Best workflow to carry critical position information (and NPTH) F/B between mechanical and PCB layout ?

rlweinberg — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:55:20 GMT

My first work with Fusion involved design of a PCB to fit an existing purchased part housing, and specifically having certain clearance holes, and discrete part locations for thru-hole connectors soldered to the PCB. I thought initially I would simply put "marker" holes in my original PCB outline sketch. But when I went to place the connector component, it would not allow it of course to center there and be placed. Going back to the sketch, I removed the hole and instead added a center marker. But in the 2D PCB, that does not show up to guide me. So I try visually placing the connector on the PCB and then looking for a dimension or measure tool, which does not seem to exist in the PCB design environment tools. How is it recommended to place NPTH - from the PCB layout side or the Fusion 360 sketch 2D panel?

The only work around seems to inspect the placed parts "pick" location x/y coordinates; jot them down, go to the sketch and read positions of what I want, or else make the sketch match where I placed it.

Seems like I am missing something important to everyone matching mechanical and electronic layouts. Has this perhaps changed with edit in place just released?

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Best workflow to carry critical position information (and NPTH) F/B between mechanical and PCB layout ?