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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 Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the

selected segments

Selected Segments at the

points

point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function

bisect

bisects ALL

segments

Segments in the design

at the points

where they intersect

with another segment.

in the Trace software.

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See: Break All Intersections Function

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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 Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the

selected segments

Selected Segments at the

points

point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function

bisect

bisects ALL

segments

Segments in the design

at the points

where they intersect

with another segment.

in the Trace software.

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See: Break All Intersections Function

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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 Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the

selected segments

Selected Segments at the

points

point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function

bisect

bisects ALL

segments

Segments in the design

at the points

where they intersect

with another segment.

in the Trace software.

Image Added

See: Break All Intersections Function

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