Automatic Trim: Example 1

Suppose we have the two intersecting Shells shown here and wish to trim them to each other.

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Before you start, you can turn on the trimming bodies if you want to see them while you work. (View > On-Screen View Options > Trimming Bodies)

1.Select both Shells.

2.From the context menu, go to Connect and view the available commands.

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3.Choose Trim Elements to Roof/Shell.

4.In the appearing dialog box, click Trim.

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5.View the result in 3D. The internal parts of both elements that coincided with each other’s trimming body have been eliminated. Note that the trimming bodies of the two Shells have been merged into a single trimming body.

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