How to include a picture in a symbol

Schematic
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is there a way to include in a picture in a symbol?

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As far as I know, there is no way to include pixel graphics in a symbol, but you can use vector graphics (In KiCad V8, I have not used V9 yet). You can use KiCad’s image converter to convert a bitmap to vectors, or you can edit the symbol in the symbol editor and then File / Import / Graphics.

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thanks for your replay. I tried but it does not to work for greyscale grahics. Currently I generate a boy in the symbol editor, import it into schematic and the place the picture in that box. The problem is that I can not save it as symbol

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I did a:

wget https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/Cerbo_GX/en/image/167e69fc90466a.svg

Then created a symbol and imported that SVG graphics.
The SVG imports OK, but it’s monochrome in KiCad, and multiple things overlap, so you don’t see much. After moving some big panels aside, the text becomes visible:

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Messin’ around with 500KiB of graphics in a schematic symbol is not the path I want to go myself, but the graphics is viewable and editable. I seem to be missing an easy scaling option for SVG graphics in the symbol editor. You can enter a scale factor during import, but that appears to be the only option in KiCad V8 (I don’t have V9 yet).

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