Import old Gerber files - but how to proceed then?

[paulvdh]

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Reverse engineering KiCad project from Gerber files

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. What is “resc…

Having some artwork in PDF format is useful for verifying whether your results are plausible.

Gerber files are not designed to be editable. There are programs to edit gerber files, but that is pretty specialized software usually used by PCB factories.

What about the schematic? Do you have that in a “displayable” format?