Altium PCB image background

[wdariusw]

Hi all. I need to copy exact PCB, and there is complicated trace-antenna. Is there possibility to add image in background of routing PCB ? Like in photoshop "transparent layer" . Thanks !

 

[Arouse1973]

Do you only have an image of the PCB you want to copy?

 

[wdariusw]

I have PCB that i want to copy in my hand. It is very difficult to measure everything by hand using electronic calliper.. It is important to make exact tracing..

 

[Arouse1973]

I have PCB that i want to copy in my hand. It is very difficult to measure everything by hand using electronic calliper.. It is important to make exact tracing..

Have a look at converting a picture into DXF. That might be easier. You might be able to find a free version. A photo copier with file export features could also be used to save as a picture of PDF which could be converted.
Adam

 

[wdariusw]

Converting simple pcb picture into DXF is a challenge. There are lot of colors, contours, maybe different lighting...I saw somewhere video where simple jpg was used as background in Altium instead on black color.

 

[Arouse1973]

Converting simple pcb picture into DXF is a challenge. There are lot of colors, contours, maybe different lighting...I saw somewhere video where simple jpg was used as background in Altium instead on black color.

I don't know sorry, I guess you need to look in the help.
Adam

 

[wdariusw]

Found "peek through", i think it will help me.

 

[Arouse1973]

Hope it works for you, let us know how you get on.
Adam

 

[wdariusw]

I made PCB before 2 weeks, and there is problems with PCB-antenna.... It designed work at 433Mhz, and i made not exact trace. How precise should be trace copy to get working thing ?

 

[Arouse1973]

I made PCB before 2 weeks, and there is problems with PCB-antenna.... It designed work at 433Mhz, and i made not exact trace. How precise should be trace copy to get working thing ?

What was the problem of the with the older design? not enough range. Do you have a picture of the old design I can see? What RF module are you using?
Adam