Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/io_altium.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/io_altium.c	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/io_altium.c	(revision 35501)
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@
 #include "plug_io.h"
 
 #include "pcbdoc_ascii.h"
+#include "pcbdoc_bin.h"
 #include "pcbdoc.h"
 
 static pcb_plug_io_t io_pcbdoc_ascii;
+static pcb_plug_io_t io_pcbdoc_bin;
 static const char *altium_cookie = "Altium IO";
 
 
@@ -83,6 +85,11 @@
 	io_pcbdoc_ascii.mime_type = "application/x-altium";
 	io_pcbdoc_ascii.multi_footprint = 0;
 
+	io_pcbdoc_bin = io_pcbdoc_ascii;
+	io_pcbdoc_bin.description = "Altium PcbDoc binary board (v6)";
+	io_pcbdoc_ascii.test_parse = pcbdoc_bin_test_parse;
+	io_pcbdoc_ascii.parse_pcb = io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_bin;
+
 	RND_HOOK_REGISTER(pcb_plug_io_t, pcb_plug_io_chain, &io_pcbdoc_ascii);
 
 	return 0;
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.c	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.c	(revision 35501)
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_ascii(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest)
+static int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_any(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest, int is_bin)
 {
 	rctx_t rctx = {0};
 	int res = 0;
@@ -1165,9 +1165,14 @@
 	rctx.pcb = pcb;
 	rctx.filename = filename;
 
-	if (pcbdoc_ascii_parse_file(&pcb->hidlib, &rctx.tree, filename) != 0) {
+	if (is_bin)
+		res = pcbdoc_bin_parse_file(&pcb->hidlib, &rctx.tree, filename);
+	else
+		res = pcbdoc_ascii_parse_file(&pcb->hidlib, &rctx.tree, filename);
+
+	if (res != 0) {
 		altium_tree_free(&rctx.tree);
-		rnd_message(RND_MSG_ERROR, "failed to parse '%s'\n", filename);
+		rnd_message(RND_MSG_ERROR, "failed to parse '%s' (%s mode)\n", (filename, is_bin ? "binary" : "ASCII"));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1215,3 +1220,13 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
+int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_ascii(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest)
+{
+	return io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_any(ctx, pcb, filename, settings_dest, 0);
+}
+
+int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_bin(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest)
+{
+	return io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_any(ctx, pcb, filename, settings_dest, 1);
+}
+
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.h	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc.h	(revision 35501)
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_ascii(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest);
+int io_altium_parse_pcbdoc_bin(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_board_t *pcb, const char *filename, rnd_conf_role_t settings_dest);
+
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_ascii.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_ascii.c	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_ascii.c	(revision 35501)
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <librnd/core/safe_fs.h>
 
 #include "pcbdoc_ascii.h"
+#include "pcbdoc_bin.h"
 
 #define block_size 65536L
 
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.c	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.c	(revision 35501)
@@ -483,3 +483,8 @@
 	return (ucdf_test_parse(file_name) == 0);
 }
 
+int pcbdoc_bin_parse_file(rnd_hidlib_t *hidlib, altium_tree_t *tree, const char *fn)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
Index: trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.h	(revision 35500)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/io_altium/pcbdoc_bin.h	(revision 35501)
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 } altium_buf_t;
 
 int pcbdoc_bin_test_parse(pcb_plug_io_t *ctx, pcb_plug_iot_t typ, const char *file_name, FILE *f);
+int pcbdoc_bin_parse_file(rnd_hidlib_t *hidlib, altium_tree_t *tree, const char *fn);
 
+