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Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:53:29 GMT

Is it possible to extend or trim several lines at once? ie. by selecting one line to extend to and then exending several lines without having to click on each one. I am sure there use to be such a command but can't seem to figure this one out.

Thanks in advance

Andy

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:06:45 GMT

Yes, you need to use a FENCE when selecting the
lines to trim or extend. When AutoCAD as you to select the objects, type
"F" to select multiple objects at once.

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it possible to extend or trim several lines at once? ie. by selecting one line
to extend to and then exending several lines without having to click on each
one. I am sure there use to be such a command but can't seem to figure this
one out.

Thanks in advance

Andy

Re:

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:25:44 GMT

Just make sure that the fence crosses your lines
near the endpoint that should be trimed/extended.

That's why other multi-selection tools will not work.
Fence has the ability to select many objets AND specify
a "selection point" for each object.

Conny

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> Yes, you need to use a FENCE when selecting the lines to trim or extend.
When AutoCAD as you to select the objects, type "F" to select multiple
objects at once.
>
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> Daniel J. Altamura, R.A.
> Altamura Architectural Consulting
> and SoftWorx, Autodesk Authorized Developer
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> "alb" wrote in message
news:f1a4ba9.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is it possible to extend or trim several lines at once? ie. by selecting
one line to extend to and then exending several lines without having to
click on each one. I am sure there use to be such a command but can't seem
to figure this one out.
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andy
>

Re:

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:22:35 GMT

Finally the mists of time have been removed!!! Thanks for the help

Andy

Re: Re:

douglas.shortCM2W5 — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:00:53 GMT

The command FENCE does not seem to mean anything.

Thanks AUTOCAD for keeping these forums so organized! It's extremely helpful and I just LOVE wasting time!

Re: Re:

pendean — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:16:50 GMT

FENCE is not a command, never has been: it's an object selection option available WHILE IN A COMMAND.

Let us know what you were hoping to do, you probably just missed s step.

Re: Re:

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:12:34 GMT

I think what the above comment may be referring to is a step by step explanation of how to extend multiple lines simultaneously :

1. Enter command ...?

2. Within this command type or click on ...? (if I click on something, where is it located)

Can you provide this information?

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:14:37 GMT

Not solved.

Please provide step by step explanation please

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

RobDraw — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:03:35 GMT

The solution explains it clearly. If you need more information, try using help for such simple things. Autodesk has provided it in an organized manner.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

nemoiulian — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:21:06 GMT

But this is not very useful. What would be useful is extending multiple lines with a fixed amount (extend>lenght>both sides..), is there a way to do that?

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

RobDraw — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:48:26 GMT

It is useful. It's exactly what the OP asked for.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

Lukasvop1 — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 12:21:47 GMT

Hi, this maybe can help you, just load LengthenTotalMid.lsp into Autocad, type LTM, enter length, select objects, enter.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

pendean — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:40:00 GMT

@Lukasvop1 There is no LISP ability in LT, the topic of this forum, so your tip is dead-in-the-water as they say.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

nora_vahidian — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:59:43 GMT

I want to use a command or shortcut to trim extend or fillet all lines at the same time is this command available in CAD?

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

pendean — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:41:39 GMT

TRIM and EXTEND commands require you to select the items, which you can do not just individually but in a group with the FENCE selection method.

If you are asking to just press a button and the program guess at which lines to trim on its own, it does not do that.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

srleone9 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:24:00 GMT

@RobDraw While, yes, the FENCE intra-command selection method is helpful for part of the OP's question - selecting multiple items within a command - it does not solve the meat of their question: extending all the selected items by the same length simultaneously.

@Lukasvop1 Can this be accomplished with your LISP (in a non-LT environment, of course)?

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

pendean — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:59:29 GMT

@srleone9 wrote:

....Can this be accomplished with your LISP (in a non-LT environment, of course)?

How would the program know which lines to extend in which direction without some sort of selection method, or direction indication from you the drafter?

Or do you just have a very specific and very specialize need to always 100% only to extend lines to other lines in one direction all day long with no possible conflicts.

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Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

jskalaXDDX5 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:25:34 GMT

maybe...

TRIMEXTENDMODE = 0 (ZERO)

^C^C_LENGTHEN;_DELTA;\_FENCE\\;;

or to repeat

*^C^C_LENGTHEN;_DELTA;\_FENCE\\;;

Repeat needs a new imput for DELTA or Enter to accept previous value. Does work for multiple lines at once.

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

jskalaXDDX5 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:31:10 GMT

or input would work too...🤔

Re: Trim/Extend Multiple Lines

AutoCADNovice — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:09:40 GMT

Hello,

Please see below what I do for extending the lines.

Novice on AutoCAD LT so there may be a neater solution.

1) Draw a line to where the lines need to be extended to,

2) Type command EXTEND

3) Highlight the lines that need extended

AutoCAD then extends the lines.

Hope this helps.