# Exploded views

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977 "2022-10-18T20:45:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cblessing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cblessing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cblessing)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977/1 "2022-10-18T20:45:35Z")

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What is the best way to explode an assembly and return all of the components back to its original position?

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**Author:** ![SM1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@SM1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SM1)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977/2 "2022-10-18T22:39:05Z")

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You could put the assembly in a folder, create a copy of it and then explode it how you want- then show and hide either folder.

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**Author:** ![Cblessing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cblessing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cblessing)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977/3 "2022-10-19T12:49:51Z")

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That would work! Thanks!

It would be awesome to have the functionality to save it as a view so any changes to the bodies would be updated to that view.

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**Author:** ![FlyPSV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/flypsv/32/20235_2.png) [@FlyPSV](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/FlyPSV)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exploded-views/21977/4 "2023-04-17T15:32:02Z")

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Automatic exploded view would be a great additional feature as would a cut list or at least the capability of creating a list of all the individual components of a design with or without dimensions.  
The exploded view could then be saved much in the same way 2D views are saved, including the sync between 3D and 2D.  
Thanks for reading.