XTrim

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Platinum

Trims ACIS solids and X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.

The composite solid created by the XTRIM command is composed of the original solid plus one extruded primitive for each cutting profile

Accessing the Command

command bar:  xtrim

menu bar:  X-Solids | Tools| Trim

toolbar:  X-Tools |

: xtrim

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select solids to trim: select one or more ACIS solids or X-Solids.

Right click to stop selecting entities.

Select cutting shapes: Select one or more 2D entities.
Right click or press Enter to stop selecting cutting shapes.

Cutters can be any closed planar 2D entities.

Open cutter shapes will be automatically closed by extending straight line segments from and tangent to each end of the profile until they intersect to form a closed profile. If the extended segments are parallel or diverge they will be extended beyond the boundaries of the selected solids and then closed. The XCUT command will be executed for such cutter shapes.

The solids are trimmed using each of the cutting shapes.

Command Options

None

Related Commands

Interfere - creates 3D volumes of intersecting 3D solid models.

Intersect - removes volumes not in common between two solid models.

Slice - cuts 3D solids into two parts.

Subtract - removes one solid model from a second.

Union - performs Boolean union operations on 3D solids and 2D regions; adds one to another to form a single entity.

XSlice - Cuts an ACIS solid or an X-solid with a plane; the result is a 3D solid cut in two. You can choose whether to keep both parts or just one.

XSubtract - Performs Boolean subtraction operations on Acis solids and X-Solids; removes one from the other.

XUnion - Performs Boolean union operations on Acis solids and X-Solids; adds one to another to form a single entity.

XCut - Trims or cuts ACIS solids and X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.

XPunch - Cuts ACIS solids and X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.