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loxon
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Trim leaves a tail

Post by loxon » Mon May 04, 2020 10:52 am

Hello,
Edit: OS: Win10, QCAD: 3.24.2
I'm having a strange problem where trimming a line leaves a tail beyond the limiting entity. In the attached picture, the blue lines were created using "parallel with distance" from the thick black lines. When I try to trim the ~horiz line to the ~vert it leaves a little overshot tail.

If I draw new lines manually they trim fine. Also, if I split the horizontal entity into multiple segments, it also trims fine.

any advice would be much appreciated
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andrew
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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by andrew » Mon May 04, 2020 11:11 am

Please attach your drawing file (DXF, DWG). Reduce to demonstrate problem if necessary.

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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by CVH » Mon May 04, 2020 12:56 pm

Check Z
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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by loxon » Tue May 05, 2020 8:57 am

Hi,
Thank you for your replies! I attached a reduced file.
Try to trim one of the horizontal blue lines using a vertical blue line as limiting entity.
I'm new to QCAD so please forgive if I made some silly mistake.
Thanks
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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by andrew » Tue May 05, 2020 9:19 am

CVH was spot on: there are several 3D elements with Z coordinates. You can use Misc > Modify > Flatten Drawing to 2D. Obviously this will get rid of the Z coordinates.

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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by loxon » Tue May 05, 2020 10:02 am

thank you CVH & Andrew. How do I identify the 3D elements? The source of this file is an older format DXF, and I suspect it's created as part if the import.

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Re: Trim leaves a tail

Post by CVH » Wed May 06, 2020 5:51 pm

Z isnot zero.
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