Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Summary: Have the trim tool auto select all geometry to be cutting edges and go straight into trimming mode.
Description: .Have the trim tool auto select all geometry to be cutting edges and go straight into trimming mode.
Product and Feature: AutoCAD - Drawing Tools 2D
Submitted By: Charlv on 07/15/2016
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
From AutoCAD help:
TRIM (Command)
To use all objects as boundaries, press Enter at the first Select Objects prompt.
To avoid having to press Enter or Spacebar you can create a macro that adds the Enter for you.
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Tom Beauford
From AutoCAD help:
TRIM (Command)
To use all objects as boundaries, press Enter at the first Select Objects prompt.
To avoid having to press Enter or Spacebar you can create a macro that adds the Enter for you.
Nice Tip. I always right click for enter, so that is why I missed this feature. You have to actually hit the 'Enter' key on the keyboard.
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Existing users know how to use Trim and Customize commands. New users dont. I'm suggesting that the Trim commands by default has the Enter built in so its easier for new users to learn the Trim command.
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Not necessarily a good idea. Processing the entire drawing can result in long delays as it checks every entity against every other entity (exploded hatches can be particularly bad for this). And you don't necessarily want everything "auto-trimmed" like that. I would prefer new users learn new skills rather than adjusting the program itself to compensate.
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Charlv
Existing users know how to use Trim and Customize commands. New users dont. I'm suggesting that the Trim commands by default has the Enter built in so its easier for new users to learn the Trim command.
Many AutoCAD commands have defaults for Enter in <>
The trim command gives the following prompt:
_trim
Current settings: Projection=UCS, Edge=None
Select cutting edges ...
Select objects or <select all>:
So it should be obvious that hitting Enter will automatically <select all>
Most users prefer to select the cutting edges …
You want to remove this ability I've been using for twenty something years because that's how you would like it to work?
Try teaching them hitting F1 gives help on any command instead.
Re: Trim to auto select all boundaries and directly go into trim mode
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Charlv
Existing users know how to use Trim and Customize commands. New users dont. I'm suggesting that the Trim commands by default has the Enter built in so its easier for new users to learn the Trim command.
Breaking functionality in lieu of education does not seem a great idea. If the default was to select _everything_ as a potential edge instantly, TRIM would become effectively useless for me as I would be twiddling my thumbs while all 250000 possible edges were selected and highlighted. (Yes, I have busy files -- nature of the Civil world with multiple xrefs and models)
