Adding a Device Enclosure

You can keep working with your project or open it from the Workspace and continue from where the previous step is completed.

The flash drive also includes an enclosure. Let's place it. To do this, select Place » Extruded 3D Body. Then press Tab, and in the Properties panel, specify Server as the 3D Body Source.

Fig.50 - Selecting the location of the 3D Body — **Fig. 50** - Selecting the location of the 3D model

Next step, click the Choose… button. In the search bar of the Choose Item dialog that opens, enter Flash_case_top and press Enter.

Fig.51 - Attaching the 3D Body — **Fig. 51** - Attaching the 3D model

Select the found 3D Body and press OK.

In the Properties panel, set the values that are shown in the figure below.

Fig.52 - Placed the first part of 3D model with location properties — **Fig. 52** - Placed the first part of 3D model with location properties

Place the second part of the enclosure – Flash_case_bottom – in the same way.

Properties of the second part of the enclosure are shown below.

Fig.53 - Placed the second part of 3D model with location properties — **Fig. 53** - Placed the second part of 3D model with location properties

Click on a free space and then press 3. You will switch to 3D mode. This is how the flash drive should look like.

Note: In 3D mode, there are a large number of display configurations that are made in the View configuration panel - the View options tab. There are several hotkeys that often help to quickly position the board:

Ctrl+F – to turn the board by 180 degrees;

0 - return the board to the top view;

Ctrl+Page down - to scale the board.

Fig.54 -The created PCB in 3D mode — **Fig. 54** -The created PCB in 3D mode

Then save the changes locally and to the Workspace.

Note: In addition, in the properties of 3D bodies you can set their transparency at 50-75% so that you can assess the position of the board relative to the case.

Good job! Article is now completed!

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