Explodes entities, and provides control over the resulting entities (short for "explode").
Accessing the Command
command bar: xplode
transparent: 'xplode
alias: x
: xplode
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select entities to explode: (Choose one or more entities.)
Entities in set: 1
Select entities to explode: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to continue.)
Xplode entities [Separately/All] <All>: (Type S or A.)
[All listed/Multiple/LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Inherit all from parent] <Xplode>: (Enter an option.)
This command does not explode external references, attached images, or basic entities, such as lines, circles, and arcs.
Command Options
Option |
Description |
|
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. |
|
Separately |
Explodes one entity at a time; the prompts repeat themselves for each entity. |
|
All |
Explodes all selected entities together. |
|
All listed |
Allows to specify all properties for the selected entities. |
|
Multiple |
Allows to specify more than one property for the exploded entities; prompts you: [LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Exit] <Xplode> - enter an option. Choose the properties one by one. E.g. if you want to specify the color and the linetype scale: [LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Exit] <Xplode> - type C, then press Enter. Altering: Color [LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Exit] <Xplode> - type LT, then press Enter. Altering: Color LTScale [LAyer/Color/LType/ltScale/Exit] <Xplode> - Press Enter to proceed; prompts you: Color for drawing new entities <BYLAYER> - specify a color name or number. Linetype scale for new entities <1> - specify the linetype scale factor. |
|
Color |
Specifies the color for the exploded entities; prompts you: Color for new entities - specify a color name or number. |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
ltScale |
Specifies the linetype scale for the exploded entities; prompts you: Linetype scale for new entities - specify the scale factor. |
|
Inherit all from parent |
Inherits the color, layer, and linetype scale from the source entities. |
|
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.
