Create a PCB from a mechanical design

Use the PCB tools in the Design workspace to create PCBs that reference mechanical geometries in sketches and models in Fusion.

Create Linked PCB

• This creates a PCB as an external component and inserts it into the active design. This is the preferred method to integrate a PCB with a mechanical assembly. Board outline must be drawn in PCB Outline sketch, and can reference objects added to the assembly context.

• Fusion automatically saves the new design in the same location as its parent.

  • If the parent component is not selected, the default location matches the active project and folder in the Data Panel.
  • If the parent component has not been saved yet, the default location matches the active project and folder in the Data Panel.

• The new component is referenced into the current design and displays in the Browser beneath the parent component you selected.

• If the Activate setting was checked, the component is automatically activated, and an Edit In Place session begins so that you can start working in the new component in the context of the current design.

Derive PCB

• This derives a PCB from a sketch profile in the active design and uses this external sketch instead of the Outline Sketch in the 3D PCB. This option requires that the source design to be saved.
• Derived PCB and source design must be added to a third design to be used as components in an assembly.

Create Unlinked PCB

• This creates a PCB from a sketch or face that is not linked to the source design.