BTRIM command (Express Tools)

Trims entities to entities nested in blocks and external references.

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Method

Choose one or more entities nested in blocks or external references to use as cutting edge (1).

Choose the entity to be trimmed (2).

  1. Cutting edge entity
  2. Entity to be trimmed
  3. Trimmed part
Note: Switch to extend mode: press and hold the Shift key to select an entity to be extended to the nearest boundary entities. See the BEXTEND command.

Options within the command

Fence
Selects all entities that cross the selection fence. The selection fence is a series of temporary line segments. The selection fence does not form a closed loop.
Crossing
Selects entities within and crossing a rectangular area defined by two points.
Edge mode
Toggles between Extend and No extend.
Extend
Extends the boundary object along its natural path to intersect another object or its implied edge in 3D space.
No extend
Specifies that the object is to extend only to a boundary object that actually intersects it in 3D space.
Projection
Specifies the projection method used when extending objects.
No projection
Extends only those entities that intersect real boundaries in 3D space.
xy plane of Ucs
Projects entities and boundaries to the x,y plane of the current UCS, and then extends the projected entities that would intersect projected boundaries.
current View
Projects entities into the current view, and then extends them accordingly.
eRase
Deletes selected entities.