MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT Edition Help

Trim Multiple

Used to trim, extend, or trim and extend elements to their intersection with one or more cutting elements. The cutting element and the element that is trimmed and/or extended can be lines, line strings, arcs, curves, B-spline curves (only trimming), shapes, ellipses, complex chains, or complex shapes.

You can access this tool from the following:

  • Ribbon: Drawing > Home > Modify
  • Toolbox: Modify


SettingDescription
Trim and Extend If selected, the elements that intersect with the cutting element(s) will be trimmed, and the selected elements that can be extended to intersect with the cutting element(s) will be extended.
Trim If selected, the elements that intersect with the cutting element(s) will be trimmed.
Extend If selected, the elements that can be extended to intersect with the cutting element(s) will be extended.
Key-in: TRIM MULTIPLE
Key-in: TRIM SET < EXTEND | TRIMEXTEND | TRIM >
Note: To clean up intersections between multi-lines, use one of the "construct joint" Multi-line tools.