Creating an Exploded View

This task will show you how to create an isometric view, and then, projected views from an assembly previously exploded via Digital Mock-up workbench (DMU Navigator).

 

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

 

Open Gun_Body.CATProduct.
  In a Product Structure context, if you create a front view from a scene of a product, you can directly select the Scene object in the specification tree. You do not necessarily need to select the Product and sub-products any more.

 
1. Go to Digital Mock-up workbench (DMU Navigator) and define the Scene with the adequate orientation and with the instances properly positioned.

 

2. Explode the view as shown here:

3. Go to Drafting workbench and click the Isometric View icon I_IsometricViewP2.gif (241 bytes) from the Views toolbar (Projections subtoolbar).

 

4. Select the product from the specification tree and then a plane on this product.

5. Click to locate the resulting exploded view.

 
Non exploded product:           Exploded product:

You can insert Bill of Material information into the active view.

 

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