Trim not trimming back to selected trim boundary

[Wwhite72082]

Today I took notice that I can now trim two lines that do not touch (they can be hundreds of feet apart or just a fraction of an inch). I generally work with my units set to 1/256 of an inch, so when I trim a line back to another line, and they don't create a closed boundary, it causes a problem when importing the drawings into a CNC router.

Is there a setting that will allow me to set the tolerance so that the two lines must touch in order for me to trim them?

Thanks
-Walt

[jaberwok]

It may be easier to use the Fillet (or Chamfer) command with radius (chamfer) set to zero.

OR -

in the Trim command, change the Project setting to NONE. Then only objects that actually cross should perform a trim.

[david_peterson]

I've only come across 1 issue with the trim or fillet command not working correctly and not making a nice 90 deg corner when it should. We had a real smart guy working on our project that decided it'd be a good idea to trace over the (scaled by 12) site plan that was created from a plane and some other fancy stuff. Point was the buildings that we were working in were something like 450 miles (yes I said miles) away from the origin. But seeing that you're using a CNC machine, I don't think that would be possible to do. Then again, I don't remember being able to use the fillet command to close a pline, but maybe it's due to a sysvar that I don't know about. Just some random thoughts.

[jaberwok]

Then again, I don't remember being able to use the fillet command to close a pline, but maybe it's due to a sysvar that I don't know about.

That bugs me too. The final joint of a closed pline cannot be made with Fillet.

[david_peterson]

That bugs me too. The final joint of a closed pline cannot be made with Fillet.

Anyone know if that ever made the wish list? I'm guessing it has, but if not it needs to be added.

[jaberwok]

Anyone know if that ever made the wish list? I'm guessing it has, but if not it needs to be added.

Okay, I'll suggest it.



Edit: Done.

[BrenBren]

Anyone know if that ever made the wish list? I'm guessing it has, but if not it needs to be added.

It is on the current wish list; it will be voted on in ~counts on fingers~ June of this year.

[Wwhite72082]

I did a little more digging and came across a solution. If "EDGEMODE" is set to "0" AutoCAD no longer trims to apparent intersections. At some point this variable must have been changed because I don't ever remember being able to trim lines at apparent intersections.

Also, When I just need to square off a corner the Chamfer command is what I use. The problem comes when I have crossing lines that must be connected for tor the CNC machine to recognize them.

Thanks for the help