topic Re: SMD pad placement. Can't start with a negative sign in Fusion Electronics Forum

SMD pad placement. Can't start with a negative sign

ritste20 — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:30:05 GMT

I haven't created any new footprints for some time but I was working on one today when I realized something. While editing the position box values during pad placement, you can not begin by typing a negative sign. There has to be a value typed in the box and then the cursor moved back to the beginning of the string and then you can place a negative.

That's kind of (really) annoying when you are in the habit of slapping the top of the Numpad for a negative and your SMD pad disappears off the screen when you press enter. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it new or did I just block it out of my memory?

I haven't tried it with other tools or editing in the board space, I just noticed this in the footprint editor.

Regards,

Re: SMD pad placement. Can't start with a negative sign

HelenChen-AutodeskQA — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:30:39 GMT

Hi Steve, So sorry to hear that you're having trouble. And I noticed you added the comments in another thread too. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-electronics/oddities-entering-position-values/m-p/10419494 I have logged a ticket about this issue and will keep you be posted if we have any update. Regards, Helen

Re: SMD pad placement. Can't start with a negative sign

ritste20 — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:45:33 GMT

Thank you for looking into this @HelenChen-AutodeskQA

Regards,