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EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

SECOJOSE — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:59:50 GMT

Im creating drawings for each model state of an assembly, and each drawing will contain an exploded view. How do you change the parts model state an exploded view?

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

mluterman — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:39:35 GMT

You can't do that within the model state of an assembly (.iam). You have to use Presentation File (.ipn) to associate your exploded views to each model state of your assembly. See this link:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-F4F6F136-003C-4D1C-9EC1-81102BADC867

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

SECOJOSE — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:05:15 GMT

I guess the question im trying to ask is, can you use the same .ipn file for multiple model states, or do you have to make a separate .ipn file for each model state?

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:38:05 GMT

Hi Joe, to include other model states you need to right click and create a new scene. You can select the model state in the Insert dialogue that opens.

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

SECOJOSE — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:14:39 GMT

James, that's exactly what I needed. A follow up question though, in a drawing view of the presentation, how do you change the view's scene its representing?

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:58:09 GMT

Double click the view and you should have a dropdown.

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

SECOJOSE — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:38:52 GMT

The drop down is greyed out and locked. Is there a setting that needs to be changed?

In the presentation, when trying to change the Representation, the Model State is also greyed out and locked:

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:24:22 GMT

Yes, you cannot change the model state of a presentation scene.

Bizarrely you don't seem to be able to change the scene once placed in a drawing. I didn't know this was the case. I will find out if this is a bug.

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:20:07 GMT

Edited reply:
We have found this same behaviour in code going back 9 years. I don't know why you cannot change it.
Thanks for reporting it, we are looking into if there's a reason why.

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

SECOJOSE — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:40:25 GMT

Thank you for your response. Let me know if you need anything additional information on the part or drawing.

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:16:29 GMT

We are tracking this internally as INVGEN-77376

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

ssatoN9PWG — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:24:12 GMT

IT'S BEEN A YEAR. ANY UPDATE?

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

johnsonshiue — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:20:37 GMT

Hi! I just checked INVGEN-77376. There isn't much progress on that. It is still not resolved. If you want to escalate the issue, please contact Autodesk Product Support and mention the defect ID, INVGEN-77376.

Many thanks!

Re: EXPLODED VIEWS WITH MODEL STATES

James_Willo — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 07:24:19 GMT

Hi, in Inventor 2026 it IS possible to change model state in the presentation environment, but you still cannot change it in the drawing environment. .