AutoCAD: BURST Tutorial – How to explode blocks & keep the attributes - 2 Minute Tuesday

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Brandon here back with another new 2 minute tuesday!

I'm excited to show you guys the next installment in a series of collaboration posts with Autodesk/Autocad and the AutoCAD Blog where I am creating Tuesday Tip Articles to go along with some of my Tuesday Videos!
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In today's video, I talk about the differences and benefits of the BURST and Explode commands in AutoCAD. BURST is an express tool that has been available for quite a while now but seems to get forgotten about in times when it could really be useful. The best time to use the BURST Command is when you have a block with custom attributes and you would like to explode it while keeping the attribute values in the process rather than having them convert back to the default value. Check out the video to see what I mean and to start using Burst in your daily workflow.

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[LazyArquitecto]

Well explained Brandon, one important point to mentions is that BURST will keep block on same layer, EXPLODE will not.

[BuiltToLastVlog]

Thanks for this.. I didn't know there's a burst command..

[berniedominise]

Thank you very much, that was great... its useful.

[artsumaauzmar]

How to do that in autocad LT it has not that command?

[tomwelsh]

Hi Brandon, Is it possible to do a block array, then afterwards manipulate each block in the array separately? Meaning they are no longer part of the array and we've changed them to their own separate blocks. I have a project where I need end to end blocks but I want to be able to manipulate each block's attributes separately. Something cooler the copying. Thanks, Tom

[VyLe-vque]

thank Brandon, i used to explode and edit attribute is the pain in the ass but now I know BURST

[naseeryounasbhatti]

sir, i have facing problem with tool paletess tabs missing in civil 3d. how can i get back the same please help me.

[Austino-Technology-Ltd]

thanks
Discovered fills hide after using burst why and what's thr way out

[Steve_Just_Steve]

But how do burst only the active visibly state? When I burst I get all the states on top of each other.

[ibrahimpatel]

Is it possible multileader with dynamic block?

[ariarostami]

Those people with the thumb down cried out of joy, so they couldn't see right and hit the thumb down by mistake.

[vassilisstergioudis]

Super handy! 99 stars out of 100. You miss one star because you could have said this in about 30 seconds. Congrats nontheless!