AutoCAD 2008 User's Guide > Create and Modify Objects > Change Existing Objects > Modify Complex Objects > Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode) > 
Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode)
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To explode an object

  1. Click Modify menu Explode.At the Command prompt, enter explode.
  2. Select the objects to be exploded.

    For most objects, exploding has no visible effect.

 Toolbar: Modify 
 Command entry: EXPLODE