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{{GuiCommand|Name=Part ExplodeCompound
{{GuiCommand|Name=Part ExplodeCompound
|MenuLocation=Part > Compound > Explode compound
|MenuLocation=Part Compound Explode compound
|Version=0.18.15506
|Version=0.18.15506
|Workbenches=[[Part Module|Part]]
|Workbenches=[[Part Module|Part]]
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==Description==
==Description==

Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a [[Std Group|Group]] if there is more than one child.
Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a [[Std Group|Group]] if there is more than one child.


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==Use cases==
==Use cases==

* tweaking positions of shapes made by [[Draft Array]]
* tweaking positions of shapes made by [[Draft Array]]
* obtaining split pieces from result of [[Part Slice]] and [[Part Cut]]
* obtaining split pieces from result of [[Part Slice]] and [[Part Cut]]

Revision as of 21:22, 27 December 2018

Part ExplodeCompound

Menu location
Part → Compound → Explode compound
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.18.15506
See also
Part Make Compound, Draft Downgrade

Description

Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a Group if there is more than one child.

It is semi-parametric: the shapes of the children will update as the source compound changes, but if the number of children in the compound is changed, the explosion will be either missing some shapes, or have redundant objects in an error state.

Placements of extracted shapes follow the placements of the originals, plus the Placement property of each child.

The tool will also explode non-compound shapes into their lower-level constituents: compsolids into solids, solids into shells, shells into faces, faces into wires, wires into edges, edges into vertices.

Use cases

  • tweaking positions of shapes made by Draft Array
  • obtaining split pieces from result of Part Slice and Part Cut
  • obtaining individual contours from multi-contour sketches and faces
  • obtaining a pure solid from a solid-in-compound, for use in FEM workbench.