Exploded view - part/body difference

Hello,

On Solidworks Composer, when I want to do an exploded view, it's not the parts that are exploded but all the bodies.

If I want to make an exploded view of a bolt assembly, I have the screw head that separates from the screw body. Example below:

Current Result:
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Expected result:
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Does anyone have a solution? Knowing that I have this problem for the welded mechanical parts as well.

Respectfully

Hello;
I don't really know Composer" but the solution I can propose would be to merge (Combine) the bodies in Solidworks.

Another solution would be to create your exploded files in Solidworks and import them into Composer.

Personal note: I find it extremely strange to have created your screws in multi-body, is there a particular reason for choosing this solution?

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Thank you for your feedback.

Combining all bodies is not the right solution because the parts will be manufactured and if I combine my bodies, my list of welded parts will be reduced to one part.

For your question about the screws, it's screws that I got elsewhere.

Below is another illustration of my problem with mechanically welded parts:

Current Result:

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Expected result:
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It seems that you can play with the import settings:
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See: Merge the file into one actor per share

But this method is likely to have the opposite effect than desired on the mechanically welded.

I just found the solution.

It's simply imported, you had to check a box to merge all the bodies into parts.