How to export as PDF with named layers

Layout
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Hello all,

I know that I can export my layout as PDF. But it is a bit of a hassle to create the next of the names for each of the layers and export as PDF then delete those names, then generate gerbers. If I make a change, repeat. Is there a way so that when I create the PDF of the layers, KiCAD automatically adds in the name of the layer?

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Maybe use kicad-cli in a loop for all the layers you want to export? Here’s a bash scrhpt. If your platform doesn’t have bash you could write a Python script

for l in F.Cu B.Cu ...
do
    kicad-cli pcb export pdf -o "project-$l.pdf" -l "$l" project.kicad_pcb
done
3

Thanks for the info. I can kinda do that with plotting. But what I am looking for is the name of the layer within the PDF itself. So that I can have a single PDF with all of the layers named