Break

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Removes a portion of an entity.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  break

alias:  br

menu bar:  Modify | Break

toolbar:  Modify |

 

: break

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entity to break: (Pick an entity.)

First break point/<Second break point>: (Pick a point on the entity.)

Command Options

Option

Description

Select entity to break

Selects the entity to break; only one entity can be selected.

The pick point is also the first break point, unless you use the First break point option.

First break point

Specifies the start of the entity to remove.

Second break point

Specifies the end of the broken out section.

On arcs and circles, the break occurs in the counter-clockwise direction.

Procedures

To break an entity

Related Commands

Join - joins lines, LW polylines, 2D polylines, 3D polylines, circular arcs, elliptical arcs, splines and helixes at their common endpoints..

PEdit - joins lines and arcs into a single polyline.

Trim - cuts entities where they cross other entities.


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