Kicad – Module refernces are being rendered, but don’t show up on gerber plots

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I am working on an open source design. I can view all the layers in PCBNew. The module references show up on the screen. They are visible even when I deselect Front Silk Screen (F.SilkS) in the layers menu. Under the "Render" tab, I have to select all three: "Text Front", "Modules Front" and "References" to see these values.

However, when I plot the Silk Screen, the values do not show up in the Gerber files. I have selected "Plot module values on silkscreen", "Plot module references on silkscreen" and "Plot other module texts on silkscreen". Still, they don't show up on the SilkScreen Gerber Files. I am viewing the gerber files with GerbV.

How can I make the module references appear on the Silk Screen gerber output?

Update: The Kicad project is available here: https://github.com/bkkcoins/klondike/tree/master/kicad

Best Answer

As long as they are visible in pcbnew (not hidden), they should show up in the gerbers.

Make sure you select front and back silk when plotting the gerbers. The output should be named $PROJECT.gto or .gbo, if i'm not mistaken. (gerber, top|bottom outline).