This command breaks a line, arc or polyline and inserts a string of text or a block at an interval. It can be used to draw fence lines, utility lines, tree lines or any line which can be constructed by inserting a text or block entity. The command prompts to select an entity then the distance between inserts. Next, the user selects whether to insert text or a block, and whether to enter the distance or length to be broken out of the entity. If the user enters a 0 distance for the break distance, then the entity is not broken. If a distance greater than 0 is entered, then this distance is divided in half and broken out of the entity on both sides of the point at which the insert distance measures the entity.
If the user elects to insert text, the command prompts for the text to be inserted. Next, choose whether you want the text Middle or Center aligned, and whether you want to have the text flipped so it does not appear upside down. See the AutoCAD Reference Manual for more information on justification options. The size of the text is controlled by the text size setting in Drawing Setup.
If the user elects to insert a block, the command prompts for
the block name. The size of the block is controlled by the symbol
size setting in Drawing Setup. Considering that almost
anything can be made into a block, such as raster images, wipeout
entities, etc., this is a very powerful command.
Alternatives to this command are Polyline to Special Line and Change Polyline Linetype.
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate > Line Types
Keyboard Command: speent
Prerequisite: None