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Explode Line (ExpLin)

Type: Interactive/Batch Application

 

Explodes a line (usually, a fonted line) into individual line segments.

Detailed Description

Explodes a line or lines into individual line segments. Explode Line may be run interactively, in which each line is identified before it is exploded, or it may be run in batch mode, in which all the lines in a layer or group of layers is exploded. The application also supports the necessary key-ins to allow it to be placed in a macro. When a line is exploded it is placed into the same layer as the original line. This application is undoable. NOTE: Although Explode Line is undoable, after the undo stack has been cleared by a pack or a file re-open, the original lines cannot be recovered.

Local Commands

Key-in

Description

Range

WS=

Workspaces to consider

0-1

LAY=

Layers containing lines to explode

1-10,001 (Number line)

RUN

Runs Explode Line with current parameters

 

Parameters

The WS=, LAY= and RUN parameters are provided so that Explode Line may be run unattended from a macro. Following is an example macro that runs Explode Line:

 

ExpLin

WS=1

LAY=10 23-35

RUN

 

When the RUN command completes, Explode Line exits.

Button Assignments

Exp Line – Lock on

 

Button

Description

1

Id line

Identifies line to explode.

2

Explode layer

Explodes lines in defined layers in batch mode.

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End

Ends application.