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Electronic design schematic hierarchy

deepak_elango — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 05:01:52 GMT

I’m looking for example schematics, PCB layouts, and documentation that demonstrate hierarchical design in Autodesk Fusion 360. Could anyone share resources or examples that illustrate how to effectively use hierarchical design in a project?

Re: Electronic design schematic hierarchy

jorge_garcia — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:18:58 GMT

Hello @deepak_elango,

I hope you're doing well. The best example (IMO) of hierarchical design is the attached adder design. It's schematic only but it illustrates nesting and is a good application of hierarchy. Unzip the directory and check out the adder design.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Re: Electronic design schematic hierarchy

Dotplot_co — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:03:16 GMT

How do change the designators of the components on the PCB? Because the more deeper the hierarchy the longer the designator gets.

Re: Electronic design schematic hierarchy

jorge_garcia — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:46:35 GMT

Hi @Dotplot_co ,

I hope you're doing well. The best you can do is use prefixes for the module names. That will limit how many characters each layer of hierarchy adds to the reference designator. At this point in time there's no way to shorten or adjust the reference designators on the 2D PCB, this would be an improvement for hierarchy.

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

Best Regards,