When you trim objects, the first prompt asks you for a cutting edge. Gerardo Martinez e-mailed me a reminder that you can press Enter (or right-click, depending on your right-click settings) to specify all objects as potential cutting edges.
Then you just select the part of the object that you want to trim and AutoCAD automatically trims it at the closest possible cutting edge.
So remember:
- Start the TRIM command
- At the Select cutting edges … Select objects or <select all>: prompt, press Enter.
- Select the object(s) to trim.
There’s another shortcut for trimming objects—the EXTRIM command. EXTRIM lets you choose an object and then one side of the object. Here are the steps:
- Type extrim on the command line.
- At the Pick a POLYLINE, LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, IMAGE or TEXT for cutting edge: prompt, select one of the listed objects.
- At the Specify the side to trim on: prompt, pick on one side of the selected object.
What tips do you have for trimming objects? Leave a comment!
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Start the TRIM command
Enter twice
Anything is trimmable as long as it intersects
Actually, using the Trim’s Extend option, you can trim objects that don’t intersect, but would intersect if the cutting edge were extended.
For Trimming, if you select a polyline as the cutting edge,then Enter, if you pick any segment of that Polyline, that segment will disappear. The Polyline can trim itself!
i tried extrim in autocad2012 there is no command with this name
That’s strange–it works for me. I tested it in 2012 and just checked again. You tried typing it on the command line?
Yes Admin is right ,May be He Typed Wrong word in Command Line
@saber Check your software properly (extrim works with Express Tools)
How do you unblock blocked objects so they can be trimmed?
If you have any recent version of AutoCAD, you can open it in the Block Editor (BEDIT) and trim it there.
To trim and extend any lines to any lines in a drawing (and have that set as the permanent default), type EDGEMODE in at the command line and set the value to 1.
I need to trim several objects inside different polygons, can anyone tell me if that is possible? i started using MAPTRIM but it only let me select one polygon at a time and i have thousands of them. i’ll appreciate the help 🙂
you can also use the shortcut for trim. you just have to type tr…then select the edges then enter…..then select the line that you want to trim!
Is there a variable to amend the gap when trimming an object using text?
How about :
trim/extend
right click
trim or extend
use shift to alternate trim or extend ???
A
how to trim 3d walls?
There appears to be no EXTRIM in LT
But using trim and select all works – and will save me hours selecting each line individually
Thanks!
I am having problem with the trim command only in 3D autocad 2013, it does work
another problem is inventor fusion keeps popping up freezing the software for seconds,
How do I solve these two problems
OTHER WAY TO TRIM FAST:After enter TRIM right click on an empty space , and just select what you want to trim.And thankyou very much.
@gerardo g martinez
Thanks Gerado….that’s a real neat tip.
I love this command and have a problem with it bogging down due to lack of a local file on my hard drive (it is remote located on a server a state away.) Is there any way to make it work faster in this scenario beyond going to a document management software?
Thanks,
What happened with the EXTRIM command with the 2014 Autocad? When I type in this command it comes back unknown command?
Thanks
you can use :
LINEWORKCROP
or
LINEWORKTRIM
Is there a tolerance setting for the EXTRIM command? I am using AutoCAD2014 and this command works well unless the lines are less than 2″ past the line I am trimming to.
thanks admin and every one for your tips.
Excuse for my English. My languaje is Spanish.
I have this problem: There are two lines join in a corner. When I try to move one of them by a lisp program selecting the joined point, it selects one of them, but I need to move the other one. What should I do?
can any one tell me o how trim are extend a object which is under block & in Layer.???like a line??
for trim or extend command when it was in block, first you have to xplode it. or you can double click to any block for edit block , and you can trim it.
for explode type x enter then select object and then enter, the block will explode.
I am trying to find an easier way to trim two double lines crossing each other at right-angle. I want to trim the 4 cross-lines, so that it will look like a 2-way-road intersection. Can someone help me with AutoCAD command that can do it in one go?
Priyan use the F for fence option and pick 4 points crossing the to be trimmed lines
when u select trim,then select corner,prompt then click, some times it trims and some time it doesn’t. Why.I have just started learning
Hi, I often use the “TR” and right-click command in autocad, but all of a sudden this doesn’t work anymore. The command bar forces me to make a decision :S :S, I already restored all my autocad setting, but it still does the same… What happened?
AWESOME
Absolutely Correct✔ .This is much easier method .