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Using Trim and Extent - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2017 Essential Training
Using Trim and Extent
- [Voiceover] We're staying in the 05_ModifyingObjects.dwg file, as usual, and what we're going to do is we're going to go back to our office view, our named model view. Now you'll notice I've done a zoom extents there. Now I quite often do this after I've worked close-in on a particular detail on a drawing, I will do a zoom extents, just to zoom out and have a quick overview of what's going on. It's quite a good little CAD practice to get into, and then you can zoom back in at any time using your named model views. So I'll go back to this Top view here, Custom Model Views, and go back to the Office named model view. And what we're going to do now is we're going to look at trimming and extending. Now, there's quite a knack to this, and you've got to remember that you always select your cutting edges, or your extension edges first before committing to the trim or the extend. Now you'll remember that we placed that center line there, and then using that center line, we offset the wall…
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Selecting objects6m 58s
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Using Move and Copy4m 30s
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Using Scale and Rotate4m 38s
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Creating and using arrays8m 6s
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Using Offset and Mirror4m 55s
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Using Trim and Extent5m 31s
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Using Stretch and Lengthen5m 48s
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Using Break and Join3m 48s
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Using grips and grip editing4m 55s
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Using boundaries3m 14s
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Using Fillet and Chamfer6m 34s
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Using Divide and Measure4m 57s
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Editing polylines and splines4m 59s
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