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DXF import to PCB Designer v16.2

sheepdog

I've searched through the forum for some help w/ this, but all I can find is details for importing into Layout.

I'm using OrCAD PCB Designer v16.2.  I'm trying to etch my company logo on the top layer of my board.  I assume the way to do this is to import a DXF file of the logo.  I've had very little luck w/ this.  Some versions of the logo don't import at all.  I've been able to get one to import, but each letter of the logo is composed of hundreds of small shapes.  It's just not coming over "clean"...i.e. each letter of the logo composed on one shape. 

Does anyone here have experience with this?  Are there some properties of the DXF file that need to be set prior to importing to OrCAD?  Kinda lost here...

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  • Bennigin

    I always bring the drawing up in AutoCad and do the scaling to get it to the right size for importing. Another thing I do when I have problems is, select everything in the drawing and click the explode button or type explode on the command line. It will break up a lot of the elements that can't be imported and make them so they can be imported. Sometimes that doesn't work but most of the time it does.

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  • Bennigin

    I always bring the drawing up in AutoCad and do the scaling to get it to the right size for importing. Another thing I do when I have problems is, select everything in the drawing and click the explode button or type explode on the command line. It will break up a lot of the elements that can't be imported and make them so they can be imported. Sometimes that doesn't work but most of the time it does.

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