Trimming Lines

Trim two line elements at their intersection point by continuing and/or shortening the lines. When the lines intersect each other, select the line segments you wish to retain in the trim.

You can trim a polyline, an arc or an open ellipse.

You can trim two lines as follows:

1. Select Line Trimming> Trim Two Lines.

   When you select a line to be trimmed by clicking start or end point, you also select the line segment that will be retained after the trim.

2. Select the first line.

   The line selected first determines the intersection point of the lines to be trimmed.

3. Select the second line.

Note

• You can trim lines in different projections of the drawing to complement each other.
• You can also trim a line with the geometric constraint, Identical.

Trimming two straight lines. There are two different results depending on whether the beginning or the end of the second line is selected.

• The beginning of the second line is selected as the segment to be retained.

  

• The end of the second line is selected as the segment to be retained.

  

• Select the lines to be retained after the trim.

  

• Select the arcs to be retained after the trim.

  

• Select the arc ends to be retained after the trim.

  

Trimming to the nearest intersection point

This function can be used to trim two straight lines to their nearest point of intersection. It does not matter which end of the line you click.

You can trim to the nearest point of intersection as follows:

1. Select two straight lines.
2. Select the context-sensitive function Trim two lines.

Trimming To Line
Deleting a Line Segment