Hard time putting logo on PCB in Eagle CAD

[markeprice]

I am looking for simple instructions for putting a logo on a PCB design I have in Eagle CAD.  I have googled some instructions, but for some reason haven't been successful.  1776's logo looks good and I saw one with some labeling or logo around a 4pdt switch on the PCB that looked cool as well as others....Just want to professionalize my design a bit.  Thanks.

[daleykd]

Gimme a sec.  I wrote something up about this.

[daleykd]

Here we go... I hope.

[markeprice]

Thanks!  I will check it out.

[markeprice]

It looks very prescriptive, which is good.  Do this do this, etc.  I will try it tonight.
Thank you!
Mark

[culturejam]

Here we go... I hope.

Excellent tutorial. I had a process that worked most of the time, but I have since forgotten it. And yours looks better anyway.

[Coda-effects]

Actually, did anyone managed to make it work with OshPark?
I managed to get my logo on the PCB, however it never appeared on the Oshpark preview when ordering... So I just ended tracing it with Eagle tools (text, line, circle...)

[daleykd]

Actually, did anyone managed to make it work with OshPark?
I managed to get my logo on the PCB, however it never appeared on the Oshpark preview when ordering... So I just ended tracing it with Eagle tools (text, line, circle...)

Yeah.  My doc talks about OSHPark.  I've used it a BUNCH with OSHPark at 500dpi, and it does work.  You're right; the preview doesn't show it.

Follow-up: It also works with seeed.

[selfdestroyer]

Here we go... I hope.

Great job Kyle. Thanks for sharing it!

Cody

[Matt]

Thanks for sharing the tutorial!

[m-Kresol]

Actually, did anyone managed to make it work with OshPark?
I managed to get my logo on the PCB, however it never appeared on the Oshpark preview when ordering... So I just ended tracing it with Eagle tools (text, line, circle...)

Yeah.  My doc talks about OSHPark.  I've used it a BUNCH with OSHPark at 500dpi, and it does work.  You're right; the preview doesn't show it.

Follow-up: It also works with seeed.

so it doesn't show up on the preview but finds its way onto the final board?

Actually, did anyone managed to make it work with OshPark?
I managed to get my logo on the PCB, however it never appeared on the Oshpark preview when ordering... So I just ended tracing it with Eagle tools (text, line, circle...)

I'm doing the same thing a pain in the *** though when you want to change its size

[aion]

so it doesn't show up on the preview but finds its way onto the final board?

Yep - the renderer script skips it since it's huge. (Notice when you're exporting a PCB with a logo from Eagle it takes ~10 seconds vs. non-logo PCBs are almost instant.)

One time Seeed left off the logo on a batch of mine, but they reprinted them when I mentioned it. It'd be a mistake if they did.

[alanp]

With all the mucking around I've heard tell of for bitmaps on PCBs, like with this thread, I've never bothered, and just put a "Layout AP2016" on mine, these days (adjusting year as needed.)

[gtr2]

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

[aion]

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!