{"id":5859,"date":"2019-01-07T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2019-01-07T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T13:30:30","slug":"whats-new-in-solidworks-2019-trim-entities-enhancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/whats-new-in-solidworks-2019-trim-entities-enhancement\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in SOLIDWORKS 2019 &#8211; Trim Entities Enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SOLIDWORKS 2019, you can convert trimmed entities into construction geometry or ignore construction geometry when trimming. This improves the handling of construction geometry for 2D and 3D sketches.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Trim Entities tool trimmed all entities, which often caused sketches to become under defined.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s New in SOLIDWORKS 2019 - Trim Entities Enhancement\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m84Xp5ncxNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">Click <span class=\"ph menucascade\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Tools<\/span> <\/strong>&gt; <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Sketch Tools<\/span><\/strong> &gt; <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Trim<\/span><\/strong><\/span> to open the <span class=\"keyword wintitle\"><span class=\"highlight\">Trim Entities<\/span><\/span> PropertyManager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tablenoborder\">\n<table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" summary=\"\" frame=\"hsides\" rules=\"rows\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Keep trimmed entities as construction geometry<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\">Converts the trimmed entities into construction geometry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry row-nocellborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Ignore trimming of construction geometry<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry row-nocellborder\">Leaves construction geometry unaffected when you <span class=\"highlight\">trim entities<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p\">These options maintain dimensional relations to the trimmed entities. They might maintain geometric relations, depending on the trimming conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"note note\">If you select both options, solid entities are converted to construction geometry and existing construction geometry is unaffected.<\/div>\n<div class=\"tablenoborder\">\n<table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" summary=\"\" frame=\"border\" rules=\"all\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\">Before trim<\/td>\n<td class=\"entry cell-norowborder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2019\/english\/whatsnew\/sgv1518775868046.image\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Keep trimmed entities as construction geometry<\/span> cleared<\/td>\n<td class=\"entry cell-norowborder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2019\/english\/whatsnew\/ygj1518776210736.image\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry row-nocellborder\"><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Keep trimmed entities as construction geometry<\/span> selected<\/td>\n<td class=\"entry cellrowborder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2019\/english\/whatsnew\/qtu1518776268065.image\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In SOLIDWORKS 2019, you can convert trimmed entities into construction geometry or ignore construction geometry when trimming. This improves the handling of construction geometry for 2D and 3D sketches. 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