Erase

Erases entities from the drawing. Deletes 3D solid faces and face edges.

Accessing the Command

command bar: erase

shortcut: Del

alias: delete, e

menu bar: Edit | Erase

toolbar: Standard |

Quad: Model

: erase

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entities, edges or faces: (Select one or more entities.)

Entities in set: 1

Select entities, edges or faces: (Select more entities, or press Enter.)

Command Options

Option	Description
Entities	Selected entities are erased from the drawing.
Edges	Select the edges of an opening in a surface to delete the opening. Select the edge(s) between coplanar faces of a 3D solid to remove the edges. Alternatively use dmSimplify to remove redundant edges.
Faces	Select the interior faces of an opening in a 3D solid to remove the opening.

Procedures

Related Commands

Break - erases a portion of an entity.

dmSimplify - simplifies the geometry and topology of 3d solid entities.

Oops - returns erased entities.

Overkill - Deletes duplicate entities and overlapping lines, arcs or polylines and unifies partly overlapping or contiguous ones.

Purge - removes unused named entities from drawings, such as unused layers and linetypes.

Trim - removes portions of entities.

U - unerases erased entities.

Undo - unerases erased entities.