Exercise 3
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Exploding a View Manually

Create an exploded view of your assembly by manually selecting and tweaking components.

Each time you tweak a component, you will align the Z-axis to the assembly so that it does not move in an unexpected direction.

You will display trails for the first three tweaks you create, then turn off the display of trails for the remainder of the tweaks. As all the tweaks follow the same path, there is no need for trails to be displayed for all of the components.

  


An exploded view of the assembly.
To tweak components:

  1. In the Panel Bar, click Tweak Component. The Tweak Component dialog box appears.

  2. In the Tweak Component dialog box, verify that Direction is selected and Display Trails is checked.

The Tweak Component dialog box.
  1. Move the cursor over a cylindrical face until the temporary Z-axis appears. Align the Z-axis with the axis of the assembly. Click once to accept the axis orientation.

Aligning the temporary axes with the axis of the assembly.
  1. Select the nut at the base of the assembly by clicking it. Nut-B.ipt:1 becomes highlighted in the Browser.

  2. In the Tweak Components dialog box, verify that the Z button is selected.

  3. Enter -40 in the Transformations field. Then click Apply. The bottom nut is tweaked.

Tweaking the bottom nut of the assembly.

  1. In the Selections section of the Tweak Component dialog box, click the Clear button to clear the axes and nut. Then repeat step 3 to realign the Z-axis.

  2. Click the valve plate to select it. Plate.ipt:1 becomes highlighted in the Browser.

  3. Enter -20 in the Transformations field of the dialog box. Then click Apply to create the tweak.

Tweaking the valve plate.

  1. Click the Clear button in the Tweak Component dialog box. Then redefine the axes as you did in step 3.

  2. Select nut-A.ipt:1 in the Browser.

  3. Enter 115 in the Transformations field, then click Apply.

Tweaking the top nut of the assembly.

  1. Clear the Display Trails check box. Then enter the following tweaks:
    washer-B.ipt

    pin.ipt

    spring.ipt

    washer-A.ipt

    diaphram.ipt

     

    105

    85

    45

    30

    15

     
  2. Close the Tweak Component dialog box.

 

After tweaking all the components of the assembly.