Explodes text into polylines (short for "text explode").
Accessing the Command
command bar: txtexp
menu: Modify | Explode Text
: TxtExp
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select text to be exploded: (Choose one or more text entities)
Select text to be exploded: (Choose more text entities, or press Enter to end entity selection)
SHP and TTF fonts are exploded to individual polylines and polyarcs.
Command Options
Option |
Description |
Select text to be exploded |
Selects the text that you want exploded into polylines:
This command does not explode attributes in blocks or text in tables, or text in another space (model vs paper). Standalone attributes are, however, exploded. |
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Command Options
Option |
Description |
Select text to be exploded |
Chooses the text to be exploded into polylines. Use any entity selection method. Press Enter to end entity selection. |
Procedures
Related Commands
MText and -MText - create paragraph text.
Explode - explodes non-text entities.
U - undoes the explosion.