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Trim Multiple Lines At Once

Ross.MartinWQKL5 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:24:43 GMT

In the attached image I show where there are multiple lines surpassing my boundary line. In the days of AutoCAD I would use the trim command and just draw a box around all lines above my line and they would be trimmed to the line below the red circled area. In Inventor I am not finding a way to circle or box the lines I want to trim. I saw a post on using "boundary" but even that I am only able to trim one line at a time.

How do I trim or constrain end points of multiple lines to a boundary line all at once?

Re: Trim Multiple Lines At Once

CCarreiras — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:34:39 GMT

Hi!

In inventor you can draw a box, but you can drag the curvor and cross the lines you want to trim.

Re: Trim Multiple Lines At Once

Ross.MartinWQKL5 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:53:13 GMT

Not sure what I am missing in this sequence, but as I left click-hold and draw I get the dashed blue line but nothing is trimming. You ever seen where this doesn't happen as you stated? Or am I missing a sequence here?

In your zig-zag example are you just clicking-holding and dragging over the unwanted lines? Or did you have to click the vertical line first, then drag over the zig-zag lines?

Additional caveat question...I see you have solid lines; in my example I am making construction lines. Does this change the behavior of the trim function?

Re: Trim Multiple Lines At Once

CCarreiras — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:10:17 GMT

You're right, drag trimming only works at solid lines, not construction or centerlines.
Construction lines and center lines can be used as frontier though.

I'm gone suggest this to Inventor developers... maybe they can add this to the following updates.

Re: Trim Multiple Lines At Once

CCarreiras — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:30:42 GMT

You can vote here...

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/drag-trimming-also-to-construction-lines-and-centerlines/idi-p/11736773