Importing a logo into a PCB document

This article describes how to import your company logo or other bitmap file (*.bmp) into your PCB document.

Starting in Version: 18.0
Up to Version: Current

Solution Details

1. Save your BMP image in monochrome using the Microsoft Windows Paint program. Select the MonoChrome option in the 'Save as type' section as shown: 

2. In Microsoft Paint, press Ctrl+A and then Ctrl+C to select and copy your logo image.
3. Open your *.PcbDoc in Altium Designer. Select the layer on which you wish to paste your logo and press Ctrl+V. If you do not see the image appear, try pasting it into a new BMP in Microsoft Paint and then copy and paste again into Altium Designer.

1. Hover over the graphic you've pasted and right-click and select Unions ► Resize Union
2. Click on the Logo image and you should see handles appear at each of the corners.
3. Click and drag on a white edit handle at the corner to resize. NOTE: (It is important to let the image redraw before releasing your mouse or you might lose the entire image).

1. Copy the Bitmap image to a new Microsoft Word document.
2. Save the Microsoft Word document. This will automatically convert the image to an OLE object.
3. In Altium Designer, select the layer to place the logo on in your Pcb document.
4. Use the command, Place ► Object From File to place the OLE object into Altium Designer.