Rotate a group of components on a PCB Design

[luis.moreiraLEUNF]

Hi All,

I need to rotate a group of components on a PCB design, is there a way of doing this on Fusion 360 PCB?

I created a group with all the components to see if it helped but can't find a way to rotate them.

Best Regards

                 Luis

[panpan_fan]

Hi @luis.moreiraLEUNF 

I hope you are doing well!

For your question, you can select all the components and then Click Rotate command in the Quick Actions of Inspector window.

Please have a try to see if it works for you. If you still have any questions, please leave your comment, thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

[luis.moreiraLEUNF]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply, not exactly what I need but good to know about the quick actions menu.

I don't want to rotate each one but the all group around some point but keeping there relative position and rotation to each other. 

Best Regards

               Luis

[panpan_fan · Accepted solution]

HI @luis.moreiraLEUNF 

Sorry that I misunderstand your question. I am not very sure the Rotate way you want. I will list other two ways here, please see if it can solve your problem.

Way1: Rotate at the dragged part

1. Select the parts you want to rotate

2.Left Click to Drag the selected parts

3.Keep left Click, Right Click to Rotate

Way2: Rotate at the central point of the group

1. Select all the parts you want to Rotate -> Right Click -> Select New Group -> Type any name to the group

2. In Design Manager window -> In Browser Tab -> Select View as Groups -> Select the Group you have created

3.In Inspector window -> Click Rotate command in the Quick Action

Attach the video here to show them clearly.

https://autode.sk/3dvN3Ju

You can have a try to see if they can solve your problem. If they can't, please let us know, thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

[luis.moreiraLEUNF]

Hi, 

Way 2 did the job. it's a bit convoluted... I was expecting that if I select a group by selecting the elements using the select group tool and then ask for rotation, that immediately did it. Seems quite logical that you would want to use it that way, so to have it as command should be a given.

Maybe on a new version.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards

            Luis  

[panpan_fan]

Hi @luis.moreiraLEUNF 

I'm glad that you have solved your problem.

For the Group in 2d PCB, it seems complicated because the group boundary is  invisible.

We make the group boundary invisible to make sure the group boundary won't affect the Route or other commands in PCB. 

Another tip is that for schematic, you can see the group boundary and you can Rotate it easily by Right Click at the Group Boundary. You can try it when you need to Rotate parts in Schematic.

If you have any other questions when using Fusion 360, please let us know, thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

[nodnarb93]

What about for angles other than 90°? I grouped my components and need to rotate them about their common origin by 45°. The Rotate button in Inspector > Quick Action only seems to be able to rotate by 90°... This is for a 2D board layout. 

[nodnarb93]

Okay I referenced another (also incorrect) forum answer and was able to guess my way to the actual solution. Pic of my notes with screenshots attached.

Here are the steps to rotate any number of components by any arbitrary angle about a rotation axis located at user defined X Y coordinates. This is for the 2D PCB document. 

1. Select your components

• In the Design Manager tab, switch the view dropdown to Components.

• Shift + Click to select all components you want to rotate.

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2. Create a group

• Right-click one of the selected components in the workspace → New Group.

• Give it a name and check Selectable.

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3. Switch to group view

• In the Design Manager tab, change the view dropdown to Groups.

• Click your new group to select it.

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4. Rotate via command line

• Open the command line if it's not already open. It will appear in the top of the workspace window.

  • Command Format:

    ROTATE Rθ (>X Y)

    Where:

    • θ = rotation angle (e.g., 45 for 45° CCW)

  • X Y = board coordinates of the rotation center

• Example: Rotate the group 45° about (60,60):

  ROTATE R45 (>60 60)

• Note: the > symbol is critical.