This task shows you how to individually explode a 2D component that was instantiated from a detail sheet. You will then modify as desired this component.
Exploding a 2D component means removing the link between a 2D component instance and its reference. The associativity with the detail sheet is cut. Then, you can modify the exploded 2D component instance as desired, the instance behaves as independent geometry and annotations.
When instantiating a 2D component, you can define its type as an exploded one. For this, use the Explode
icon from the Tools Palette toolbar, as explained
in the Creating a 2D Component instance user task.
Right-click the component that was previously instantiated from the detail sheet and select Reference 2DComponent.x.x object > Explode 2D Component from the contextual menu.
The component is now exploded. You can therefore modify the geometry and/or graphical properties on one or more elements of this component.Click the text and re-position it.
Select one line on the top of the hexagon and use the Graphical Properties toolbar to change the color into red.
The component now appears as desired:
About Exploding a 2D Component
When you explode a 2D component, there is no more associativity between the detail sheet and the exploded component behaves as an independent geometry.
After an explode, all dress-up elements added on the instance are deleted, texts lose their associativity with the detail sheet and dimensions turn to fuchsia by default (or according to the color defined for Not-up-to-date dimensions in the Types and colors of dimensions dialog box available via Tools> Options> Mechanical Design> Drafting> Dimension tab, Analysis Display Mode area, Types and colors... button. For more information, refer to Analysis Display Mode).
When you instantiate a 2D component made of 2D components and perform an explode, all the components behave as independent geometries and not as instances anymore.
