Creating a front panel PCB from a .dxf layout

[andy2JEYH]

Hi all,

I have designed a 2D front control panel for one of my projects with the location of all PCB mounted controls and cutouts detailed ( See Below).   Now I want to make a PCB that aligns exactly with this front panel, holding each of the switches, led's and LCD....     To do this I took the .dxf file of the front panel and used the outline to create the PCB shape.   That was easy.    Where I am stuck is I also want the locations of each switch, led, etc to be shown so that I can place these components in the specific locations.   

Front Panel below....  

PCB Outline below.  This was done through a simple "Create PCB"  from the above...

 

 I was hoping I could add the .dxf or an image of it as a Layer on the PCB.     

Any ideas appreciated...

[yiqiu.han · Accepted solution]

Hi, @andy2JEYH 

You could leverage an ulp to import the dxf file. Open any existing board or create a new board and then save(File being saved is necessary here)->turn to automate tab, start ulp-> select import dxf to import geometries to the layer you want to locate on. 

Hope that help

-Yiqiu

[andy2JEYH]

This solution worked perfectly.   Thanks