hi lazy Arquitecto, my autocad issue is that sometimes I receive autocad blocks
from clients I cannot explode. I hate to waste time recreating these blocks.
Martha, I have four solutions for your issue
I'm the lazy architect, and let's jump to this new video on AutoCAD issues and solution series
solution 1, how to explode a dynamic block that has been locked
when it was created? so here I have a dynamic block of a person.
now, if I type X to explode and press Enter. if you look down the bottom
here it says can't explode that block. to explode this block first we need to learn
how to unlock a block in AutoCAD. so, select it, left click on it, and pick edit block
you can also double click the block to access AutoCAD block editor. here type PR
to open properties palette. find allow exploding settings and change to yes
close in safe block editor. now, you can explode a block that was locked
if you still can't explode an AutoCAD block, solution two, use AutoCAD flatten command
here, I have an AutoCAD minsert block. these are protected blocks
that were inserted using Minsert command. so, how to explode an insert block?
solution one wouldn't work because if you double click on block to access block editor
nothing will happen. so, how to explode anonymous block in AutoCAD?
simply type flatten on command line and press ENTER. type Y for yes
and press ENTER again
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now, you can see your block broken in pieces and you learned how to explode anonymous blocks
solution 3, if you still can explode a block in autocad
use AutoCAD boundary command. first, draw rectangles surrounding your block
second, type boundary on command line and press Enter
make sure polyline is selected and press ok
finally, click inside your rectangle. give it a moment to recreate your block
please save your drawing before using this method as the program might crash
depending on your computer specs
as you can see your autocad block was recreated. simply remove rectangle
and un-explodable block
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solution four, if you still want to explode blocks that are un-explodable
use autocad export and import commands. first, select your block and type ctrl C to copy block
second, open a new drawing and type ctrl V to paste your AutoCAD block
third, type export on command line and press enter. pick dgn file, a name
and save
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fourth, type import and press enter. find the DGN file you just exported it and open
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fifth, explode your AutoCAD block two times. now, you can see your issue
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