Remove objects from assemblies

If you want to disassemble your assembly, you can remove objects from an assembly, or ungroup the objects belonging to an assembly.

Remove a part or a sub-assembly from an assembly

Select the part or sub-assembly you want to remove.
Right-click and select Assembly > Remove from assembly.
To remove another part or sub-assembly, restart the command.

Explode an assembly or a sub-assembly

Ensure that the Select assemblies selection switch is active.
Select the assembly or sub-assembly you want to explode.
Do one of the following:
- To explode the entire assembly, right-click and select Assembly > Explode.
- To only explode the sub-assembly, right-click and select Assembly > Explode Sub-Assembly.

When you explode a nested assembly, always start from the highest assembly hierarchy level. Tekla Structures breaks the assembly hierarchy level by level and ungroups the objects that belong to the assembly. You need to use the Explode command several times to break a nested assembly back to single parts.

You can also use the Explode Sub-Assembly to explode sub-assemblies to single parts without breaking the entire assembly hierarchy.