Propeller Logo in Vector Format?
DogP
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Hey,
I'm drawing up a couple Propeller related things in Sketchup, and would like to add the Prop beanie logo. I figured there'd be a logo available somewhere in vector format, but I haven't been able to find one.
Does anyone have one that they could share? I'm pretty sure DXF would work... but I can probably figure out how to convert from most formats. I was getting ready to redraw it (or try a couple raster conversion tools), but figured I'd just ask before spending too much time (poorly) reinventing the wheel.
Thanks,
Pat
I'm drawing up a couple Propeller related things in Sketchup, and would like to add the Prop beanie logo. I figured there'd be a logo available somewhere in vector format, but I haven't been able to find one.
Does anyone have one that they could share? I'm pretty sure DXF would work... but I can probably figure out how to convert from most formats. I was getting ready to redraw it (or try a couple raster conversion tools), but figured I'd just ask before spending too much time (poorly) reinventing the wheel.
Thanks,
Pat
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But, I suggest that you contact Parallax directly and ask them for permission to use it.
Good point about checking with Parallax... they're probably most likely to have a logo, and I can also verify that they don't have a problem with me using it (though everything I've seen from them has been that they're cool with us using the logo for non-evil things).
Pat
I agree with asking Parallax but I've seen in the past they are very willing to let others use the Propeller logo. I have some cool "Propeller Inside" stickers someone on the forum made. They didn't even have to include a "TM" marking on it since Ken thought it would look nicer without it.
When you find a vector format version, I hope you can post here.
-Phil
Thanks a lot for posting that! Unfortunately, it didn't quite do what I wanted. There were a lot of overlapping lines on the outer edge, which made it really tough to make faces in Sketchup. Also, your logo looks really nice, and not that beggars can be choosers, but I really like the Prop logo that's on the chip.
Anyway, it occurred to me that a lot of times PDFs are (at least partially) in vector format... so i pulled up the Prop manual, and zoomed WAY in on the logo, and it stayed crisp (woohoo, vectors!). :-) So I opened the PDF in Illustrator and pulled the logo out of there, in vector format.
I attached a zip of the art to this post. In there is the original rip in Illustrator format (propeller.ai), as well as one where I went wireframe, and converted everything to straight lines (propeller_lines.ai, and propeller_lines.dxf). That's needed because Sketchup (at least the plugin I'm using, and probably other programs) don't handle arcs properly (it was importing arcs as straight lines, which of course didn't look right). Those files still have some stray vectors... I did all the cleanup in Sketchup... and I attached that file as well (propeller.skp). Hopefully these files will be useful to someone in the future.
I hope Parallax isn't annoyed at me... I sent them an email yesterday afternoon asking for the logo, but my impatience got the best of me, and started on it this morning, since I hadn't heard back from them yet. Not that I expect that they'll have any problem with me using the logo, but hopefully they'll at least get back to me on that.
Pat
I printed it pretty small, so the quality isn't great... but still pretty cool to stick on my door (to replace my 2D printed Propeller logo next to my name plate). I don't think you could print it much smaller without the prop snapping off.
I'll post the files up to Thingiverse when I get around to it. The Propeller is WAY under-represented there.
Pat