topic Re: exploding a polyline? in Modeling

exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:02:06 GMT

Hello.
It's a simple question. How can I explode a polyline into simple lines in Archicad ? Thank you.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:34:17 GMT

Search results:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/results.html?q=explode%20polyline

Re: exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:02:02 GMT

Thank you for the reply. In one of the discussions one says the command is EXPLODE into current view. I posted the question precisely because nothing seems to happen to my polyline after this command.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:24:51 GMT

Works fine. You must select the polyline before issuing the command. I tested in 16 since that is the version listed in your signature/profile.

The thread you mention is this one:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=207127#207127

Please add to an existing thread if the issue is the same subject, rather than starting a fresh thread. It makes it much easier for others to find an answer in the future. 🙂

Re: exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:57:26 GMT

You are right. From now on I will add to existing threads. In the mean time, I tried again exploding and it doesn't work. I am missing sth.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Barry Kelly — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:28:30 GMT

See Karl's image.
Tick the box to "keep primitives only" otherwise you will still have the original polyline as well as the individual lines hiding underneath.
Barry.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:48:36 GMT

I did and it's not working.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:13:10 GMT

Just a shot in the dark but grouping is what I think of first when a command won't work where it should so you could try suspending groups by pressing ALT+G. I doubt it but maybe.

Re: exploding a polyline?

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:53:26 GMT

The shot in the dark solves the issue. That was it, indeed.