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Trimming and splitting

Trimming and splitting - Rhino Tutorial

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Trimming and splitting

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In this video we'll explore two critical editing tools, the trim and the split. First the definition, both commands are looking for we have two or more pieces of geometry intersecting a split will break them apart leaving all of the pieces remaining. But a trim will find the intersection and also delete the leftover parts. So both commands work the same way on curves, surfaces, or a mixture of both. We're going to start off by joining shapes together, three different ways. Let's zoom in here. So these are a circle and two rectangles. Pretty straight forward. So, we'll go with the split. And I'm going to pick maybe the two rectangles first, right-click. And then the cirlce. So, these guys are broken apart. Now, let's repeat the command. Objects to split, we're going to split the circle, right-click. And then the cutting objects. We can pick those pieces on either side where they touch. The result is, these left over shapes. A lot of clicking, I'm going to join those up with Ctrl+j and…

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