Autodesk 057A1-05A111-1001 Getting Started Guide - Page 94

Extend Objects You can extend objects so that they end precisely at a boundary defined by other objects. If you press ENTER instead of selecting boundary objects, all visible objects in the drawing become potential boundaries. The illustration shows lines extended precisely to the circle, which is the nearest boundary. Press ENTER to accept Select objects to extend nearest to all objects as boundaries the end to be extended Result Try it: Extend an object 1 Create a short line. Then create circle that encompasses the line. 2 Click Menu Browser ➤ Modify ➤ Extend. 3 At the Select Objects prompt, click the circle. Notice that you select the boundary objects first. The next step is easy to forget. 4 Press ENTER to end boundary selection. 5 At the next Select Objects prompt, click one end of the line and then the other end of the line. Press ENTER to end the command. Trim Objects Trimming objects is very similar to extending them. To trim, you cut an object at an edge defined by one or more objects. By default, objects defined as cutting edges must intersect the object to be trimmed. 1 2 Cutting edges selected with a crossing selection 3 Object to trim selected Result 88 | Chapter 7 Make Modifications