Yes, this was intentional. It allows users to put things like spaces in layer names and other user-editable things.
I’ll fix up the STEP exporter…. > On 15 Apr 2019, at 13:56, easyw <ea...@katamail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > recently I have noticed that both kicad_pcb and kicad_mod seems to have > changed their format. > It have been introduced double quotes for layers pads etc. > Is that necessary or intentional? > > Here two related issues links: > footprint > https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod/issues/13#issuecomment-481160108 > pcb > https://forum.kicad.info/t/bad-layer-data-error-when-exporting-step/16322/11 > > and a small diff example: > > (layers > (0 F.Cu signal) > (31 B.Cu signal) > > (layers > (0 "F.Cu" signal) > (31 "B.Cu" signal) > > Thanks > Maurice > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp