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Cannot select entities to change board profile.

mad.macs
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Cannot select entities to change board profile.

mad.macs
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I have a board outline I created. I went to add some mounting holes by editing the sketch in Sketches/outline. After adding the holes. I see them when I right click on the board and select edit board, but the circles are not selectable to add to the profile. I did manage to do this with the two that show up as unfilled white circles, but can't seem to do it with the other 2.

 

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HelenChen-ElectronicsQA
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Hi @mad.macs ,

 

Did you add the 4 holes with the same way in the sketch? 

Do you mind to export the file and send to me to have a look? Thank you.

 

Regards,

Helen



Helen Chen
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mad.macs
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Yes, I'm pretty sure the holes were all created as circles on the profile sketch. Some of the lines for the outline were from a DXF import, There is a small chance the holes that worked came in on that import.

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HelenChen-ElectronicsQA
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Hi @mad.macs ,

 

Thank you for your file.

I just tried with Fusion 360 latest released build 2.0.8335, I am able to select the other 2 holes to edit the board. After push back to 2D PCB and view in 3D PCB, they works well.

Could you please upgrade your Fusion 360 to the latest version if not yet and try again?

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Regards,

Helen



Helen Chen
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mad.macs
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Eagle Fusion Electronics design was not in my workflow, since I haven't had the time to sit down and learn it yet. I want to but I will probably wait until some more of the kinks are worked out.

 

I sent the board to 2d, the non working holes did not go over. When I pushed it back to 3d The soldermask color changed, and the holes were gone out of both the profile  and the board. Redrew the holes, and I'm back at square 1.

 

 

Checked my version

2.0.8335
Active Plan: Fusion 360, Subscription
macOS 10.14.6

 

I have an item count of 5 in the profile selection dialog box, and still can't add the others.

If I click the X to reselect the profile, it wont let me select anything.

 

From an interface standpoint it seem more intuitive that "Edit Board" would bring you to a place where you could make changes to the profile sketch, and instead of "Finish Sketch" it should say "Finish Board" which would then do what "Edit Board" is doing now.

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HelenChen-ElectronicsQA
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Hi @mad.macs ,

 

I did not use EAGLE as well, just use Fusion Electronics. 😊

Could you please follow the video I sent to you in email to see whether editing board working for you or not?

Steps:

  1.      In the 3d PCB design -> In the timeline -> Right click the Extrude feature -> Edit board
  2.      Deselect the hole you do not want to used to extrude the board -> OK
  3.      Click Push to 2D PCB in the toolbar of Fusion Electronics -> Which will push to 2D PCB in Fusion
  4.      View 3D PCB with Canvas or View 3D PCB -> You will see the expected result.

Hope it helps.

 

Regards,

Helen



Helen Chen
Principle QA for Fusion 360 Electronics
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mad.macs
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I'm pretty sure that's what I am doing. But I don't get the same behavior when I click on the circle.

 

 

 
 
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yqliu
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Hi @mad.macs ,

 

This should be an issue of selection priority. In Fusion 360, the sketch points has higher priority than the curves on selection by default. If the circle is very small, when the cursor is close to the circle, it's close to the center too. At this time, the center point usually wins. Here are some trick you can do:

1) zoom in the view to make the circles display bigger. Then you should have no problem to select the circles.

2) or you can change the selection filter to enable sketch curves only and this will make the selection easier:

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mad.macs
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Yes. The resolution was that simple in my case. I was trying to select while zoomed out too far I think. Zooming in and selecting the center of the circle seemed to work. It also worked for the other drawing I had issues with. 

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