Negative area cutting into front copper layer

[greenman5467]

Hi,

(All images are in one image at the bottom of the page, labelled A, B C and D)

I am trying to get this small Bluetooth module that I found online manufactured. I want to remove the antenna, thus just fabricating a board with all other parts and not the antenna.

I have downloaded the Gerber file from: I Made my own Audio Bluetooth module - Hackster.io

I have opened the Gerber file in ‘Gerber Viewer’, and some of the areas are now negative areas rather than ones which are cut out in the copper layer. Below A

I then tried to convert it to a kicadpcb file, and the same areas are not being placed or cut out in the copper. Below B

And therefore, when it comes to fabricating this, the PCB looks like this: C

Rather than this: D

Obviously, the removed antenna is purposeful.

I am new to this and would appreciate some help.

I am wondering if:

It would make a difference if I printed without these negative parts, and if it does, could someone please help me to work out how to fix this?

Thank you.

[retiredfeline]

Post version information please. Help > About KiCad > Copy Version info

[greenman5467]

Version info:

Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64

Version: 7.0.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.2
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 5.0.1
FontConfig 2.14.1
libcurl/7.83.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.2.13

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19044), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Mar 11 2023 03:41:46
wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.80.0
OCC: 7.6.2
Curl: 7.83.1-DEV
ngspice: 39
Compiler: Visual C++ 1934 without C++ ABI

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON