Select Assembly dialog box

Selects an assembly file and design view representation to use when creating a presentation view . You can also set a single tweak distance to create an exploded view automatically.

Access:

Ribbon: Presentation tab Create panel Create View

Assembly

Selects the assembly file and design view representation to use when creating a presentation view.

File

Specifies the assembly file to use for the presentation. Available only when placing the first view in the presentation. Specify the file name in one of the following ways:

  • Enter a file name in the box.
  • Click the arrow to select from the list of open files.
  • Click the drop-down arrow next to Explore. Select Explore to browse for a non-vaulted file. Select Open from Vault to browse for a file in the vault.

Options

Opens the File Open Options dialog box. Specifies a public or private design view representation or a positional representation.

See File Open Options for more information.

Explosion Method

Sets the tweak distance and other options to create an exploded view automatically from the presentation view.

Manual

Creates the presentation view without creating an exploded view. You can manually add tweaks to create an exploded view later.

Automatic

Creates the presentation view as an exploded view. Select Automatic and then set the tweak distance and the trail visibility.

Distance

Specifies the tweak distance for each component when creating an exploded view. Enter the desired distance. Available only when Automatic is selected.

Create Trails

Displays the trails for each tweaked component when creating an exploded view. Available only when Automatic is selected.