I'm running Solidworks 2020 and when I'm trying to exploded parts in an assemble, I used to be able to right click and select 'align to' and then click on a surface or a part to change the axis that the part exploded on. That option is missing and just moving the center ball to a surface is very inconsistent. I'm also missing the rotation arrows that used to be around the center ball too. Does anyone know how to get those options back?
Alin Vargatu wrote:
Simply drag the white ball on the edge or the surface you need.
Also make sure you do not use "Radial Step". Use Regular Step for the triad to be movable.
Alin,
Does this then have a method of aligning the exploded item with the desired edge / angle? Or do we just go with the eyeball method? That would seem like a regression.
Jim Steinmeyer wrote:
Alin,
Does this then have a method of aligning the exploded item with the desired edge / angle? Or do we just go with the eyeball method? That would seem like a regression.
If you are referring to aligning the direction to the edge or face: yes, it works very well for me.
I'm running 2020 SP3.0 and, as Sara said in her original post, the rotation rings have gone AWOL and dragging the white ball to a surface or edge is very inconsistent
Sara Clarys I too am missing the "align to" functionality which allowed me to get the desired orientation correct the first time. Dragging the center ball can be frustrating to have to try multiple times to get the orientation correct.
I heard they might be fixing this issue but for now, I use a work around and it's less frustrating then trying to move the center ball. In the dialog box to the left, I delete the surface,line or point that it lists for the orientation. Once I delete, I go click on the surface, axis, point, etc that I want to use as my desired rotation and then that surface shows up in that dialog box and then I can pull on the arrow to explode the parts or parts. See if that works for you.
Sara Clarys wrote:
I'm running Solidworks 2020 and when I'm trying to exploded parts in an assemble, I used to be able to right click and select 'align to' and then click on a surface or a part to change the axis that the part exploded on. That option is missing and just moving the center ball to a surface is very inconsistent. I'm also missing the rotation arrows that used to be around the center ball too. Does anyone know how to get those options back?
The rotation arrows never went away.
Make sure you have the following settings:
1. Regular step (not Radial step)
2. Auto-space components not checked
3. Show rotation rings checked
Dragging the white ball works well for me. If needed, you can always use this option:
That being said, if you liked the RMB menu options, please submit an ER to get them back.
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Simply drag the white ball on the edge or the surface you need.
Also make sure you do not use "Radial Step". Use Regular Step for the triad to be movable.