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This command explodes single entities such as geometries, hatching, blocks and dimensions, which are drawn by POLYLINE, RECTANGLE, POLYGON commands, into each individual entity.
(1) Execution
Menu : Modify → Explode
Command : EXPLODE or X
Select entities to explode : (Pick single entities to explode)
(2) Usage
: RECTANGLE
Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Rotated/Square/Thickness/Width/< Select first corner of rectangle>: (pick P1)
Other corner of rectangle: (pick P2)
: POLYGON
Polygon: Multiple/Width of line/< Number of sides> <3>: 5
Specify by: Edge/< Center of polygon>: E
First endpoint of edge : (pick P3)
Second endpoint of edge : (pick P4)
: PLINE
Start of polyline: (pick P5)
Arc/Distance/Halfwidth/Width/< Next point>: (pick P6)
Arc/Distance/Follow/Halfwidth/Width/Undo/< Next point>: (pick P7)
Arc/Close/Distance/Follow/Halfwidth/Width/Undo/< Next point>: (pick P8)
Arc/Close/Distance/Follow/Halfwidth/Width/Undo/: (pick P9)
Arc/Close/Distance/Follow/Halfwidth/Width/Undo/< Next point>: (pick P10)
Arc/Close/Distance/Follow/Halfwidth/Width/Undo/< Next point>: C
: EXPLODE
Select entities to explode : (pick S1)
Entities in set : 1
Select entities to explode : (pick S2)
Entities in set : 2
Select entities to explode :
After exploding single entities, you can identify the are exploded by deleting entities with ‘ERASE’ command.
(pick S3)
Entities in set : 3
Select entities to explode :
: ERASE
Select entities to delete : (pick S1)
Select entities to delete : (pick S2)
Select entities to delete : (pick S3)
Select entities to delete :
Exploding entities 
