Hierarchical Sheets with picture

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Is there a way to have a picture assigned to an hierarchical sheet?

In Matlab I can simply apply a picture to a “mask”, which is the equivalent to a hierarchical sheet in KiCad. IT looks like this:
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I helps my folks to visually navigate though a hierarchical model.

Also back in the days as an ASIC designer I made an clear symbol for every subcircuit in my CADence circuits.
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Is such a “property” of a hierarchical sheet also available in KiCad? It should be an easy thing to do? I can assign a background color to a hierarchical sheet, why not a picture?

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I know that there is he picture to symbol converter and that I can “add” a symbol on top a symbol, but this is not a clean solution.

I really don’t like a schematic to look like a box collection.

Marko

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Yes, and there are different ways…

  1. For an individual Schematic (or PCB), use the Add BitMap Image Icon (image does Not need to be BMP)

  2. For a WorkSheet that you can load into any project, Create/Edit a Worksheet and use the similar Icon in the Worksheet Editor.

  3. You can make a Template with the same process (can simply save a project with it to simplify …)

Below shows #1 and #2 with changing the current Worksheet with a Worksheet I just saved that has your creepy-crawly thing…

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Thats not what I’m asking for. I don’t just want to have a picture in my schematic. I want to habe a picture in my hierarchical sheet “symbol”. Have you ever used Matlab Simulink and used “Mask → edit Mask → icon picture”? This is the ideal way of doing this.

Marko

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There isn’t currently a method of doing what you’re after. You could add a feature request in gitlab for consideration if you’d like.

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How do I do this?
Is there a link?

PS: Even just to “group” a picture with a sheet entrance would help.

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