Component Body Manager

Parent page: PCB Dialogs

The Component Body Manager for component dialog

Summary

This dialog allows you to manage the 3D Bodies for the component under the cursor. It provides a central console with which you can quickly modify 3D Body attributes without having to access the 3D Body dialog for each individual body that is being used for that component.

Access

The dialog is accessed from the PCB Editor when viewing the board in 2D. Right-click over the desired component then use the Component Actions » Manage 3D Bodies command from the context menu.

Options/Controls

• Existing and Potential Component Bodies - this region presents all existing component bodies (3D Bodies) that are being used or could potentially be used, for the component. Each component body is listed in terms of the following:
  • Description - this is a description of how the body was created. This could be a purposefully placed 3D Body (referred to as a Component Body in its description), a rectangular shape created from a bounding rectangle, or an enclosed polygonal shape created from design primitives. Each body's description (whether placed or automatically created) will also include the mechanical layer on which it resides (or on which the object(s) it was created from resides), and its area size. Rectangular and polygonal bodies are distinguished by the  and  icons.
  • Body State - this reflects whether the body is being used in the component (In Component <ComponentDesignator>) or not (Not In Component <ComponentDesignator>). Click the entry to quickly toggle the state as required.
  • Standoff Height - this is the distance from the board surface to the underside of the Extruded Body. Use a negative value for Extruded Bodies that must pass down through the PCB.
  • Overall Height - this is the distance from the board surface to the topside of the Extruded Body.
  • Body Projection - this is the side of the board from which the 3D Body will project. Use the field's drop-down to choose either Top Side or Bottom Side (project up or project down). This setting is automatically changed if the 3D Body object is flipped to the other side of the board as part of a component flip.
  • Registration Layer - the mechanical layer on which the 3D Body exists. Use the field's drop-down to choose from all currently enabled mechanical layers. If the chosen mechanical layer is paired, when the body is flipped to the other side of the board as part of its component, it will also be moved to the paired mechanical layer.
  • Body 3-D Color - the current color used for the 3D Body. Click the color swatch to access the standard Choose Color dialog, with which you can assign a different color as required.
  • Body 3-D Opacity - the current level of transparency for the 3D Body. Use the field's drop-down to choose from Solid (completely opaque), Hide (rendering the body invisible), 25% Opacity, 50% Opacity, and 75% Opacity.
• Component bodies in: <ComponentDesignator> - this preview window shows the component's 2D footprint along with overlayed 3D Bodies whose Body State is currently set to In Component <ComponentDesignator>. The preview is dynamic and, therefore, will change as bodies are included or excluded.
• Selected Body - this preview window shows the currently selected body in the list above. The title area for the window also reflects the body's description.