3D models not showing when importing Tinkercad circuits for PCB design

[david.bartoli]

Hi All,

Currently, with the students, I generate circuits on Tinkercad and send them to Fusion 360 electronics to create the PCB. So we can manufacture the PCB and build a housing around it.

However, recently, I found that the components are not showing the 3D models when I push the design to a PCB 3D view. I have updated the libraries multiple times, but they cannot show. 

Is there a fix to this, as it is a great feature for developing the housing of the PCB? I have attached some photos below of the situation where the link to the 3D model is not working. The image with the components attached is the outcome a few months ago where the components would generate.

Thanks for any support or ideas on fixing this 

[dan.banach]

Hi @david.bartoli 

Thanks for the message. Can you confirm the version of Fusion that is installed? In Fusion, on the top-right corner click on the ? > About.

Thanks,

-Dan

[david.bartoli]

Hi Dan, 

I am currently working on Fusion 360 2.0.17721 x86_64

Thanks for your support

David

[dan.banach]

Hi @david.bartoli 

Thanks for reporting this issue. The engineering team was able to reproduce this issue and are working on a solution. I'll keep you posted.

-Dan

[david.bartoli]

Hi Dan, 

Thank you for the update. I appreciate the work you are doing to solve the issue. 

[dan.banach]

Hi @david.bartoli 

The team made a change to the library. Can you please try to open your Tinkercad PCB file in Fusion and let me know if you have success.

Thanks,

-Dan

[david.bartoli]

Thanks for the quick turnaround.

I updated the library, and when I pushed the PCB design to a 3D model, a few components of 3D models were shown. For other components, I had to right-click in the 2D PCB screen and click 'replace' to manually change the 3D model to be shown.

Ideally, these should automatically make the process for students more streamlined. 

[dan.banach]

Hi @david.bartoli 

Thanks for the update and for retrying the workflow. I'll pass this information onto the engineering team.

-Dan

[dan.banach · Accepted solution]

Hi @david.bartoli 

The engineering team just pushed a new library. Can you please retry to convert your Tinkercad circuit to Fusion and let us know if you have success.

Thanks,

-Dan

[david.bartoli]

Hi Dan, 

Thanks for this I just tested this and got the 3D components to show in TinkerCad. I appreciate the work you and your team have put into getting this working again. 

Best regards

David Bartoli