Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 11 – Detecting Interference, Editing and Exploding the Assembly and Creating Multiple
Assembly Configurations
Section IV – Modeling Assemblies 11.5 The Exploded Assembly

 Right-click Default and select New Exploded View to get the

menu in Figure 11.3.

Step 88: Click on one assembly component to show the manipulator
handle.

 Click and drag the handle in the direction you wish to

explode.

 Release the mouse button to release the part.

 Repeat for every part until you have the fully exploded

configuration that you want. See Figure 11.4.

 Notice that you can drag any number of components

simultaneously by first clicking to make them active, and then

dragging the manipulator handle.

Step 89: After saving the exploded configuration, it is possible to
toggle between the exploded and normal configuration by right-
clicking on AssemblyConfiguration and changing between
Collapse and Explode.

Step 90: Right-click again on AssemblyConfiguration
and select Animate collapse or Animate explode.

 The menu in Figure 11.5 will appear to allow

the user to control the animation. Table 11.1

shows what options are available.

Figure 11. 4 – Exploded Assembly

Figure 11. 3 – Creating the

Exploded View

Figure 11. 5 – Explode Animation Menu