Trimming and Extending Sketch Entities

You can trim and extend sketch entities.

This task shows you how to:

Trim Sketch Entities

You can trim sketch entities.

  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Trim or Extend .
    The pointer changes to .

    If you hover over an entity that can be either extended or trimmed, the pointer changes to .

  2. Do one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Click Hover over an entity. The segment to be trimmed is highlighted. Click to remove the segment.





    Drag Drag across each entity to trim. A trail appears along the trim path. As you drag over a segment, the segment disappears.







Extend Sketch Entities

You can extend sketch entities. The position, orientation, and radius are maintained for entities being extended.

  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Trim or Extend .
  2. Drag from anywhere along the sketch entity and drop at the new endpoint location.






    If you drop the endpoint on another sketch entity, a coincident constraint is added.