The workaround to first erase and then paint the holes again does not seem to work properly, because any labels that are attached to the outer layers are attached to the wrong layer afterwards. @User I think we might need a more precise erase command?

I recall toying with the idea of an "un-contact" command; maybe could make such a thing an option of the "contact" command. One sort-of workaround is that if you have a label on only one side, then erase the type on the other side. So if you have licon and a label on metal1, then doing "erase li; paint li" will remove the contact but preserve the label on metal1.

It seems I have labels on both layers 😞

Then I guess the other thing to do is to force the labels to be "sticky" so that they don't get moved off the layer to which they're assigned.

I solved the problem now by filtering the rectangles and filling the holes from the .mag files without magic