topic Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated! in AutoCAD LT Forum

Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

orrco — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:59:17 GMT

Hello,

I have circled the spots that I am trying to trim. When I do the trim command it will trim the line, but not to the intersection of the circle. It keeps the line a little longer. This is very frustrating and seems like it should be something obvious.

Thanks for any help!

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

JamesPowell7164 — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:21:42 GMT

Could it be that your line smoothing is set too small? that is when you see the circle it is made up of a series of lines - not a smooth circle. Then when you see the line you see the true length but the circle seems to be behind your trimmed line.

Go to Options, look at the Display tab, and then look at "Display resolution". there is an "Arc and circle smoothness setting and a "segments in a polyline curve" setting. Play with the Arc and circle figure and see if it helps. Mine is set to 1000.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:14:33 GMT

Those lines are already cut at the circle: there is nothing to trim. Look at the blue dots

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

JamesPowell7164 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:44:22 GMT

Could it be a graphics card problem? Or his settings as above? It is more perceived rather than actual.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:15:02 GMT

We'll have to wait for the OP to comment and give feedback for all the responses.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

JamesPowell7164 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:07:46 GMT

Dean I just opened the OPs drawing and the bottom circle does have the straight lines extending past the circle that he is using as a trim fence. Did this show up when you opened it? the screenshot that you posted seems to show these lines as being trimmed by the circle. There doesn't seem to be double lines or groups of lines either. As you say, look forward to the OPs next post.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

orrco — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:18:05 GMT

Hi Everyone

Thanks for your help and comments. However, I still am not able to fix this. I agree with the last post. When I zoom in VERY close it extends past the circle (see attachment). I am just working around it for now, but this has come up a couple times in the past so thought I would check here for a possible solution.

Thank you.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:21:58 GMT

use REGENALL after you zoom in that close and see if the visuals update differently.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

orrco — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:27:22 GMT

That is interesting. Now it looks like like it doesn't touch the circle (see attachment). I have never used REGENALL before.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:29:33 GMT

That was an easy fix. Use REGENALL often after you zoom in real close: it forces your video card to react to the display changes.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

orrco — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:32:03 GMT

Thank you for your help!

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

twebert81 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 01:15:25 GMT

I'm having the same issue as in the title (although this one seems more legit)

Trim function is clearly working on the straight line just not on the circle. What am I missing?

This is nothing to do with graphics or artifacts. It just won't let me do it (AutoCAD 2024 & 2025.

Surely there are others with this issue that have come to this thread looking for answers.

Any ideas?

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:06:32 GMT

@twebert81 wrote:
...Any ideas?

Why is this chosen?

What is unique about that "circle"? pretty picture tells us nothing about the underlying cause. Do you have this issue in ALL of your files if you draw a circle+line in them then try the TRIM command?

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

twebert81 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:09:25 GMT

Not sure what you mean by chosen? It's just 3D, it isn't selected. The same thing happens in 2D wireframe.

There's actually 2 pics there. One where the circle can't be trimmed and another with the exact same 2 objects where the line can be trimmed up to the circle.

No it's not universal across all files but in this case, why can I trim one but not the other?

What other info would you need?

I thought maybe there was some infinitesimal misalignment but if that were the case then nether would trim no?

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:12:24 GMT

@twebert81 wrote:
...What other info would you need?...

Share your actual DWG file that snapshots came from please.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

twebert81 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:16:01 GMT

I no longer have it.

I had to keep working so found ways around it but if it happens again I'll put it up.

To be honest though it's the inconsistent behaviours in those 2 screen shots that I'm querying.

A guru worth his salt will know exactly what's going on.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

jskalaXDDX5 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:28:38 GMT

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:58:23 GMT

@jskalaXDDX5 🙂

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

pendean — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:01:27 GMT

@twebert81 wrote:
I no longer have it...

We can't help you sadly.

Remember, pictures mean nothing 90% of the time when you ask fellow end users about a program odd behavior no one else (and you) can replicate or reproduce on demand.

Re: Unable to trim around a circle, any help appreciated!

twebert81 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 05:15:09 GMT

We?? speaking for the group?

Anyway, I have exactly what you need now so looking forward to your solution.

What have I done wrong? (apart from putting this in the LT forum)