Instead, when a user attempts to Trim an object that passes over a Hatch Pattern, only the Boundaries of that Hatch are recognized as Cutting Edges.

When using the Trim Command, Hatch Patters are ignored or no longer recognized as Cutting Edges. Again, I love this update as I tend to see AutoCAD through the eyes of the newer user (even though I’m pushing into my 25th year of enthusiastic AutoCAD use) and new users tend to intuit that selecting an object when in the Trim Command even if it doesn’t have a Cutting Edge should provide some kind of result. Now that new user can start their command and just Trim and Extend to their heart’s delight! But some longtime AutoCAD users may not like this update and for them Autodesk provided the Standard Mode which returns the Trim and Extend Commands to the classic workflow they have become accustomed to.Īnother update to the Trim Command is that when users select an object to Trim that does not have a Cutting Edge the selected object is deleted from the drawing. This is an exciting update for an AutoCAD Instructor like myself because I find newer students take a little bit of time to get the Trim and Extend Workflows down. All objects in the drawing are automatically identified as Boundary Edges or Cutting Edges. When either command is launched the Mode is set to Quick which means users do not have to select Boundary Edges when using the Extend Command nor will they need to select Cutting Edges when using the Trim Command. The thoughtful folks at Autodesk have added a command line option called Mode to the Trim and Extend Commands. And even though I don’t love big interface changes, I do love New Features and below I’ll tell you about my Top Four!

As a former Production AutoCAD user I’m not a big fan of interface changes that require the tracking down of tools that have moved to a new location (with a few exceptions). And, some good news – in my opinion – is that the awesome folks at Autodesk haven’t made sweeping changes to the AutoCAD 2021 interface, in fact, side by side comparisons with AutoCAD 2020 would reveal very few differences at all. A new version of AutoCAD is now available.

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