Updating old Eagle project - import & fix, or redo from scratch?

[paulvdh]

KiCad can also import from altium. If even that fails, you can do an import from Gerber files. It’s more work, but still a lot better then re-doing the PCB design. More info on:

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…