how to explode and unexplode blocks

[Anonymous]

I have AutoCADLT2014 and would like to know how to bring back an exploded block into editable version. I can explode but cannot edit unless the block is unexploded. Can someone help?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

you can edit blocks with REFEDiT or BEDIT commands provided the block and/or the objects in it are not on locked layers, and the block objects are not "proxy objects" from a vertical version of AutoCAD.

If you see something else going on then share that DWG file with the block in it, and point to the block in question.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Sir, but I was looking for was to unexplode the exploded block. How to bring back the exploded block into the same state so that you can edit.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

There is no "unexplode": you can use BLOCK command or BEDIT command to make a new block.

[Anonymous]

Hi, the command you are looking for is "join", it will connect all the lines you select. To execute this command you need to turn all the lines you want to join into polylines if they aren't already. 1) select line 2) type "pedit" 3) press enter. Next you need to make sure all the lines are on the same elevation, select on all of the lines and go to properties and turn the elevation to zero for example. After that you can select them all and simply type "join" and it will join them all. Note that all the lines must be connect at a point so lines that are separated cannot be "joined". Hope this helps.

[RobDraw]

The question is about blocks, not polylines.

[steven-g]

And it's 4 years old 😁

[RobDraw]

Not sure how this got missed but if the only instance of the block was exploded. The block definition should still be present in the .dwg. The unexplode part is as easy as inserting a new instance. The block can then be edited easily in a number of ways. If the block definition has been purged after the only instance of the block was exploded, hopefully it was inserted from an external source and can be reinserted.

[ralsinan]

I was also looking to join elements back together after exploding them apart, but didn't want to create a new block for this. The "join" command helped, but also wasn't what I was looking for, it seems to link touching lines into a continuous shape.

I used the "group" command and it grouped all selected elements together, as if it were a block, but without adding it to my block library.