topic Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB in Fusion Electronics Forum

Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

banksysan — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:48:35 GMT

When I try to move the components onto the board I get this message. How do I move components if I'm not allowed to have some, temporarily, outside? (I mean, aside from upgrading).

Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

jorge_garcia — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:02:18 GMT

Hello @banksysan,

This is unfortunately the nature of the beast. In the free version, the only time you are allowed to have components outside of the board area(positive X and Y axes) is when you come over from the schematic and you see components to the left of the origin.

Once you are aware of it, you can workaround it.

Best Regards,

Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

banksysan — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:20:49 GMT

OK, but when I move the component onto the board I get the error message.

Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

banksysan — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:56:57 GMT

(view in My Videos)

Here's the problem. I can't move components onto the board because there'll always be some off the board _until_ I've moved them on.
It seems that this isn't just an inconvenience, it makes the whole thing non-functional. I literally can't move components onto the board.

Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

banksysan — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 19:14:09 GMT

I want to bump this back up as it's 100% unusable as it is.
How do I move components onto the board? They're initially off the board, when I try to move them on the board I'm not allowed.

Re: Upgrade message when moving components on 2D PCB

jorge_garcia — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:10:08 GMT

Hello @banksysan,

I hope you're doing well. Thank you for all of the images. They clearly show what's wrong. In the free version of Fusion, the board outline must only be on the positive x and y axes. In other words, the bottom left corner of your PCB needs to be at the origin. It's the only configuration that will work in the free version.

Once you adjust your board outline location you'll see that you'll be able to place parts within it.

Best Regards,