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1 Select the structural member(s) you want to extend or trim.
2 Click Structural Member tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Add Trim Plane
.
3 Define the trim plane:
Then…If you want to…
press ENTER, specify the start point
and endpoint of the trim plane, and
define a trim plane independent of
any existing objects
then click the side on which you
want to remove members.
select the object or linework, and
then click the side on which you
use the edge or face of an existing
object or linework as the trim plane
want members removed. If you
want to trim to the face of an ob-
ject rather than its edge, press Ctrl
before selecting the object.
Mitering Structural Members with Trim Planes
Use this procedure to generate trim planes that produce a mitered joint between
2 structural members that are connected at their endpoints.
NOTE If the value of Trim automatically (on the Properties palette) is Yes for each
of the connected structural members, then any kind of grip edit to either member
will result in a mitered joint between them.
Mitering two structural members with coincident endpoints
1 Select one of the structural member(s) you want to miter.
2582 | Chapter 31 Structural Members
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