BREAK Command

GstarCAD 2027 · Command Reference

Commands > B Command > BREAK

Function Description:

This command is used to break the specified object by selecting two points. You can create a gap between two specified points on an object, breaking it into two objects. If the points are off of an object, they are automatically projected on to the object. The BREAK command is usually used to create intervals for a block or text.

Command Access:

Icon:
Menu: Modify > Break
Ribbon: Home > Modify > Break
Toolbar: Modify > Break
Command: BREAK
Alias: BR

Command Prompts:

Select object:

The prompts that are displayed depend on how you select the object. If you select the object by using your pointing device, the program both selects the object and treats the selection point as the first break point. At the next prompt, you can continue by specifying the second point or by overriding the first point.

Specify second break point or [First point]:

Specify second break point

Specify the second point to break the selected object. ## First pointSpecify a new point to instead the first defined point. The distance between the two selected points will be deleted. If the second point is out of the select object, the second point will be instead by the nearest point on the object. So to break one side of a straight line, an arc, or a polyline, users can specify the second break point near the side.

To break an object without deleting one part, users can specify the second point the same as the first point, or input the coordinate of the second point with @. There are many objects can be broken into two parts or removed one of them, such as straight line, arc, circle, polyline, ellipse, spline, torus and others. Taking a circle for example, it can be broken from the first point to the second point in anticlockwise direction, and turns it to an arc.

Users can also break an object at a point by the "BREAK AT POINT" tool. This command can break straight line, open polyline and arc except closed objects (such as circle).