Creo View Exploded Views

[TractorGuy]

I am trying to export an exploded view out of Creo Parametric 7.0 into Creo View format but for whatever reason it will not create the exploded state. I have tried doing the export from Creo Parametric when the model is in both the exploded and unexploded states and I have tried opening the model with both Creo View Lite 4.1 and Creo View Standard (I believe it was 4.0). No matter what I try the model I see in Creo View is always the unexploded state and the "Preset Explode" button is greyed out.

Does anyone know what the issue might be and why I can't get the export to work?

[BillRyan]

Try going to View Manager in Creo and creating a combination state view in the "all" tab.  You will find these combination states in the viewables tab in Creo View after publishing.   This is the base of how "MBD" or model based definition works...the advanced companies have predefined combination states in their start parts.  

[TractorGuy]

I can now see an "Explode" item in the View Content tab of Creo View, but the Preset Explode option is still greyed out and it still shows the unexploded state.

[BillRyan]

Can you attach screenshots here of how you have the combination state defined and then how that combination view looks in Creo View when you open the "explode" combination state in Creo View.  What is grayed out...need a picture of what you are looking at..is this in creo view, creo parametric, the publish configuration, view manager?  

[TractorGuy]

Here is a screenshot from Creo Parametric showing the combination state settings. Assembly-Drw is the exploded state that I am trying to export in this case.

When I go to do the export I am in the Explode-All combination state tab (not sure if that matters):

When I export the file and open in Creo View, this is what I see. I can see there is an Explode item under "View Content" but you can see that the "Preset Explode" is still greyed out:

[vdegaonkar · Accepted solution]

What you have created is an All State (aka Combined State / View State) referring an Explode. This All State is converted as View State in Creo View and shall be available under Viewables tab (next to model tree in primary panel). 

I am not sure what version of Creo Parametric you are using but if you generate PVZ using Save As PVZ then please make sure prodview.rcp file available in 

So when you save as PVZ from Creo parametric make sure your recipe file <Creo_Install_location>\Common Files\text\prodview\export_pvs.rcp has recipe option "adapter/outputAuthorState=1". Refer similar article https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs47882 captured for simplified representations. 

[BillRyan]

Exactly...this is why pictures are important. 🙂  All you need to do is go to the Viewables tab in the creo view model tree, select "Explode-All" in the list and it should open into the view with the items exploded.  However, I don't know why the Explode option in the view content area doesn't work.