import jpg file in pcb design

[yvesvp]

Does anyone have experience with imporing a jpg file (or bmp) into a pcb
design to use it as a background. I would like to make a copy from a pcb,
and from this pcb design create a scheme. I don't know if this is possible?
Are there good cad programs for this?

Thx

 

[VMI]

Hi, have a try with
CIRCAD
Holophase
http://www.holophase.com/

"Written entirely in Assembler Language by Hardware Design Engineers (not
utility programmers), CIRCAD boasts the highest run-time performance of any
PCB CAD package on the market today. Schematics, netlists, circuit boards,
and gerber plots are all at your fingertips awaiting your beck and call. For
the more advanced users, CIRCAD even has a "reverse engineering" feature
that enables you to start with a scanned image of a PCB and work backwards
to the schematic." Download version available."

And look at this list for more info:

http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/ECADList.html

Cheers,

Marco

 

[Leon Heller]

"yvesvp" <yvesvanparijs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c6vi0l$chl$1@reader10.wxs.nl...

Does anyone have experience with imporing a jpg file (or bmp) into a pcb
design to use it as a background. I would like to make a copy from a pcb,
and from this pcb design create a scheme. I don't know if this is
possible?
Are there good cad programs for this?

Pulsonix will import a bitmap, primarily for adding a logo to the PCB. I
suppose it could be put on a spare layer as background, and used as a guide
when laying out the board.

Leon
--
Leon Heller, G1HSM
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

 

[JeffM]

For CadSoft: (BMP2EAGLE)

highlighted page (German):
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cachewGaJmLJtqYJ:home.t-online.de/home/holger.klabunde/demos/demos.htm+bmp2eagle

Translated (sort of) page:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://home.t-online.de/home/holger.klabunde/demos/demos.htm

http://www.google.com/search?&q=bmp2eagle+Holgi+demos