Removing Sections of Entities. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

3 Click the entity you want to trim to the edge entity. Click the portion of the entity you want to keep, near the point where it intersects the edge entity.

TIP Press ESC or right-click once to select another edge by repeating step 2.

Removing Sections of Entities

AutoSketch provides two methods to remove a section from a line, arc, circle, or polyline.

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Break creates a gap in an entity by clicking a single point at the center of the gap.

Channel creates a trimming path that removes sections from one or more entities at the edges of the channel.

Removing a section from an entity, either by breaking or channeling, results in two separate entities which can be selected or edited independently.

NOTE Break and Channel will not effect polygons with holes (produced using the Union, Intersection, or Difference).

To remove a section from a single entity

1 On the Edit menu, click Trim, Break, or click the Break button on the All-

In-One toolbar.

2 Click the entity you want to break. The entity is highlighted.

3 (optional) Enter a different length in the Gap Width text box on the edit bar to specify the length of the break opening and press ENTER. A rubberband line representing the width of the gap appears and follows the pointer.

4 Enter the point for the break, this is the center of the gap. AutoSketch removes the section from the entity, leaving two separate entities.

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Chapter 23 Trimming Entities