ACAD Blocks explode

[Joseph TVM]

Hi


I create a block out of a polyline, say for example a rectangle. After placing it when I explode, I get it as a polyline itself. But for the same block when I use different scale factors for X and Y and I explode, the resulting objects are lines and not polylines. Is there anyway I can change this, or is it as such only in ACAD ?


Thank You
Joseph Bejoy

[ccowgill]

it is natural behavior of AutoCAD and unfortunately cannot be changed. anytime you scale a block non-uniformly and explode it, it converts all the sub objects into their sub entities. You can run a pedit afterwards and recombine the lines into a polyline.

[nod684]

Same thing with ellipse...

when you make an ellipse and offset it to a certain distance
it becomes a spline

[Brian C]

when I use different scale factors for X and Y and I explode, the resulting objects are lines and not polylines. Is there anyway I can change this, or is it as such only in ACAD ?

Of course if it is a common thing you do, you can make a simple lisp to combine the two commands.