BMEXPLODESTEPEDIT command

Manages the representation steps.

BricsCAD Mechanical

Description

Allows you to create, delete, merge, copy, split, and reorder representation steps, as well as save and change the current step.

Method

Select a representation created with BMEXPLODE command and open it for edit (from Mechanical Browser or with the -BEDIT command).

Perform the necessary operations to get the desired representation following the below options. Do not forget to save the current step.

Then, save changes using the BCLOSE command with the option Save.

Options within the command

Add step
Adds a new step after the last one. The new step will be automatically set as current. All unsaved modifications of the representation will be lost.
cOpy step
Copies an existing step.
Note: Step names are case sensitive.
merGe
Merges a step with other specified steps, regardless of their positions.
Move step
Moves a step up (-) or down (+) in the list.
Remove step
Removes a step as well as associated movements of parts. The positions of parts in the representation will be updated accordingly.
reName step
Renames a step.
Save current state
Saves the current positions of parts in the current step.
set CAMera position
Associates an exploded view step with a camera position that will be automatically set during animation and used as default orientations for generated views for this particular step. If no specific camera position is associated with a step, it will inherit the camera position from the initial step. For newly created exploded views, the initial step will get the same camera position as the model.
Set current camera position
Sets the current camera position for the specified step.
Reset camera
Resets the camera position for the specified step.
set Current step
Sets the step as the current and updates the parts in the exploded representation according to this step.
sPlit step
Splits the step to a sequence of steps, each of them corresponding to exactly one part.
Hide parts
Hides the parts that is not involved in the current step.
SHow parts
Shows all parts of the current step.
View options
Sets a view option.
Direction
Sets the direction for animation.
Assembling
Sets direction for animation as assembling.
Disassembling
Sets direction for animation as disassembling.
autoHide
Enables or disables the auto-hide of the parts not involved into a step.
duRation
Sets the default step duration in milliseconds.
Interval
Sets the interval between steps in milliseconds.
list steps (?)
Lists all steps.