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This guide will explain how to take a Logo (or other simple image), that is in a digital format (BMP, JPG, PNG, etc), and turn it into a 2-tone Silk Screen Overlay in Altium Designer. The guide was created with AD10 but the process should be similar for other versions of Altium.
==Assumptions==
*You've got Altium Designer 10 installed
*You've got a graphics editing program available such as MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop, or GIMP
==The Guide==
===Preparing Your Image===
Coming Soon!
===Importing the Image into Altium===
#Download the [http://valhalla.altium.com/AD10-Examples/Examples/Scripts.zip Altium Example Scripts from here].
#Extract the Scripts folder to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\" (or whever your Altium Examples folder is located)
#If you're going to be using this script a lot, load the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR Script Project into your Altium Workspace. This can be done in 1 of 2 ways:
##Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\Scripts\Delphiscript Scripts\PCB\PCB Logo Creator" and double click "PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR".
##Start Altium, select File->Open... and navigate to PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR and click "Open".
#If you only want to use it sparing you can do the following:
##Start Altium
##Click the "DXP" button in the upper left corner & select "Run Script..."
##Click "Browse" in the lower right and navigate to the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR file. Select it and click "Open".
#Now, regardless of which method you just chose to use do the following
##Click the "DXP" button in the upper left corner & select "Run SCript..."
##Click "RunConverterScript" and hit "OK"
#Now a new PcbDoc should have opened and a "PCB Logo Creator" dialog box appeared.
##Click "Load" and select the .BMP file you prepared above.
##Select the "Board Layer" (I recommend Top Overlay for most purposes).
##Select the "Scaling Factor" (you're going to have to experiment with this but 1000 mils = 1 inch).
##Choose any check box options you want (typically you won't need any).
##Hit "Convert" & wait a bit.
##Once the conversion has completed click the "Exit" button
#Now you have a Logo built out of Top Overlay lines! You can get it onto your chosen PCB via Copy/Paste or make it reusable by reading the next section.
===Making your Imported Image reusable===
Coming Soon!
==References==
http://wiki.altium.com/display/ADOH/Script+Examples+Gallery+Reference
http://www.edaboard.com/thread224851.html
[[Category:Altium]]
==Assumptions==
*You've got Altium Designer 10 installed
*You've got a graphics editing program available such as MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop, or GIMP
==The Guide==
===Preparing Your Image===
Coming Soon!
===Importing the Image into Altium===
#Download the [http://valhalla.altium.com/AD10-Examples/Examples/Scripts.zip Altium Example Scripts from here].
#Extract the Scripts folder to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\" (or whever your Altium Examples folder is located)
#If you're going to be using this script a lot, load the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR Script Project into your Altium Workspace. This can be done in 1 of 2 ways:
##Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\Scripts\Delphiscript Scripts\PCB\PCB Logo Creator" and double click "PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR".
##Start Altium, select File->Open... and navigate to PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR and click "Open".
#If you only want to use it sparing you can do the following:
##Start Altium
##Click the "DXP" button in the upper left corner & select "Run Script..."
##Click "Browse" in the lower right and navigate to the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR file. Select it and click "Open".
#Now, regardless of which method you just chose to use do the following
##Click the "DXP" button in the upper left corner & select "Run SCript..."
##Click "RunConverterScript" and hit "OK"
#Now a new PcbDoc should have opened and a "PCB Logo Creator" dialog box appeared.
##Click "Load" and select the .BMP file you prepared above.
##Select the "Board Layer" (I recommend Top Overlay for most purposes).
##Select the "Scaling Factor" (you're going to have to experiment with this but 1000 mils = 1 inch).
##Choose any check box options you want (typically you won't need any).
##Hit "Convert" & wait a bit.
##Once the conversion has completed click the "Exit" button
#Now you have a Logo built out of Top Overlay lines! You can get it onto your chosen PCB via Copy/Paste or make it reusable by reading the next section.
===Making your Imported Image reusable===
Coming Soon!
==References==
http://wiki.altium.com/display/ADOH/Script+Examples+Gallery+Reference
http://www.edaboard.com/thread224851.html
[[Category:Altium]]