Exploding

You can use the Explode option to better understand the structure of an assembly and to analyze the dismount capability. You can also save the exploded view, as well as obtain a printed document of the exploded product for further analysis.

Explode Options

From the Explode dialog box, you can define how the explosion is to be performed and to visually explode or implode a model. The options that you can set are:


Option	Description
Maximum Depth	Define up to which level you want to explode. All entities from the root level to the specified level are exploded. All entities on the other levels will not be exploded. If you are exploding: • Whole model - the number of available levels depends on how many explodable levels exist in the model. For example, if there are four levels, with level 2 being the first level under the main assembly, then level 3 and level 4 are added to the list. • Selected parts - the number of available levels to be added to the list depends on the selected virtual tree.
Animated	When selected, animation is shown while exploding or imploding the model.
Show Arrows	When selected, arrows are displayed in an explosion assembly. The arrow starts from an exploded entity and points to the center point of its parent.
Scroll Explode	Dragging the slider gradually displays the progression of the explosion to show the explosion dynamics. • Explode - pressing the button brings the explosion level to the (n-1) level if current explosion level is between n-1 (inclusive) and n level (exclusive). • Implode - pressing the button brings the explosion level to the n level if current explosion level is between n-1 (exclusive) and n level (inclusive).

Exploding a 3D Model

From the Manipulate menu, select Explode.

Note: From the AutoVue toolbar, you can also select Explode .

The Explode dialog box appears.

Select the parts that you want to explode.

Note: To select more than one model part, press the Shift or Control key while selecting. To explode the entire model, ensure that no parts are selected.

From the Maximum Depth list, select the level to which you want the model to explode.

Select Animated if you want to see an animated view of the explosion.

Note: This option is selected by default.

Select Show Arrows if you want to display the arrows.

To explode the model, click the

button.

The whole model or the select model parts explode.

See Saving an Exploded View of a 3D Model

To implode the model, click the button.

Note: To manually change the explosion state, click and drag the scroll bar.

Click OK to close the Explode dialog box.

The explode state remains displayed, and the Transformation column in the Model Tree is updated indicating the exploded parts.