With some help from Peter van der Walt, I got some good results importing a BMP into Eagle. Just selecting a BMP and importing it, most often gives a bad and jagged result on the pcb, here is how I did some processing on the image before importing it. It is an updated version of the nice “import_dxf_polygons.ulp” extension written by Tim Ruetz and originally available from the Cadsoft Eagle userfiles misc area. I modified it slightly to let you select between WIRE (outline shape) and POLYGON (filled shape). EAGLE by CadSoft Computer GmbH. EAGLE is a PCB design software with a schematic editor. It lets you draw the circuit schematic and shift to PCB design easily; real-time design synchronization between both makes it easy to incorporate changes. V8.1 does not have the option to import Gerbers. Only EAGLE files, P-CAD/ALTIUM/PROTEL, Bitmap, and DXF. I tried all of these options with several different.GBR files with no luck. Next, return to EAGLE and open the ULP script that will import the bitmap onto a layer of your board. Select File->Run -> import-bmp.ulp.

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There are instructions out there on the web on how to import a Bitmap file into Eagle CAD and it's an option in the 'File' menu so it should not be a problem. I'm going through the process and finding that at no point does Eagle prompt me for the actual bitmap file that I want to import. It goes through the steps of selecting colours and gives me the Eagle CAD Logo. It's a great Logo but not the one I want to use on my boards.

Free microsoft word download windows 7 starter. I suggest WindowBlinds. Download the free trial and use the Sabertooth theme, which is a pretty good mac imitator and i know it won't mess up your computer. When the 30 Day trial runs out, no problem.

I'm still on eagle 6.5.0 so maybe there's a problem on that version?

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