Trimming ARCs and LINEs

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Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Krischu » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:08 pm

I'm trying to draw a developed view of a small sheet metal case.

How can I trim the little half- and quarter-arcs in the folding corners?

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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Husky » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:35 pm

Please have a look at this "Modify" tools:

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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Krischu » Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:58 am

Thanks. I looked at it but I have no idea as to
  • what menu topic I should choose between D2, B2 and AX
  • which elements to click at which points
  • whether to select an element first or not

The attached screenshots are showing what I would like to achieve. Not that you think that I already managed to do so :). I used Gimp to edit the screenshot to obtain the result.
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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:17 am

Krischu wrote:
Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:58 am
  • what menu topic I should choose between D2, B2 and AX
  • which elements to click at which points
  • whether to select an element first or not
Please refer to the user manual for step by step instructions for each of these tools, under Help > Reference Manual or online at:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/reference/en/

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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Krischu » Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:48 am

I think the problem why I couldn't get ahead was that the line shape is a polygon. Can I resolve a PL into lines?
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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:51 am

Are you using QCAD Professional or the free QCAD Community Edition?

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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Krischu » Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:09 am

The free Community Edition
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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:11 am

OK, thanks. I'll move your posts to the appropriate forum for the QCAD Community Edition.

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Re: Trimming ARCs and LINEs

Post by Krischu » Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:55 pm

Thanks. Wasn't aware that I had been posting in the Qcad Pro section of the forum.

Back to the matter:

All the hassle I had and why I could not solve my problem intuitively with the suggested D2/B2 commands was, that my object was a PL (polyline) !

Thus my questsion in another thread how to resolve a PL into LI segments.
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