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Trim Shapes

Quick Reference: Trim Shapes

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    Cuts lines back to the next place they intersect with another line.

  • Location

    Tools Toolbar

    Tools → Trim Shapes

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

    Windows: Ctrl+K

    Mac: Cmd+K

  • Keyboard Modifiers

    Hold Ctrl / Cmd to disable Auto-joining.

Use the Trim Shapes tool to cut line segments back to the next intersection with another line.

If a shape does not intersect with any other lines, Trim Shapes deletes the entire shape.

Using Trim Shapes

To enable Trim Shapes, click the scissor icon in the Tools Toolbar or press Ctrl/Cmd+K.

Trim Shapes in Tools Toolbar

After activating the Trim Shapes tool, hover over any vector object in your Workspace to see a preview of the effect Trim Shapes will have on that object.

  • When you hover over a valid line segment, the cursor will change to the scissor icon, and the segment to be deleted will turn red.

  • Click to delete the segment.

Trim Shapes demonstration

Primary Shapes

This feature works with Primary Shapes, but will remove the ability to edit their special Shape Properties, as they are Converted to Paths in the process.

If you hover over a shape that does not intersect with any other lines, the entire shape will be highlighted in red, and deleted when you click.

Trim Shapes — deleting whole shape

Auto-Joining With Trim Shapes

When possible, Trim Shapes joins the new vector objects at the points where they used to intersect, combining them into a single path.

When a shape has been joined with another, it will automatically be selected, and you'll see the animated dash pattern that indicates selected objects.

Trim Shapes Autojoining Demo

Note

Hold Ctrl / Cmd while clicking to disable automatic joining when using Trim Shapes.

Troubleshooting

  • Trim Shapes does not work on Grouped objects — you'll need to Ungroup them first.

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