exploded assembly views.

brian_pinder662

In several of the Onshape tutorials that I have watched there have been assemblies that have been exploded. Can anyone say how this is done. At the moment I am trying to use a work around as shown on youtube but fear it may be causing problems in other areas. This video was done in 2016 and I thought maybe other ways may now available.
Any advice would be appreciated.    Regards Brian.

brucebartlett

We need more improvement on this  vote here https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/1333/exploded-views

Exploded views are quite easy to create by suppressing mates and moving the parts, but you need a workaround to preserve the original state. 

1. complete assembly then duplicate and perform the explode
or 
2. Branch and perform the explode on the branch. This as a neat solution as you can also merge changes into this if required.   @philip_thomas has a worksheet which he might share. 

noa

Here is a tech briefing that discusses today's options: https://learn.onshape.com/courses/exploded-views

chrisjh777

@brucebartlett

Thanks for the tip regarding suppressing of mates within a duplicate of the completed assembly.  Works great, but I lost axial alignment when trying to move parts outwards.

I tried this method which works very well:

1.  Create a duplicate of an assembly and rename it "Exploded View".

2.  Rather than suppressing fastened mates, edit them to change them to cylindrical mates.

3.  Move each part away from the original fastened mate plane.  This keeps the axial alignment.

4.  Roll the "exploded assembly" until you get an orientation suitable for inserting into a drawing.

5.  Create a "Named View" named "Exploded View" of the image produced in Step 4.

6.  Insert the Named View "Exploded View" into your drawing.

Example here: 
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/660668ed62be31b20bffbf67/w/5ebb40538b35dc39d0c45ce0/e/0280b22e9715a1aa056d8423

 

brucebartlett

We need more improvement on this  vote here https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/1333/exploded-views

Exploded views are quite easy to create by suppressing mates and moving the parts, but you need a workaround to preserve the original state. 

1. complete assembly then duplicate and perform the explode
or 
2. Branch and perform the explode on the branch. This as a neat solution as you can also merge changes into this if required.   @philip_thomas has a worksheet which he might share. 

noa

Here is a tech briefing that discusses today's options: https://learn.onshape.com/courses/exploded-views

brian_pinder662

Many thanks for your help, am now trying the various options.
Best Regards Brian.

chrisjh777

@brucebartlett

Thanks for the tip regarding suppressing of mates within a duplicate of the completed assembly.  Works great, but I lost axial alignment when trying to move parts outwards.

I tried this method which works very well:

1.  Create a duplicate of an assembly and rename it "Exploded View".

2.  Rather than suppressing fastened mates, edit them to change them to cylindrical mates.

3.  Move each part away from the original fastened mate plane.  This keeps the axial alignment.

4.  Roll the "exploded assembly" until you get an orientation suitable for inserting into a drawing.

5.  Create a "Named View" named "Exploded View" of the image produced in Step 4.

6.  Insert the Named View "Exploded View" into your drawing.

Example here: 
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/660668ed62be31b20bffbf67/w/5ebb40538b35dc39d0c45ce0/e/0280b22e9715a1aa056d8423

 

bradley_sauln

We have pushed an update to fulfill this: https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/introducing-exploded-views-in-onshape