Milling PCB in Fusion 360 from EasyEDA SVG export

Milling PCB in Fusion 360 from EasyEDA SVG export

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Milling PCB in Fusion 360 from EasyEDA SVG export

helibum
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I'm a hobbyist and I really like the simplicity of EasyEDA vs. Eagle for PCB design and I'm using the following workflow to get the design ready for importing into Fusion 360 for milling.

 

1. Export as SVG from EasyEDA (I can't get the Gerber generator to give me a file).

2. Import into InkScape, convert strokes into paths, do unions on trace paths and pads, and save as SVG.

 

When I insert the final SVG into Fusion 360 as a sketch and extrude it, the portions of the design that need to be removed are extruded. I could work with that except that the pad holes are not extruded.

 

Are there any other preparation steps I could do to get a better sketch result? Has anyone else used a workflow to go from EasyEDA to Fusion 360?

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Never mind. I've decided to move the schematic and board to Eagle and work from there, since it's easier to get a board into Fusion 360 that way.

 

However, I'm having a problem with Fusion Sync in Eagle. It appears that it's not correctly handling unconnected pins. I have a header in which the vast majority of the pins aren't used by the circuitry on the board; I want to solder the unused pins to isolated pads for structural strength. The board looks fine in Eagle, with correct isolation of the unused pins. When I push it to Fusion 360, I lose the isolation: all the unused pins are connected to the ground plane.

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