Chapter 14: Assembly Configurations and Display States
FIGURE 14.14Exploding the base
The Tower part is a little more difficult because it is not lined up with the direction in which it
needs to be exploded. To remedy this, highlight the Direction box in the PropertyManager and
select a face that is normal to the direction that you want to drag, or an edge that is in this direc-
tion. Then drag the appropriate arrow on the triad again, as shown in Figure 14.15.Tip
SolidWorks Help says that you can drag the sphere of the triad onto a face to change the direction, rather than
selecting a face in the Direction box. You must also hold down the Alt key while dragging it in order for it to
stick to an entity. n
Exploding the Twist Arm subassembly provides the opportunity to show a couple of useful subas-
sembly functions. You can explode the parts of a subassembly either together as a unit or individu-
ally. You can even reuse explode steps from the subassembly, which is what you will do here.