topic Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic in Fusion Electronics Forum

selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

peter4U7PP — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:56:43 GMT

hi, i recently switched from eagle to fusion and although i'm happy about many improvements i find it to be slower in terms of workflow. switching between different commands turns out to take a long time, often i have to click 'esc' first in order to be able to select a new command. is that something known?

i'm running it on mac OS 13.6 with plenty of ram and storage, that shouldn't be the cause.

another issue i have is, that the design manager doesn't highlight the component i select. saying that, in contrast to eagle at least now the search in the design manager works, but once the searched component has been filtered and clicked on nothing happens. it does not highlight the component in the schematic. this function works correctly in the layout editor however, but not viceversa. is there a specific reason for that which i don't see or is it simply a bug?

thanks in advance for your help.

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

Pieter.Jan.Van.de.Maele — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:10:10 GMT

Hi there!

When you say it is slow to switch components, could you give a bit more detail on this? It would definitely be interesting to know what is going on and see if we can improve. Is this specific to a certain command or a general issue? If possible could you share a video of this?

For the issue you mention related to components not being highlighted, make sure the "highlight in design" setting is turned on:

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

peter4U7PP — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:06:39 GMT

hi Pieter, thank you for the super fast response and solution on the highlighting issue, much appreciated!

as to switching commands (not components), let's say when i switch back and forth between shortcuts like 'move', 'name', 'value', but also things like 'copy', 'paste' and others there is often (maybe 1 out of 4 times) a significant delay until it lets me proceed with the new operation. often i have to click one or two times in an empty area first (schematic editor), sometimes even need to click 'esc' first in order to continue with the new operation. it almost appears as if the old command needed to be deactivated first. let me know if that makes sense to you or i can provide a video later.

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

Pieter.Jan.Van.de.Maele — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:08:03 GMT

We have heard this feedback before but have a bit of trouble pin-pointing it so that's why I am digging into this because we'd love to be able to solve this. Is this only when you use shortcuts, or is it also happening when clicking commands in the toolbar?

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

peter4U7PP — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:12:33 GMT

One thing i forgot to ask, is there a way of configuring the 'enter' key on a mac numeric field as 'return'?

Much appreciated!

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

peter4U7PP — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:41:14 GMT

the issue is particularly apparent when i switch back and forth between 'name' (my shortcut 'shift-command-n') and 'value' (my shortcut "command-3'). it actually doesn't allow me to switch between those two commands without clicking in an empty area first AND then pressing 'esc'. selecting the respective toolbar command works without a problem.

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

SallyYang — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:36:53 GMT

Hi @peter4U7PP , thanks for explaining the details of the commands switching issue.

Would you please share more about your hardware?

Screen size & resolution of your Mac?
Any external display connected? If yes, what's the size & resolution of it.

Could you try the following attempts to see if the commands switching issue is still reproducible?

Turn off High DPI setting in preferences and restart Fusion to try again.
Disconnect external device if any and try again.

Beside, do you think it's a regression or design specific issue? Could you share us a video to show the issue? Thank you!

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

peter4U7PP — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:57:50 GMT

Hi @SallyYang

sorry for my late reply. Here's more info on my run of a mill system, mac studio, Apple M2 Max chip with 64Gb memory. The monitor is a Dell U3818, 37.5-inch (3840 × 1600). Nothing else connected besides an audio interface.

So I disabled hi res and restarted, but it didn't change anything. What do you mean by "regression or design specific issue"?

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

SallyYang — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 02:16:20 GMT

Hi @peter4U7PP ,

Thanks for sharing us the video to explain the issue.

I can reproduce it now. The key point is we should not move mouse off the component when use hot keys to switch command value/name. I will report this issue to our development team for a resolution.

Re: selected component in design manager doesn't highlight the component in the schematic

panpan_fan — Thu, 16 May 2024 07:15:30 GMT

Hi @peter4U7PP

We have released Fusion V2.0.19207
The issue you reported should be fixed now.
Please upgrade Fusion and try it again, thanks a lot!

Regards,

Panpan Fan