This video shows how to explode a block to essentially unmake the block but keep the entities.
- [Instructor] Depending on what you're using…the block for in your design,…at some point, you might want to explode the block.…And exploding the block is basically dissolving it back…into the sketch entities that it was originally.…For example, this cutout that I have right here,…if I was going to put this cutout into CNC machine part,…or output a flat pattern DXF,…the DXF and DWG writer is not going to see the block…and be able to write that as a polyline that it needs to be…so you're going to want to go ahead…and right click on that block and just hit explode.…
And all that does is it explodes it back…to the original entities that you used to build it.…Now, it doesn't explode all the other blocks,…so you'll have to do them one at a time…if that's what you need to do.…So, this is important when you're doing…engraving type of work, if you're working with CNC…or router table workers and programmers…and they're trying to get their code right…and get tool pads assigned to these items.…So just remember that's how you explode it.…
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Released
12/11/2018- Sketch entities
- Sketch tools
- Making and editing blocks
- Advanced spline tools
- Relations and references
- 3D sketching
- Sketching in drawings
- Curves
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. Sketch Entities
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Basic sketch entities review1m 35s
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Plane1m 32s
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Route Line2m 6s
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Belt Chain2m 21s
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Derived sketch2m 45s
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Sketch from a drawing2m 2s
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2. Sketch Tools
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Repair Sketch2m 15s
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SketchXpert1m 32s
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Align1m 11s
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Modify2m 41s
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Close Sketch to Model1m 52s
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Check Sketch for features1m 48s
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Sketch Picture3m 55s
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Area hatch/fill3m 3s
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Mirror2m 30s
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3. Blocks
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Make and edit blocks1m 59s
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Inserting blocks1m 35s
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Save a block1m 34s
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Explode blocks1m 16s
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4. Advanced Spline Tools
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Style spline3m 26s
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Spline on a surface1m 52s
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Equation Driven Curve2m 22s
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5. Relations
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Relations2m 11s
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References1m 50s
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6. 3D Sketching
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3D sketching5m 2s
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Rapid sketch2m 37s
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Editing in 3D3m 18s
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7. Sketching in Drawings
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8. Curves
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Split Line1m 11s
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Projected1m 9s
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Composite1m 41s
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Helix/Spiral2m 23s
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Conclusion
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Next steps35s
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