Explode

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.

3D surface entities are exploded to 3D faces.

Command Options

Related Commands

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

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

TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.

U - undoes the effect of the explosion.