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An exploded drawing shows the parts separated, but in the correct relationship for fitting together. Exploded views are usually drawn in 3D, as illustrated above. It is important when drawing an exploded view that all the parts line up with each other when exploded so that anyone looking at the drawing should be able to see how the various parts go together to manufacture the product. Hover over the pictures below. If your final design has been drawn correctly and grouped as you have been shown. It is simply a case of moving the individual parts outwards along either the green, blue or red axis. The tutorial below also provides detailed guidance on how to complete this task.

HOW TO PRODUCE AN EXPLODED VIEW GUIDE

This page is entirely up to you how you how you present it and can be a mixture of some of the details below that you are going to explore and your own ideas. You could present the following

• Exploded front views
• Exploded side views
• Exploded top views
• Exploded circuits and components
• Close ups of joining techniques that have been exploded etc.

If you are struggling to fill the page it can also be a mixture of

• 3D Views and step by step guides (see below)
• Cutting Lists & Templates (see below)
• Animations (see below)

A GUIDE TO LAYING OUT A STEP BY STEP DRAWING