Use the Displace Elements tool to represent models as exploded assembly diagrams.
This video demonstrates the following:
Displaced views, also known as exploded views, are used to illustrate elements in relation to each other in the model, helping to better visualize relationships.
Select elements to create displacement sets and move them along their X, Y, and Z axes away from the model. This view specific setting has no effect on the actual position of the elements.
Displacement sets consist of one or several elements that can be positioned in the view.
To create a displacement set, select one or more elements in the model. Use the drag controls to move the displacement set in the X, Y, and Z direction.
In many cases, you will need to refine a displacement set by adding and removing elements. Click Edit and use the Add and Remove tools. Click Finish when complete.
Within a displacement set you can displace single elements. Tab-select the element and click the Displace Elements tool. To specify precise displacement, select a displacement set and enter an offset distance for the X, Y, and Z coordinate displacement dimensions in the Properties palette.
Use the Displacement Paths tool to indicate the original locations of elements in the model. You can modify color, line weight, and line style of paths by overriding graphics in the view.
To remove displacement set and return elements to their original location, select a set and click reset.
All the features of displacement sets can be used in both 2D and 3D views of your model.
Use displacement sets to better communicate your design to the project team.