You can use vertex, edge, wire or face to trim edge, wire or face. You can also use a face in conjunction with additional surfaces, as mutual trim tools.
To open Trim:
Click Trim(Geometry Tools toolbar) or click Geometry, Geometry Tools, Trim .
Under Trim Type, select a type:
Standard. Trims edge, wire or face using vertex, edge, wire or face. Vertex can trim edge or wire only. If the trim tool shape is not large enough, you can check "Raw Trim Tool" to recover a large trim tool shape. If the trim tool is an edge, you can also check "Extrude Edge Tool" to make the edge trim tool as a extrude face trim tool.
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a. Using ref-plane as trim tool to trim the wire (Standard) |
b. The final wire after trimming |
a. Using a face as trim tool to trim the cylinder (Standard) |
b. The two sub cylinder faces after trimming |
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a. Use the yellow edge as the trim tool to trim the face (Standard) , the edge is on the face but not large enough to cross the face boundary |
b. Check "Raw Trim Tool" to make this edge large enough to cross face boundary |
c. Results after trimming |
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a. Use the yellow edge as the trim tool to trim the face (Standard) , the edge is NOT on the face and not large enough to cross the face boundary |
b. Side view |
c. Check "Raw Trim Tool" and "Extrude Edge Tool" to make this edge large enough to cross face boundary |
d. Results after trimming |
Mutual. Trims faces or edges with each other in the listbox.
a. Four faces to trim with each other (Mutual) |
b. Results after trimming |
c. Results after deleting the small faces |
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a. Four curves to trim with each other (Mutual) |
b. Results after trimming |
c. Results after deleting the small edges |
Cut Solid. Cut a solid shape by a ref-plane or any face. If the selected face is not totally cross the solid, you can check "Raw Trim Tool" to recover a large trim tool face. If you want to use a sketched plane to cut the solid, you can also check "Sketch Section Plane" to sketch temporary plane directly as the trim tool.
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a. Select a face to cut a solid (Cut Solid) |
b. Results after trimming |
a. Sketch a section plane to cut solid (Cut Solid) |
b. Results after trimming |
Split Face. Choose two guided points on the face boundaries to split face.
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a. Select two positions on face boudary to split face (Split Face) |
b. Results after trimming |
Cut Model. Select a cutting plane to cut whole model. The cutting plane can also be created by sketching.You can also reverse cutting direction by checking "Reverse Cut Direction".
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a. Sketch a plane to cut model (Cut Model ) |
b. Results after cut model |
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a. Select 3 edges as trim tool to trim face (Multi Trim) |
b. Results after trimming |