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exploded views - show/hide component

exploded views - show/hide component

exploded views - show/hide component

(OP)
In modeling, I created an exploded view, exploded components and hid a few components I didn't think I'd need on the drawing. After I place the view in drafting, I realize that I do need 1 of the hidden components. After I go back to modeling and unhide the component and update the view in drafting, the component still does not show up - why? If I delete the view and add a new one it will show up correctly, but I have a lot of annotations and such that I would lose if I did that. I am running NX2 (2.0.6.2), is there a workaround, and (for those running NX3) is this a problem in NX3 as well?

RE: exploded views - show/hide component

Cowski,

You should be able to do this in drafting. There is a unhide component in view or show component in view function.

I think it's Assemblies > Exploded View >

When you do this in draft mode it will ask you to pick the view you want to modify and then ask which components you want to show.

Michael

RE: exploded views - show/hide component

Unless exploded views have changed, when placed on a drawing, they become imported views and are static. Updates to the explosion state require removing and replacing the view.

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Ben Loosli
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Ingersoll-Rand

RE: exploded views - show/hide component

(OP)
Thanks for the responses. Michael, your suggestion works great. I find it strange that if you edit the exploded view on the modeling side the drawing view doesn't follow, but maybe there is a good use for it.

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