Extend

Extends open entities to a boundary.

Accessing the Command

command bar: extend

alias: ex

menu bar: Modify | Extend

toolbar: Modify |

: extend

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select boundary entities for extend <ENTER to select all>: (Choose one or more entities, or press Enter to choose all.)

Entities in set: 1

Select boundary entities for extend <ENTER to select all>: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to end entity selection.)

Select entity to extend or shift-select to trim or [Fence/Crossing/Edge mode/Projection/eRase]: (Choose the entity to extend, or enter an option or press shift, then pick an entity to trim.)

Select entity to extend or shift-select to trim or [Fence/Crossing/Edge mode/Projection/eRase]: (Choose another entity to extend, enter an option, or press Enter to exit the command or press shift, then pick an entity to trim.)

Command Options

Option	Description
Shift key	Trims the picked entities instead of extending them. When executing the Trim or the Extend command, pressing the shift key switches between trimming and extending.
Select boundary entities for extend	Chooses one or more entities as boundaries.
ENTER to select all	Press Enter to choose all entities in the drawing.
Select entity to extend	Chooses the entity to extend. When either end could be extended to a boundary, BricsCAD extends the end closest to the pick point.
Edge mode	Toggles edge mode; prompts you: [Extend/No extend] <No extend>: Extend - extends entities to real and implied boundaries in 3D space. No Extend - extends entities only to real boundaries.
Fence	Allows fence selection, an irregular selection window; prompts you: First point of fence - pick the first point of the fence. Next fence - pick the next point of the fence; press Enter to exit selection mode.
Crossing	Allows crossing rectangle selection; prompts you: First corner of crossing window - specify the first corner Second corner of crossing window - specify the second corner. The entities that cross the specified rectangle are extended.
Projection	Specifies the type of projection; prompts you: Projection [No projection/xy plane of Ucs/current View] <UCS>: No projections - extend only those entities that intersect real boundaries in 3D space. xy plane of UCS - project entities and boundaries to the xy plane of the current UCS, and then extends the projected entities that would intersect projected boundaries. Current View - project the entities into the current view, and then extends them accordingly.
Erase	Deletes selected entities; prompts you: Select entities to delete - select the entities
Undo	Undoes the previous extend operation.
Shift-select to trim	Allows to switch to the Trim command. Press and hold the Shift-key to select the part of an entity to be trimmed at the intersection with the nearest cutting entities.

Procedures

To extend entities

Related Commands

Change - changes the length of lines.

Lengthen - changes the length of open entities.

Stretch - stretches entities longer and shorter.

Trim - trims entities to a cutting line.