Autocad Explode command
Select objects:Â Use an object selection method and press ENTER when you finish
The color, linetype, and lineweight of any exploded object might change. Other results differ depending on the type of compound object you’re exploding. See the following list of objects that can be exploded and the results for each.
Note If you’re using a script or an ObjectARXâ„¢ function, you can explode only one object at a time.
2D and Lightweight Polyline
Discards any associated width or tangent information. For wide polylines, AutoCAD places the resulting lines and arcs along the center of the polyline.
3D Polyline
Explodes into line segments. Any linetype assigned to the 3D polyline is applied to each resulting line segment.
3D Solid
Explodes planar surfaces into regions. Nonplanar surfaces explode into bodies.
Arc
If within a nonuniformly scaled block, explodes into elliptical arcs.
Block
Removes one grouping level at a time. If a block contains a polyline or a nested block, exploding the block exposes the polyline or nested block object, which must then be exploded to expose its individual objects.
Blocks with equal X, Y, and Z scales explode into their component objects. Blocks with unequal X, Y, and Z scales (nonuniformly scaled blocks) might explode into unexpected objects.
When nonuniformly scaled blocks contain objects that cannot be exploded, they are collected into an anonymous block (named with a “*E” prefix) and referenced with the nonuniform scaling. If all the objects in such a block cannot be exploded, the selected block reference will not be exploded. Body, 3D Solid, and Region entities in a nonuniformly scaled block cannot be exploded.
Exploding a block that contains attributes deletes the attribute values and redisplays the attribute definitions.
Blocks inserted with MINSERT and external references (xrefs) and their dependent blocks cannot be exploded.
Body
Explodes into a single-surface body (nonplanar surfaces), regions, or curves.
Circle
If within a nonuniformly scaled block, explodes into ellipses.
Leaders
Explodes into lines, splines, solids (arrow heads), block inserts (arrow heads, annotation blocks), multiline text, or tolerance objects, depending on the leader.
Multiline text
Explodes into text objects.
Multiline
Explodes into lines and arcs.
Polyface Mesh
Explodes one-vertex meshes into a point object. Two-vertex meshes explode into a line. Three-vertex meshes explode into 3D faces.
Region
Explodes into lines, arcs, or splines.