DIVIDE — Divide

Places points or blocks that divide an object into equal parts.

• Command: DIVIDE · Global name: _DIVIDE · Alias: DIV
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Divides an object into a number of parts of equal length and places points (or a block) at the divisions. The object is not cut.

Usage

1. Enter DIVIDE (or DIV) or click Divide.
2. Select a line, arc, circle, polyline, ellipse or spline.

Select object to divide:

3. Enter the number of parts, from 2 to 32767.

Enter the number of segments or [Block]:

Options

• Block (B): instead of points, inserts a block of the drawing at each division, rotated to follow the direction of the object at that point or not rotated.

Enter name of block to insert:
Align block with object? [Yes/No] <Y>:
Enter the number of segments:

Notes

• On an open object, n parts give n − 1 points. On a closed one you get n points, the first one at the start (on a circle, at 0°).
• The points are shown with the style set by PTYPE; with the default style they can hardly be seen. They can be used with the Node object snap.
• On ellipses and splines the length is measured on a very fine approximation of the curve.

See also

MEASURE · POINT · PTYPE · BLOCK