Explode

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Reduces complex entities to simpler ones, such as blocks into constituent parts, and polylines into lines and arcs.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  explode

menu bar:  Modify | Explode

toolbar:  Modify |

: explode

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entities to explode: (Choose one or more entities.)

Select entities to explode: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to exit command.)

Exploded polylines become lines and arcs; width is lost.

Exploded dimensions becomes lines, text, and solids (arrowheads).

Exploded blocks become individual entities and nested blocks. (You may need to use Explode a second time.)

ByBlock colors and linetypes may change.

Attributes revert to attribute definitions.

Nonuniformly-scaled blocks are not exploded, unless the ExplMode system variable is turned on.

Command Options

Related Commands

Xplode - explodes complex entities, with control over the results.

TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.

U - undoes the effect of the explosion.