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How to explode linetypes (to dashes)?

If you want to explode linetypes (simple dashed, dash-dot, or complex linetypes with shapes) in your AutoCAD drawing to individual simple lines, you can use a modified version of the TxtExp Express Tool.

Exploding linetypes is similar to exploding texts (SHX fonts). So we have modified the standard TxtExp.lsp tool from AutoCAD Express Tools to work on any object and made a LinExp.lsp from it.

Download the LinExp tool from www.cadstudio.cz/download, load it with APPLOAD and start the LINEXP command. Select the lines you want to convert to the individual strokes and confirm. The resulting geometry is no longer a single line - so make sure you work on a copy of your original drawing.

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20.7.2009 5401x

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See also:
Tip 7796:	How to display linetypes for 3D polylines.
Tip 7297:	How to project geometry to any 3D surface.
Tip 7093:	How to convert a polygon or a region to 3Dfaces.
Tip 6748:	Disregard Draw Order for this operation?
Tip 6541:	How to convert 2D SOLID objects to 3D faces?

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