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wfalco16-Pearl
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March 23, 2017
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Explode Lines Thru All

  • March 23, 2017
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All,

I should know this by now. But I guess I have always dodged it and had another way to show things in orthographic section views.

I want to show explode lines in line with how they are assembled.

For example, the "red" drawn in line I show in my attachment.

I am getting the resulting "blue" line currently. It's for another screw...but you get my meaning?

How to I get the "red" result? Essentially the explode line tool asks for a beginning and an end. I need in a location in between as well.

I see an edit explode line ability....which leaves me clueless. I can drag the lines only?

Please help. So I can be the master of exploded line work.

Thanks,

WayneF

CREO 3.0 M020

Best answer by kdirth

The easiest way is to add 2 explode lines, bolt to bracket & bracket to part.

You will also need to add some jogs to the line.  Select the line, select Edit Explode Line from right click menu, add 2 jog nodes by right clicking on the line and selecting add jog from menu.  You can now drag these nodes around to get the path you want.

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wfalco16-PearlAuthor
16-Pearl
March 23, 2017

I have just noted...that if the component is constrained using the hole, it will follow the hole. But in my case I have many holes and only 1 set of constraints.

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wfalco16-PearlAuthor
16-Pearl
March 29, 2017

No Master Exploders out there?

kdirth
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kdirth21-Topaz IAnswer
21-Topaz I
March 29, 2017

The easiest way is to add 2 explode lines, bolt to bracket & bracket to part.

You will also need to add some jogs to the line.  Select the line, select Edit Explode Line from right click menu, add 2 jog nodes by right clicking on the line and selecting add jog from menu.  You can now drag these nodes around to get the path you want.

There is always more to learn.
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    wfalco16-PearlAuthor
    16-Pearl
    March 29, 2017

    Kevin,

    That thought occurred to me to go 1 to the next, stop...then to next....(piggyback).

    WORKS! See explode_1by1.PNG

    I guess I had it in my head that the edit function would deal with this.

    Thanks so much! I see there is a level of finesse here with moving the lines. I had some lines not want to move and snap back. But if I adjusted the placement of the component the problem went away.

    One thing I want to note...before I did the piggyback method I was getting warning when attempting to move lines. See jog1.PNG

    Not sure what the warning meant.

    Wayne

    explode_1by1.PNG

    explode_1by1.PNG

    jog1.PNG

    jog1.PNG

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    TracyWillis10-Marble
    10-Marble
    March 29, 2017

      Wayne,

      Use the 2 line method as Kevin suggested but pick the AXIS of each hole or bolt rather than their surfaces.  The offset lines will have the jogs you want.  I do this all the time and don't remember ever having to drag those around after the fact.  Only tricky thing is, you have to pay attention to which end of the axis you select...see attached

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      wfalco16-PearlAuthor
      16-Pearl
      March 29, 2017

      I'm on board! Thanks Tracy! Yeah I agree with the "correct axis".

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