https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189572#M102802 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I am not always able to explode roofs for example. And when I can, I would prefer that it is converted to lines rather than polylines. <BR /> <BR /> Is there a way to explode things so they become lines rather than polylines ?<BR /> <BR /> I tried to explode a group of roofs but only some of the roofs will explode. Why is that?</T></DIV> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:08:14 GMT Steve Jepson 2013-08-28T19:08:14Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189572#M102802 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I am not always able to explode roofs for example. And when I can, I would prefer that it is converted to lines rather than polylines. <BR /> <BR /> Is there a way to explode things so they become lines rather than polylines ?<BR /> <BR /> I tried to explode a group of roofs but only some of the roofs will explode. Why is that?</T></DIV> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:08:14 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189572#M102802 Steve Jepson 2013-08-28T19:08:14Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189573#M102803 See this related topic from last April:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=214460&amp;highlight=polyline#214460" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/vie ... ine#214460">http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=214460&amp;highlight=polyline#214460</LINK_TEXT></A> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:17:36 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189573#M102803 Karl Ottenstein 2013-08-28T21:17:36Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189574#M102804 I can live with the extra work it takes to deal with things exploded into poly lines rather than lines.<BR /> <BR /> What are some reasons why roofs might not explode? Not on the same story? <BR /> <BR /> I selected a group of roofs I wanted to explode to get lines I can use for something in my roof plan. But only some of the roofs will explode. ?? Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:58:36 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189574#M102804 Steve Jepson 2013-08-28T23:58:36Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189575#M102805 Is your grouping suspended?<BR /> Are they single plane or multi-plane roofs?<BR /> Barry. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:55:21 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189575#M102805 Barry Kelly 2013-08-29T01:55:21Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189576#M102806 roofs is not exploded above.<BR /> <BR /> Exploded below. Roofs not exploded are selected below. ?<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Here's the link to this file:<BR /> <A href="http://www.hightail.com/download/bWJvblFCZEtmVFlsYzhUQw" target="_blank">http://www.hightail.com/download/bWJvblFCZEtmVFlsYzhUQw</A><BR /><IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/12486iA52DC14E1B8086B9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="8-28-2013 7-04-42 PM.jpg" title="8-28-2013 7-04-42 PM.jpg" /> Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:07:34 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189576#M102806 Steve Jepson 2013-08-29T02:07:34Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189577#M102807 Seems it is a storey thing.<BR /> It will only explode the roofs on your current storey.<BR /> Going up a storey and explode the others works fine.<BR /> Barry. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:38:37 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189577#M102807 Barry Kelly 2013-08-29T02:38:37Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189578#M102808 That is not an entirely bad thing. But it is helpful to know that we can only explode things on one story at a time. <BR /> <BR /> I would prefer that we could explode what we can see we have selected, and that it would explode into lines not polylines for the sake of clean up.<BR /> <BR /> It would also be good if it did not generate double lines for gable ends. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:30:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Problems-with-exploding/m-p/189578#M102808 Steve Jepson 2013-08-29T16:30:31Z