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Break All Intersections

  • Select Edit > Break All Intersections to Break All Segments where they Intersect With Other Segments (where objects cross each other). 

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titleBreak Tool Definition

The Breaktool is used to Bisect the selected segments at the points where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisect ALL segments in the design at the points where they intersect with another segment.

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Breaking All Intersections

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  • This example displays four lines that intersect and cross over each other. In order to edit the portions of this design, we will need to Break the Intersections.

  • Select Edit > Break All Intersections.

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titleBreak All Intersections Definition

The Breaktool is used to Bisect the selected segments at the points where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisect ALL segments in the design at the points where they intersect with another segment.

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  • The Intersecting Lines have been Broken into twelve separate lines. 

  • You can see from the Blue Dots that mark the End Points, that we can now delete individual section of this design.  

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  • Now the individual lines can be deleted and other lines can be added to create new shapes.

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Breaking Selected Intersections

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  • Alternatively, use the Break button to break only the selected intersections.

  • This allows you to Manually select which Intersections to Break

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titleBreak Tool Definition

The Breaktool is used to Bisect the selected segments at the points where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisect ALL segments in the design at the points where they intersect with another segment.

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