ExplodedAssembly Workbench

Introduction

The ExplodedAssembly Workbench is an external workbench to create exploded views and animations of assemblies.

Features

• Create nice explosions of assemblies graphically (no code at all!)
• Create sub-exploded groups
• Give rotation to screws and nuts for realistic disassembles
• Use the provided auxiliary assembly tools to place your parts together
• TODO feature: create trajectory from wires and sketches

References

• Author: JMG1
• Home page: ExplodedAssembly
• Source code on github: ExplodedAssembly

Tools

Toolbar

Menu

Standard tools

• Create Bolt Group
• Create Simple Group
• Modify Individual Object Trajectory
• Place Before
• Explode To Selection
• Assemble
• Play Backwards
• Stop Animation
• Play Forward
• Disassemble
• Trajectory Visibility
• Align To Edge
• Rotate 90
• Poin To Point
• Place Concentrically

Additional tools

These tools can be added to a custom toolbar. See Interface Customization.

• Animation Camera Edge
• Animation Camera Follow
• Animation Camera Manual
• Wire Trajectory

Installation

Automatic installation

This workbench can be installed from the Addon Manager.

From GitHub

Using git on Ubuntu & Mint:

• Open the command prompt (terminal) with the keys Ctrl+Alt+t
• Install git: sudo apt-get install git
• Clone repository: git clone https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly ~/.FreeCAD/Mod/ExplodedAssembly

That's all, the next time you launch FreeCAD the workbench should be available.

To install manually download this repository as ZIP and:

• For Ubuntu, Mint and similar OS's extract it inside: /home/username/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mod (0.20 and above) or /home/username/.FreeCAD/Mod (0.19 and below)
• For Windows extract it inside: C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod

Links to ExplodedAssembly Workbench

• FreeCAD Forum: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9028
• Videos: [1] [2]
• Files: inside the workbench
• Report bugs: Please report bugs at https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly/issues

Other useful links

• External workbenches
• Macros recipes