The Exploded View path effect applied to a sample shape
Drafting

Exploded View

Pull the separate pieces of an assembly apart along one axis or radially outwards, leaving dash-dot trajectories that show how they go back together.

FamilyDrafting
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Distance0 to 2000, default 46
  2. AxisHorizontal, Vertical, Radial
  3. TrajectoriesOn, Off

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