- [Instructor] Depending on what you're using
the block for in your design,
at some point, you might want to explode the block.
And exploding the block is basically dissolving it back
into the sketch entities that it was originally.
For example, this cutout that I have right here,
if I was going to put this cutout into CNC machine part,
or output a flat pattern DXF,
the DXF and DWG writer is not going to see the block
and be able to write that as a polyline that it needs to be
so you're going to want to go ahead
and right click on that block and just hit explode.
And all that does is it explodes it back
to the original entities that you used to build it.
Now, it doesn't explode all the other blocks,
so you'll have to do them one at a time
if that's what you need to do.
So, this is important when you're doing
engraving type of work, if you're working with CNC
or router table workers and programmers
and they're trying to get their code right
and get tool pads assigned to these items.
So just remember that's how you explode it.
You can always select all the items again
and make it a block again.
But if you want to explode it,
you can also right click on the block directly
and hit explode, as well.