How to import Altium Designer PCB board in KiCad?

Easy way to import Altium Designer printed circuit board into free KiCad PCB editor.

Download KiCad night version

Download and install KiCad's NIGHT (development) version.

Board converting

1) Open PCB Editor (NOT KiCad).

2) Press Open -> Import -> Non-KiCad Board File…

3) Find and open your Alitum Designer's .PcbDoc file:

4) Wait for conversion (it will be created folder with 3d models).

5) Now you can see imported board.

Comparasion

Compare it with original, it's very good, that 3D models also imported.

Top and bottom layers comparison (without zones refill).

Possible problems

Offsetted models

This is rare occurs and easily fixes in the 3D Settings of the footprint, if it happens.

Offsetted holes

This is a very big probelm of this board, it's necessary for manual delete and move many vias using design rule cheking (DRC).

Lost teardrops

Sad, but not scary, cause you can just remove all teardrops before, and add them after importing using KiCad extension.

Conclusions

So, if your really need to convertr Altium PCB to KiCad PCB you can dp it easily with built-in import instrument, it's works good, but not ideally.