Breaking and Trimming Elements

You can quickly delete elements intersected by other Sketcher elements using the breaking and trimming operations.

Before you begin:

Create a sketch containing two or more intersecting features. Select the Geometrical Constraints in the Sketch section of the action bar.

  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Quick Trim .
  2. Select one of the following options from the Tool Palette.

    Option Selection Result
    Break And Rubber In



    The inner part of the selection is trimmed.



    Break And Rubber Out



    The outer part of the selection is trimmed.



    Break And Keep



    The selected feature is broken into number of intersecting elements.



    Coincidence constraints are created after the trimming/breaking of the features.

    Important:
    • If you need to delete several elements, you can double-click Quick Trim and delete the elements one after the other.
    • You cannot apply Quick Trim and/or Break to composite curves (which are projected/intersected elements composed of several curves). However, you can work around this functional restriction by trimming elements (this enables you to get the same results for composite curves as by performing the Quick Trim and the Break operations).

  3. Optional: Click Free Hand Selection to select and trim multiple elements.

    The following table shows the resulting trimmed geometries for different combinations of options, selected in the Tools Palette.

    Selection Free Hand Selection + Break And Rubber In Free Hand Selection + Break And Rubber Out Free Hand Selection + Break And Keep








    Tip: Press and hold Shift to move the pointer over certain parts of the sketch without considering it for trimming.