Step Export Broken for 4+ Layers
Description
PCBs with more or equal than 4 layers create a broken step file. It looks as if the core and prepreg have broken / inverted normals.
(on the left is a 4 layer PCB, on the right is a 2 layer PCB)
Hiding the soldermask layer makes this issue even more visible.
The issue can be easily reproduced by creating a 2 and a 4 layer project, adding an edge cut and exporting step. Export jobset:
This was not in issue in KiCad 9.
Further example of a more complex setup (4 layer PCB, 2 layer PCB, 4 layer PCB):
KiCad Version
Application: KiCad x64 on x64
Version: 10.0.5, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.3.2
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 12.3.0
FontConfig 2.17.1
libcurl/8.18.0 Schannel zlib/1.3.1
Platform: Windows 11 (build 22631), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2, 4.6.0 NVIDIA 591.86
Build Info:
Date: Jul 21 2026 21:37:42
wxWidgets: 3.3.2 (wchar_t,STL containers)
Boost: 1.90.0
OCC: 7.9.2
Curl: 8.18.0
ngspice: 46
Compiler: Visual C++ 1944 without C++ ABI
KICAD_IPC_API=ON
KICAD_USE_PCH=OFF
Locale:
Lang: de_DE
Enc: UTF-8
Num: 1.234,5
Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)


