Complex Entities that Do Explode

The following complex entities can be exploded by either explode() or explodeGeometry():

OdDb3dSolid
OdDbBody
OdDbArcAlignedText
OdDbBlockReference (*)
OdDbTable
OdDbPolyline
OdDb3dPolyline
OdDbLeader
OdDbHelix
OdDbRotatedDimension
OdDb2LineAngularDimension
OdDb3PointAngularDimension
OdDbArcDimension
OdDbDiametricDimension
OdDbRadialDimension
OdDbHatch
OdDbMLeader
OdDbMline
OdDbMText (**)
OdDbSubDMesh
OdDbRegion
OdDbSurface
OdDbExtrudedSurface
OdDbLoftedSurface
OdDbPlaneSurface
OdDbRevolvedSurface
OdDbSweptSurface
RText
OdDbRasterImage (***)
OdDb2dPolyline
OdDbOle2Frame (***)
OdDbWipeout (***)
OdDbOrdinateDimension
OdDbAlignedDimension
OdDbRadialDimensionLarge
OdDbPolyFaceMesh
OdDbPolygonMesh
OdDbMPolygon

(*) For OdDbBlockReference, explode() and explodeGeometry() can work differently:

explode() can fail if the referenced BlockTableRecord is not explodable. Also, explode() looses attribute entities and attribute definition entities are used; the visual result is that attributes are replaced with attribute definitions.
explodeGeometry() creates text entities from attributes.

(**) For multiline text entities, the font can be switched inside the contents string. All text entities produced by explode() have the same text style and are displayed with the same font. Note that explodeGeometry() can create new text styles in the drawing to preserve visual representations.

The following complex entities can be exploded using explodeGeometry() only:

OdDbMInsertBlock
OdDbFcf
OdDbSection

(***) The result of exploding these entities creates only their frame.

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