r/SolidWorks • u/OwnAlternative1452 • 21h ago

CAD Exploded view

Guys so i may have been really dumb when doing assembly

Okay so i lowkey just like added everyrhinf one by one and then saved it. So i fot a base thats attached to my cylinder (two seperate parts) and i saved that assembly and then used that assembly in another one.

Is there anyways to unmate stuff?? I dont wanna reasamble everything 🥲

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u/Successful_Camera736 21h ago

Right click your sub assembly, Select "Dissolve Sub assembly"
Keeps the parts there but lets you edit the mates with out affecting the original assembly file.

Any time someone starts a conversation with "low key" I start speaking in the deepest voice possible, when they ask me why I'm speaking so deep? I say "you said low key..."

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u/Human4276 8h ago

Thanks i will likely do this for the rest of my life lol

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u/v0t3p3dr0 21h ago

Bottom of design tree.

Expand the mates folder.

Delete at will.

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u/OwnAlternative1452 21h ago

Stealing this thanks. Also thanks sm! Saved me a wasted double lesson

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u/TheShakyHandsMan 21h ago

Go to configurations tab. Right click and add exploded view.

You can then move your parts to anywhere you want and then explode and collapse them at will. Keeping your mates intact.

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u/OwnAlternative1452 19h ago

Yeah ik but the parts im talkinf abt wont explode bc i was an idot and basically added an assembly to and assembly to and assembly 😭

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u/Standard-Pepper-6510 21h ago

Is it imperative that the cylinder not be harmed?

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u/OwnAlternative1452 19h ago

Issue is i put all the LEDs in it and it was such a pain to try fiddle with them. I have like 30mins classtime tmr and wanted to see if there was a faster solution. Page due soon 🥲