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Lesson: Breaking an Object into Two Objects ■ 399
Practice Exercise: Breaking Objects
In this practice exercise you practice the Break
command by drawing a vertical line with a series
of offset lines that intersect as shown below on the
left, and practice the Break at a Point command by
drawing two intersecting lines as shown below on the
right.
1. Draw the lines as shown above.
2. To break the lines leaving a gap:
■ Turn Object Snap off to avoid selecting the
Intersections.
■ Begin the Break command.
■ Select a line at point (1).
■ Click the second break point (2).
■ Repeat the Break command.
■ Continue to select the break points of each
line on one side of the vertical line, then
the other as shown below.
3. To Break an object at a select point:
■ Turn Object Snap on.
■ Begin the Break at a Point command.
■ Select the line segment as indicated below.