User`s guide

370 ■ Chapter 5: Altering Objects
Exercise: Trim and Extend Objects
In this exercise, you use the Trim and Extend
commands to trim and extend edges on the drawing.
When you have completed the exercise, you will be
able to trim and extend geometry using standard trim
and extend methods. You will also be able to use the
Edge option to extend or trim geometry to implied
intersections and the SHIFT+select feature to switch
between trimming and extending.
The completed exercise
Completing the Exercise
To complete the exercise, follow the
steps in this book or in the onscreen
exercise. In the onscreen list of
chapters and exercises, click Chapter
5: Altering Objects. Click Exercise: Trim
and Extend Objects.
1. Open M_Trim-Extend.dwg.
2. Zoom to display the view as shown in the
following image.
3. Use the Trim command to complete the slot
geometry:
■ On the Home tab, click Modify panel >
Trim.
■ Select the lines highlighted in the following
image as the cutting edges.
■ Press ENTER.
4. Select the lines to trim at the points indicated
in the following image. Press ENTER.