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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Exploded views</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap491"></a><p class="para_topic">Exploded assembly views in NX are independent of <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_18.html');return(false);">arrangements</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_19.html');return(false);">sequences</a>.
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      <p class="para_topic">This capability is built on <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_30.html');return(false);">views</a>. One of the properties stored with a view is whether that view is showing a stored explosion.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> button on the <b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> toolbar turns the <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> toolbar on and off.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_exploded_views.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> toolbar
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      <p class="para_topic">To create an explosion, follow this procedure.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create the explosion container.</p>
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               <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Create Explosion</b> button or
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               <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Create Explosion</b></li>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Edit Explosion</b></p>
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               <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Edit Explosion</b> button or
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               <li class="condense"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Edit Explosion</b></li>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the components to move.</p>
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               <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/radio-on.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Select Components</b></li>
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            <p class="para_item">Move the selected components.</p>
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               <li class="condense"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/radio-on.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Move Components</b></li>
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            <p class="para_item">Repeat steps 3 and 4.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To hide components, use the <b class="uiTerm">Hide Component</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Show Component</b> commands.
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      <p class="para_topic">To hide or show the explosion in any view:</p>
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         <li class="condense">Make the view active.
            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Replace View</b></p>
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         <li class="condense">Hide or show the explosion.
            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Show Explosion</b></p>
            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Assemblies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Hide Explosion</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Before using the <b class="uiTerm">Exploded Views</b> menus, you might want to create new <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_30.html');return(false);">views</a>.
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Arrangements are an alternate way to create explosions.</p>
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