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Trim by an imprinted curves

See also: Trim, Extended cut, Trim by faces, Trim by a plane, Trim by sweeping curve, Reciprocal trimming.

Menu access: Shape | Trim.

Description:

Allows you to trim a solid or surface shape by curves close to this shape.

General philosophy:

  1. Select on the "BY IMPRINTING CURVES" option.

  2. Select the shape to trim.

  3. Select the faces of the shape to trim by the curves

  4. Select the trimming curve.

  5. Choose the side to keep.

  6. Select the other trimming curves and confirm with  OK

  7. Indicate the computation tolerance.

Available option(s):

The  Hide tools= YES  or  NO  option allows you to set the trimming element invisible or not.

 The trimming curves don't need to be exactly on the surface. If not, they will be projected and imprinted to the surface using the surface normal.

 The tolerance allows to use non joining curves.

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