- Chapter Objectives
- EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Making a Drawing Template
- Polyline
- OFFSET
- EXPLODE
- ID Point
- TRIM
- Rectangle
- CHAMFER
- FILLET
- COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
- ROTATE
- POINT
- DIVIDE
- MEASURE
- OSNAP
- MIRROR
- Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
- Running Osnap Modes
- Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
- EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
- Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
- From
- BREAK
- Polyline Edit
- HATCH
- ARRAY
- ARRAYEDIT
- Distance
- Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Polyline
- POLYGON
- Grips—Add Vertex
- Grips—Convert to Arc
- ARRAY
- Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
- Polar Tracking
- Polyline Edit
- Specifying Points with Tracking
- Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
- Completing the Conference Room
- Using Command Preview
- Choosing Selection Options
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
EXPLODE
Because the polyline is treated as a single entity, it must be “exploded” before individual line segments can be edited. The EXPLODE command splits the solid polyline into separate line segments. After the polyline is exploded into separate line segments, you will be able to add the conference room door.
EXPLODE |
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Ribbon/Panel |
Home/Modify
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Draw Toolbar: |
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Menu Bar: |
Modify/Explode |
Type a Command: |
EXPLODE |
Command Alias: |
X |
Step 6. Use the EXPLODE command to split the two polylines that make the conference room walls, as described next:
Prompt
Response
Type a command:
Explode (or type X <Enter>)
Select objects:
Click anyplace on the outside polyline
Select objects:
Click anyplace on the inside polyline
Select objects:
<Enter>
After you use the EXPLODE command, the walls do not look different, but each line segment is now a separate entity.