Creating and Dissolving Smart Explode Lines

You can view the associated explode steps for a selected component in the Smart Explode Lines PropertyManager. Smart explode lines use the bounding box center as a reference point by default.

You can use smart explode lines along with manually created explode lines. To use a different path for an explode line, you must manually create the explode line or dissolve the smart explode line. You cannot add a component to the explode steps using the Smart Explode Lines PropertyManager.

When you change the explode steps, the smart explode lines update automatically.

To create smart explode lines:

1. Open an assembly that contains an exploded view.

   

2. On the ConfigurationManager tab, expand the active configuration.
3. Right-click the ExplView feature and click Smart Explode Lines .
4. In the Smart Explode Lines PropertyManager, click .

   The exploded view contains the smart explode lines.

   

To edit smart explode lines:

1. On the ConfigurationManager tab, expand the active configuration.
2. Right-click the ExplView feature and click Edit Smart Explode Lines .
3. In the Smart Explode Lines PropertyManager, modify the settings for the smart explode lines.
4. Click .

Dissolving Smart Explode Lines

To change a line created by using the Smart Explode Lines option, you must dissolve the smart explode line.

To dissolve a smart explode line:

1. On the ConfigurationManager tab, expand the active configuration.
2. Expand the ExplView feature.
3. Right-click the 3DExplode sketch and click Edit Sketch.
   When you edit the sketch, the smart explode lines appear in the color selected for the Highlight setting. To change this color, click Tools > System Options > Colors. In the Color scheme settings section, select Highlight.

   

4. Right-click the smart explode line and click Dissolve Entities .

   In the following image, the route line on the right side is dissolved. The route line on the left side remains a smart explode line.

   

To dissolve all smart explode lines:

1. On the ConfigurationManager tab, expand the active configuration.
2. Expand the ExplView feature.
3. Right-click the 3DExplode sketch and click Dissolve Smart Explode Lines .

   To edit the lines, you must edit the sketch.