topic Cannot "Reorient" or "Transform" P.C.B. in the "RENDER" "Workspace" in Fusion Electronics Forum

Cannot "Reorient" or "Transform" P.C.B. in the "RENDER" "Workspace"

mFVW3H — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 06:13:58 GMT

Hi there,

I have a simple desire to rotate the finished P.C.B. in the "RENDER" "workspace" so that the reflection geometry on the bottom is at a nice π/3 with respect to the vertical axis (probably z).

The "ANIMATION" "workspace" lets you do this trivially and refers to it as "transform".

The lighting hacks in the "RENDER" "workspace" do not adequately light the underside component geometry and the renders are inadequate.

I do not want to export an stl/obj/e.t.c. file; because this will introduce a reduction of quality, increase workflow complexity substantially and is not a viable solution. You should be aware that such tasks are trivial in Altium Designer so I hope the same is true for this alternative software. I am also concerned that the renders are performed entirely on C.P.U. and this makes for extremely long render times even on powerful hardware.

Re: Cannot "Reorient" or "Transform" P.C.B. in the "RENDER" "Workspace"

jorge_garcia — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:10:17 GMT

Hello @mFVW3H ,

I hope you're doing well. I'm reaching out to our render and animate teams since this is really more their issue than an Electronics issue. I'll get back to your shortly.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: Cannot "Reorient" or "Transform" P.C.B. in the "RENDER" "Workspace"

jorge_garcia — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:08:01 GMT

Hello @mFVW3H ,

I spoke to the product manager for Render. You are correct that it is not currently possible to re-orient the PCB in the RENDER workspace. The PM told me that it is actively being developed. For now the only work around it rotate the PCB pre-render.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,