Thanks to facelesstech for tweeting this design tip:

svg2mod by mtl is a small program to convert Inkscape SVG drawings to KiCad footprint module files:

SVG graphics in KiCad (svg2mod)

There didn’t seem to be a good way to get vector graphics into Pcbnew, so I wrote a small utility that uses an existing SVG library to read files, and then writes them out as KiCad modules.

The project is hosted on GitHub:

mtl/svg2mod

It uses cjlano’s python SVG parser and drawing module to interpret drawings and approximate curves using straight line segments. Module files can be output in KiCad’s legacy or s-expression (i.e., pretty) formats. Horizontally mirrored modules are automatically generated for use on the back of a 2-layer PCB.