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Explodes entities, providing control over the resulting entities (short for "explode").
Note: This command does not explode attached references, entities on frozen layers, or basic entities, such as lines, circles, and arcs.
Accessing the Command
command bar: xplode
transparent: 'xplode
: Xplode
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select entities to explode: (Choose one or more entities, but usually you wan to explode one at a time)
Entities in set: 1
Select entities to explode: (Choose more entities, or else press Enter to continue)
Xplode entities [Separately/All] <All>: (Enter an option)
[All listed/Multiple/LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Inherit all from parent] <Xplode>: (Enter an option)
Command Options
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Option |
Description |
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Select entities to explode |
Selects the entities to explode. Choose one or more entities; use any selection method. Entities on frozen layers are not selected and not frozen. |
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Separately |
Explodes one entity at a time; the prompts repeat themselves for each entity. |
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All |
Explodes all selected entities together. |
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All listed |
Allows to specify all properties for the selected entities. |
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Multiple |
Specifies more than one property for the exploded entities; prompts you: [LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Exit] <Xplode> - (choose properties one by one. For instance, when you want to specify the color and the linetype scale:)
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Color |
Specifies the color for the exploded entities; prompts you: Color for new entities - (specify a color name or number.) |
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LAyer |
Specifies the layer for the exploded entities; prompts you: Layer for new entities - (specify the name.) The layer name must exist in the drawing. |
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LType |
Specifies the linetype for the exploded entities; prompts you: Linetype for new entities - (specify the name.) The linetype name must exist in the drawing. |
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ltScale |
Specifies the linetype scale for the exploded entities; prompts you: Linetype scale for new entities - (specify the scale factor.) |
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Inherit all from parent |
Inherits the color, layer, and linetype scale from the source entities. |
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Xplode |
Explodes the selected entities. |
Related Commands
Explode - explodes complex entities into simpler ones.
TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.
U - undoes the effect of the explosion.
