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Lengthening and Shortening Entities

  1. Click Modify > Power Trim or Power Trim (Modify toolbar).
  2. Move the point to an entity so that the pickbox appears, then click the entity.
  3. Drag the entity to its new length, then click to fix the length.
  4. Press Enter.
Parent topicPowerTrim
Trimming Entities with Power Trim
Extending Entities to Boundaries
Trimming Entities with Corner Trim
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