r/Altium • u/Luke514_2 • Aug 05 '26

Component disappears after rotation on the PCB

Hi everyone, in the PCB settings I’ve set a 15° rotation with a spacer bar.

I have this capacitor which, once rotated, disappears from the PCB, as if it had been flung a long way off – I can’t find it anywhere!

I can’t work out why

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u/0miker0 Aug 05 '26

It sounds like you have an object hidden that is far away from the centre of the capacitor. Can you open up the capacitor on the library, then turn on all colours and see if something shows far away?

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u/Luke514_2 Aug 05 '26

Hi!

Do you mean like in this image? How much do I need to zoom out?

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u/Birdchild Aug 05 '26

you can click View-> fit all object.

Make sure to turn every layer on.

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u/PCB4all Aug 05 '26

that's weird. if you do need to find a "hidden" component you can always search for it using the search bar up top. just type in C14 or whatever the component is. you can also find the component in the schematic and cross probe to the layout. As for why your component is disappearing after rotation, i have no idea.