Accept the command by hitting the green check mark, and the yellow Explode Line that was automatically created in our preview is now gone. With the component still highlighted purple, we can right-click and choose to delete the line from being created. Modifications can be made to the Explode Line endpoints by dragging and placing the purple points of each component onto one of the locations mentioned above, which will automatically change the reference point to the Selected Point option. Once a component is selected, the component itself highlights to purple, along with its yellow explode line preview. You can either select components from the Components list in the PropertyManager, or directly from the graphics area to make changes. When you insert assemblies into drawing views, you can specify that the exploded configurations be shown. With the PropertyManager still open, you can modify or delete the explode lines. In SolidWorks, you can configure assemblies into exploded views, and you can include explode lines. And lastly, changing to Selected Point will allow for the user to select a point, vertex, a sketch arc, an edge arc, or an edge line in which the explode line will be located at on each component. Switching it to Component Origin will create explode lines that are located at the origin of the components. Change Your Reference Pointīefore accepting the new command, you can look down the PropertyManager and see that the default reference point is set to be the bounding box center of the components. Just like that, all of the explode lines are added to the exploded view. Now to automatically add the smart explode lines, click Exploded View in the CommandManager and select Insert/Edit Smart Explode Lines. We’ll be working with this support frame below. With your exploded view already created, the Smart Line Tool can be used to create all of the necessary explode lines that you’ll need for your view. This new tool is sure to save you time and clicks! Once they have been added, you can make some modifications to these lines, as well as delete ones that you’d like to not be shown all before you even accept the command. This tool automatically adds explodes lines for each component within your exploded view. Thank you.Have you ever been working on a complex assembly and created an exploded view, just to realize that you now have to perform the task of adding explode lines between each and every component? Dread no more, SOLIDWORKS 2018 has you covered! New to SOLIDWORKS 2018 is the Smart Explode Lines tool. So hopefully this little trick can help you make some fantastic exploded views in SOLIDWORKS 2013. Right-click the ExplView feature and select Explode (or Collapse ). Do one of the following: Double-click the ExplView feature. In either case, the jog is following the axis during the creation, and you can even press and release Tab while sketching the Jog and it will cycle through options as well in 2013. To explode and collapse an exploded view: On the ConfigurationManager tab, expand the desired configuration. Pretty cool huh? So this allows you to achieve different directions for this Jog to match your desired intent: This was achieved by pressing and releasing the Tab key just like in any other 3D Sketch mode inside of SolidWorks. In image 2, I show a different axis of -Y, +Z:Īnd in image 3, I show yet another solution of axis +X, -Y: For example, in screen shot 1, I show a default Axis of -X, -Y: This process is pretty straight forward but there may be a time when you want to jog following a different axis rather than the one it defaults to. One new trick that I recently stumbled upon is that from time to time you may need to add a jog in your Exploded Line Sketches to avoid some other exploded parts. Assembly Exploded Views have been a part of SolidWorks for many releases now.