Develop an exploded view

Exploded views are developed in a presentation file and then used to create exploded drawing views. You can automatically explode a presentation views when you create it, add an explosion distance to all the components in an existing presentation view, or manually tweak the components in a presentation view to create an exploded view.

Explode a new presentation view automatically

You can set a single tweak distance for all components when you create a presentation view. On the Presentation tab, Create panel, click Create View.

On the ribbon, click Presentation tab Create panel Create View . Specify the assembly file and design view representation to use. Select Automatic as the explosion method. Set the tweak distance. Select Create Trails to create trails for each tweak in the view; remove the check mark, and trails are not created.

Add an explosion distance to selected components automatically

You can add a single explosion distance to the components in the selected assembly or subassembly.

1. Right-click the assembly name in the browser and select Auto Explode from the menu.
2. In the dialog box, enter the standard tweak distance.
3. To display the trails for the automatic tweaks, make sure that Display Trails is selected.
4. Click Preview to check the effect of your entries before clicking OK to accept them.

Note: The specified distance is added to any existing tweaks in the view.

Add tweaks to a presentation view manually

You can add tweaks to a component or group of components in an existing view. On the Presentation tab, Create panel, click Tweak Components.

On the ribbon, click Presentation tab Create panel Tweak Components . In the graphics window, click a face, feature, or edge in the view to set the direction triad. Select the components to tweak. Click and drag an arrowhead on the direction vector to create a tweak in the direction of the arrow. Note: You can also enter the tweak distance and set the direction vector using the settings in the dialog box. When the desired result is previewed in the graphics window, click Apply to implement the changes. To add other tweaks, click Clear to reset the selections and repeat the previous steps. Show Me how to create an exploded assembly