Exploding a 2D Component from a Detail Sheet

You can individually explode a 2D component that was instantiated from a detail sheet. You can then modify this component as per your requirement.

Exploding a 2D component means removing the link between a 2D component instance and its reference. The associativity with the detail sheet is cut. Then you can modify the exploded 2D component instance as per your requirement. The instance behaves as independent geometry and annotations.

Before you begin: Open a drawing representation.
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More About Exploding a 2D Component Instance

  1. Right-click the component that was previously instantiated from the detail sheet and select Reference 2DComponent.x.x object > Explode 2D Component from the contextual menu. The component is now exploded. You can therefore modify the geometry and/or graphical properties on one or more elements of this component.

  2. Click the text and re-position it.

  3. Select one line on the top of the hexagon and use the Graphical Properties toolbar to change the color into red.



The component now appears as desired: