Hello!
I want to import a filled copper zone into Kicad from a gerber file. I managed to get it into an empty PCB file through a lot of hassle. And now i wonder if there is any better way. I am using latest kicad from master branch under linux.
The way I did it was as follows:
Opened the gerber in gerbview, exported EDA file.
Used vim on the resulting pcb file ( old format) to create a polygon instead.
wrote a small python script to convert to mm from mils
fixed the file with vim again.
I did this for both layers of filled copper zone i wanted, this was a very slow way. But now i have it in the new kicad version format and it seems to be like i want. Is there any better way?
Also i now want to move this copper polygon to a new PCB, can I import the pcb somehow?