Splitting Entities
Use the Split command to erase part of an entity between two points. Use Split as a construction tool or to create a gap between two parts of an entity to place Text or a symbol. Use the command with Lines, Circles, Arcs, PolyLines, Ellipses, Splines, InfiniteLines, and Rays, but not with RichLines.
To erase part of an entity:
- Click Modify > Split (or type Split).
- In the graphics area, select an entity.
- The point you click is the location where you want to begin the break.
- Specify the second break point to determine the section to delete.
- You can instead enter the First point option to specify the first point explicitly, in which case you are prompted next for the second point.
- The portion between the two points is erased.
To cut off one end of an entity:
- Click Modify > Split (or type Split).
- Click an entity at the point where you want the new end point to be.
- Click the other point past the entity's current end point.
- The entity is cut off at the point you clicked on the entity.
To split an entity into two entities:
- Click Modify > Split (or type Split).
- Click an entity at the point where you want to split the entity.
- Enter @ to repeat the initial point.
- The entity is split into two pieces without erasing any part of it. This method is useful if you want to split an entity where it intersects another entity.
- Note: The Modify toolbar contains an icon that lets you split an entity at one point into two entities by specifying the single split point.
