The Detail Explode Dialog

learn about the different options and settings you can configure in the Detail Explode dialog.

Enable Detail Explode

Enables the Detail Explode Settings. While exploding the details, for each object or sub-object, a corresponding setting will be searched in the Current Profile. If there is no setting, the explode settings will be used from Advance Steel category.

Exploded detail file Version.

Controls the created .dwg file version for the details. The following versions are available:

• AutoCAD R13 DWG
• AutoCAD R14 DWG
• AutoCAD 2000 DWG
• AutoCAD 2004 DWG

Button	Function
	Creates a new profile.
	Copies the selected.
	Deletes the selected profile.
	Defines the selected profile as current.

Profile List

The left panel of the window displays the available detail explode profiles grouped in two categories:

• Advance - This category includes all the detail explode profiles available in Advance Steel. Their configuration cannot be modified.
• User - This category includes user defined detail explode profiles that can be modified.

Each detail explode profile contains the settings for the elements used for an Advance Object representation.

Example: In a detail drawing, several lines are used to represent the ACIS elements of a Beam. For each line you can define the layer, the color and the line type.

Settings panel

When an item is selected in the tree panel, the item's properties are displayed in the right side of the dialog.

Option	Description
Object part is visible check box
Layer	Defines the layer on which the selected category of lines (ACIS elements) will be grouped:
	Same as detail: The ACIS elements will be placed on the same layer as the detail.
	A new layer: Enter the layer name.
	An existing layer: Select the layer from the drop-down list.
Color	Defines the color used to represent the selected category of lines (ACIS elements):
	Same as detail: The ACIS elements are represented using the same color from the detail.
	A selected color: Select the color from the drop-down list.
Line type	Defines the type of line used to represent the selected category of lines (ACIS elements):
	Same as detail: The ACIS elements are represented using the same line type from the detail.
	An selected line type: Select the color from the drop-down list.

The New Profile Dialog

Option	Description
Profile name	Defines the name of the created profile.

New Explode Settings Dialog

Option	Description
Object type	Selects the object type for which the settings are defined.
Object sub-type	Selects the line for which the settings are defined.