Combine and trim lines in sketch

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Noob here.  Trying to create a shape based on some bodies in my design.  I've projected the relevant lines from the design into a sketch, but now not sure how to combine and trim them to get the shape I want.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Allie

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[jeff_strater]

What shape do you want to get?  What do you want to do with the sketch, extrude it?  In most cases, you should never need to trim sketch lines/curves, and it is not possible to trim projected sketch entities anyway.

Let us know more about what you are trying to do, and we can help.

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jeff.  I'm trying to extrude this shape - it connects a couple of my bodies.  I managed to do it in the end without trimming (fusion 360 saw that the lines formed a closed shape i guess, and i was able to extrude), but happy to hear about better ways of doing this.  2018-05-16 16_01_14-Autodesk Fusion 360 (Education License).png

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

It looks like you've found the best approach - if what you want to do is extrude a profile, then there is no need to do any trimming, because the correct region will still be recognized by the Extrude command.

Jeff