Geometrical and Mechanical Engineering Drawing

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Exploded Views

2. Exploded Views
 Exploded views show objects blown
apart to see how they fit together.
 This can be particularly useful when
showing how to put something together,
for example flatpack furniture.

3. Exploded Views
Shown on the right is a real
example of one use of
exploded drawings.
This is an exploded drawing
of a flatpack desk that is to
be built by the buyer.
By clearly showing the position
of each part in relation to how it
goes together, this type of
drawing helps the user to build
the desk.

4. Exploded Views
Shown is an exploded
isometric view of a
trinket box.
The next few slides will
show you how to draw this.

5. Exploded Views
The assembled trinket box
is shown on the right.
From this view it is difficult to
tell how the box goes together.
To make this easier we will draw an
exploded isometric view of the box.

6. Exploded Views
 We already know that isometric
drawings are drawn using the angles
shown below.
30° 30°

7. Exploded Views
We start by drawing the isometric
view of the trinket box.

8. Exploded Views
Piece by piece now
redraw the parts of the
box as if they had been
blown apart by a bomb.
The pieces should all
line up with their
original position on
the drawing.

9. Exploded Views
This is the final drawing.

10. PowerPoint Presentation. 2003