This command can be useful if you need to send your drawing to another firm who does not have AutoCAD/Carlson. Drawing transfer problems occur when the recipient does not have the same block/inserts defined or available. This command explodes all blocks and replaces the Carlson point attributes with TEXT entities of the same value. After the points have been selected, a prompt for the layer name for each point attribute will be displayed. Point Numbers, Point Elevations and Point Descriptions can be put on user specified layers, or the default for each prompt can be selected. Caution: After using this command, the link between the points and the coordinate file are destroyed and you can no longer extract the attributes from the drawing. If you want to use this command but retain your point information, follow these steps:
1. Save your drawing
2. Run this command to explode the points
3. Execute the SAVEAS command and save the drawing as a different
name (you can also choose DXF format if you wish).
4. Exit the drawing without saving.
This command will explode
selected Carlson Software point blocks and replot the
attributes as Text
entities!
The resulting points will NOT be
useable by most Carlson Software commands!!!!
Select Carlson Software Points to
Explode. select
points
Layer Name for Point Numbers
<PNTNO>: press Enter
Layer Name for Point Elevations
<PNTELEV>: press Enter
Layer Name for Point Descriptions
<PNTDESC>: press Enter
Number of entities changed>
345
Pulldown Menu Location: Points
Keyboard Command: explode_scad
Prerequisite: Carlson points