Trimming Multiple Wires

Today I was at a client and we were discussing the benifits of AutoCAD Electrical tools and what they do for us over AutoCAD commands.  For example AutoCAD Electrical trim wire, over the AutoCAD trim command. The AutoCAD Electrical Trim Wire command thinks about the electrical intelligents in the drawing where the AutoCAD Trim command only works off of your input and selections.  During this discussion the client mentioned "With the AutoCAD Trim command I can trim multiple lines at once. Can I do that with the Trim Wire command?" That is a great question that I am asked quite often.  The short and simple answer is Yes.  I want to use this post as a reminder to look at our command prompt, something I often forget to do.

Trim Wire command options:

• Fence = Draw a "Fence" to trim multiple wires.
• Crossing = Draw a crossing window to trim multiple wires. (New to 2007)
• Zext = Zoom Extents while staying in the command.

I hope you have found this tip useful.

Stay Tuned

Rob