’t open the kicad_pcb files created from KiCad 7 with KiCad 6), download the source and compile it yourself or wait till KiCad version 7.0.3 is released (i have no idea when this will be).

Next time you post a bug or when someone ask about your version, go to: Hilfe → Über KiCad → Kopiere Versionsinfo (no idea how it is named in your language) and post the content of the clipboard. But since you are on KiCad 6, you don’t have this bugfix implemented, no mater which version exactly.