Hard time putting logo on PCB in Eagle CAD

[markeprice]

Here we go... I hope.

Great tutorial and seems like a better method than I have been using!

The OP mentioned my logo and the circular logo on the Multiplex I believe.  One tip I have is to make the graphic a part.  Then you can just add the "part" to the schematic and use it as a stamp on your board.  Anytime you need to move the logo/graphic you won't have to group together the graphic.  It's also easier to reuse a common graphic like a logo.

Josh

So, I hate to ask this, but are there step by step instructions for adding a logo as a part?  .....That sounds genius!

[daleykd]

The OP mentioned my logo and the circular logo on the Multiplex I believe.  One tip I have is to make the graphic a part.  Then you can just add the "part" to the schematic and use it as a stamp on your board.  Anytime you need to move the logo/graphic you won't have to group together the graphic.  It's also easier to reuse a common graphic like a logo.

+1000. The graphics are massive on their own (hundreds or thousands of tiny lines), so you are gonna be in a pickle if you add them directly to your board. Even if you're only using it once, I would still recommend creating it as a part!

Good point, guys.  I would do this if the size of my logo was the same on all my boards.  However, since I try my hardest to shrink the board to smallest possible size (without going SMD), my logo isn't the same size.

[aion]

So, I hate to ask this, but are there step by step instructions for adding a logo as a part?  .....That sounds genius!

Create a new package inside a library (I created a new library called 'aion-logos' to contain all of my logos). It will just be a package, not a full component - we don't want an associated schematic symbol.

Now you have an empty package - run the logo import process from there and it'll draw itself into the package.

I then use the "Change" tool to select everything and move it to the tPlace layer so I don't have to remember to include layer 100 in my CAM job.

[markeprice]

I will try that and see if I can figure it out!  Thanks

[culturejam]

Bumping this to offer some additional notes with a more recent version of Eagle (9.3.1).  Daleykd's PDF is still correct up until the dialog box that pops up when you run the import bitmap script. Every time I tried it (importing into a blank BRD so I can paste into a logo library and create a new part), I got a weird blue graphic that doesn't show up on the board layout. The trick, apparently, is to import into layer 21 (tplace) instead of the default of 200.