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2. Select the plus icon to open a file dialog and browse to the desired 3D model file. 3. Choose a model file, and it will be imported to the drawing at the drawing origin location, and the 3D view will update to display the model. a. Any errors or warnings during this procedure will appear as messages in the session log. When mapping an existing 3D model to the footprint, the text portion of the 3D Model field displays the name of the associated model, and you will see two icon buttons, as follows: 4. Use the "refresh" icon to browse to a 3D model file and import the chosen model while keeping the existing 3D model mapping transform. 5. Use the minus (-) icon to remove the 3D model from the footprint and any mapping transform information for the model. To edit the 3D model mapping, use the 3D Location top-level accordion group in the property panel when the footprint has an associated 3D model: f The mapping transform tools group is visible when 3D is the active view, and the footprint has an associated 3D model. Otherwise, you will not see the 3D Location. f No active selection is required to perform the mapping operations (for example, alignment, rotation, and so on). f Other editing operations (text fields, rotate buttons, alignment, and so on) will be similar to those for board-level mechanical model mapping with 3DX. Reviewing Designs Using Comments and Markups Adding comments using markups is a simple design review feature streamlining the PCB design review process across different design teams or domains. The design review solution, integrated within the layout editor, eases the collaboration with assembly and fabrication houses, manages review data efficiently, and keeps it up to date. This design review functionality works in a single-user mode. You can mark any area in the design canvas using rectangular or arrow markups and add text comments in the Comments panel. Each comment is saved with a unique ID. You can add text comments to individual layers with or without markup. A comment may have more than one markup associated with it. To view all the markups, zoom in to fit the design in the canvas. You can navigate comments in the Comments panel or by selecting the markups in the design canvas. The layout editor retains the layer visibility and zoom info when navigating comments or markups. 34 www.cadence.com OrCAD X User Essentials

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