Alibre Design

Chapter 11 - Assembly Design11.7.4 Exploded View StepsThe Exploded View Step Editor allows you to create and manage steps for yourexploded view. These steps will be similar to what an instruction manual describing theassembling information for the assembly would look like. The steps can be used laterwith the Alibre Design Concept Publisher to animate the exploded view. (This isavailable for users with Full Publishing capability only)The exploded view steps can be created in two ways:1. If you choose to auto-exploded your assembly, the steps are automatically createdas well.2. If you choose to manually explode your assembly, a new step is created each timeyou move a part. However, only one step exists for each part in the assembly, soif you move a part a second time, then the step for it simply updates.Characteristics of exploded view steps• Each step will only move a single part from its initial position to its explodedposition or from its exploded position to its initial position.• A step can be moved to a different position in the sequence of steps.• You can give a name to each step as well as a description of what that stepdoes.Editing exploded view stepsYou can access the Exploded View Step Editor in 4 different ways:• From the Edit menu, choose Edit Exploded View Steps• In the Design Explorer, right click on the Exploded View and and choose EditExploded View Steps• Right-click in the work area, and choose Edit Exploded View Steps• From the Assembly Modeling toolbar, select the Open Exploded View StepEditor tool .319