Trimming Geometry

Trim lets you trim two or more surface or wireframe elements by cutting eachother mutually.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing geometric elements.

 

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Trim Geometry Using the Standard Mode

With Standard mode, one portion of the selected element (surface or wire) is kept and the list of trimmed elements is ordered.

  1. Select Standard .
  2. Select two surfaces or two wireframe elements to be trimmed.

    A preview of the trimmed elements appears and the list of trimmed elements is updated.

  3. You can edit the table by first selecting an element and then do either of the following:

    • Click to add a line at the end of the list in the table.

    • Click to insert a line before the selected line in the table.

    • Click to insert a line after the selected line in the table.

    • Click to remove all the lines.

  4. Optional: Select the Result simplification check box to automatically reduce the number of faces in the resulting trim whenever possible.
  5. Click Intersection computation check box to compute the intersection between the trimmed elements.
  6. Click OK.