Move Exploded View (3-D)

Exploded view > Motion type > Move

If the Exploded view mode is active, you can use this function to define movements for the exploded view.

When you call the function, the Move dialogue window will be displayed:

Proceed as follows:

1. Specify the part (or the assembly) that you want to move. To do this, click on the and identify the desired part in the ICN or in the model drawing. The part will then be highlighted. If the Multiple selection checkbox is active, you can move several parts in one step. The selected parts will be listed in the window.

If you right-click on an entry in such a part selection list, you have the option to delete this entry if desired. Here, too, multiple selections are possible.

Please note:

When you call the function, the active part or part list (=multiple selection) that was selected in the ICN or in the drawing will be shown in the part selection list of the dialogue window.

2. Specify the settings for the movement.

The displacement, i.e. the total value of the movement, can be determined selecting a point, by entering a value or by selecting two points. If required, choose the desired type of displacement before determining the direction. If the Select direction field is highlighted with an orange frame, you can determine the direction immediately. If this is not the case, click the symbol to choose the direction. The direction can be determined by selecting an edge or a surface. In case of a surface, the direction will be defined by its surface normal. You can also use the functions of the context menu (right-click) to determine the direction.

The further procedure depends on the type of displacement you choose:

• Point
  The parts to be moved will be "attached" to the cursor after direction specification and can then be moved along the chosen direction and dropped at a specified point. The start point of the movement will be determined automatically and is located in the centroid of the bounding box (the smallest possible cuboid that covers the selected parts completely). The end point of the movement will be the specified point. The Distance field will be greyed out here.
  

Video: Move - Point

• Value input
  The chosen parts will be moved in the selected direction, by the value entered in the Distance input field.
• Direction vector
  Here, the value of the movement will be determined by the length of the direction vector, i.e., depending on the chosen movement direction, by the distance of the two points, by the length of the chosen edge, or by the surface normal. The Distance field will be greyed out here.

Video: Move - Direction vector

During rotation axis determination a preview of the movement will be shown.

Furthermore, you can right-click to open a context menu with the following additional functions:

3. In the lower area of the dialogue window you can define for each transformation whether you want mounting tracks that indicate the route of a transformation to be entered in the model drawing. You have the following options:

• No track
  
• One track for all parts
  Only one mounting track for the parts chosen for a transformation will be created. By activating the point input field and a subsequent determining of a point, you can specify the start point of the mounting track. Otherwise, the start point will be placed automatically into the centroid of the bounding box )(the smallest possible cuboid that covers the selected parts completely.
• One track for each part
  One mounting track will be created for each of the parts chosen for a transformation.

Depending on the selected option a preview of the mounting tracks will be shown in the model drawing. To determine the appearance of the mounting tracks mounting tracks, use the parameters of the Default settings for mounting tracks function, or, in the Configuration Editor, the settings at Drawing > Views > Exploded views.

If the Apply immediately checkbox has been activated, the transformation will be directly applied as shown in the preview, and entered into the Exploded view log, i.e. you do not have to click on the Apply button.

If the checkbox has been deactivated, use the buttons instead: Clicking OK applies the displacements and closes the dialogue window. Clicking Apply also applies the transformation, but the dialogue window remains open, enabling you to define further transformations if desired. Clicking Cancel closes the dialogue window, and transformations that have not been applied yet will be discarded.

In the image below an exploded view has been created for for the three marked parts by means of displacements: (1) One mounting track for all parts; (2) Mounting track for each part

Each applied transformation will be recorded in the Exploded view docking window, e.g.:

Via this "explosion log" you can also change transformations of the exploded view subsequently.

Please note:

This function can also be called via the theExploded view docking window.

Exploded View • Representation Functions