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Explode any assembly with one slider.
Select your model, click Create Exploded View, and drag the Explode slider. Parts move apart instantly and come back to their exact original positions at 0. Nothing is ever lost.
Perfect for product presentations, assembly instructions, technical illustrations, e-commerce 3D viewers and configurators.
Three explode modes
- Radial: parts move away from the assembly center. Optional Horizontal Only for flat layouts.
- Axis: parts move along X, Y or Z, proportionally to their distance from the center.
- Stack: parts are lifted just enough to clear what is below them, with no parts passing through each other. Parts side by side (bolts, gears, screws) stay at the same level. Choose which part stays in place: bottom, middle or top.
Make it yours
- Save Positions: explode, move any part by hand, click save. That becomes its exploded position.
- Distance control for how far parts travel.
- Re-capture the assembly after you edit it.
Trace lines
Dashed lines from each part’s original position to where it is now, the classic technical-drawing look. Real geometry: they render in Cycles and Eevee and follow the animation. Adjustable width, dash length and color.
Animation in one click
- Assembled → exploded keyframes, with start and end frames.
- Stagger: parts come off one after another, outer parts first.
- Reassemble after a pause, for a full explode-and-back loop.
- Exports to GLB / glTF as standard animation, ready for Three.js, Babylon.js,
and Sketchfab.
Works with real-world models
- Select the parent of an assembly and every child becomes a part.
- Works with imported CAD files where every origin sits at world zero: directions are computed from each part’s actual geometry, not its origin.
- Works with rotated and parented assemblies.
- Several exploded views per scene.
Pairs with CalloutTag
Add numbered callouts with CalloutTag to get a complete exploded, numbered assembly, exportable to the web.
Compatibility: Blender 4.2 and newer · Windows, macOS, Linux · GPL license