Break Tool

Breaking Objects
Hold down the CTRL key and click on each of the overlapping objects. Click the Break button. For Additional Information: See Edit > Break All Intersections to break all of the intersecting elements where they intersect. Break Tool Definition The Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the Selected Segments at the point where they Intersect in the Trace software. The Break All Intersections function bisects ALL Segments in the design where they intersect in the Trace software. See: Break All Intersections Function
The objects will break where they intersected.
Each new segment can now be edited separately, such as deleting the unwanted section and connecting the remaining segments with the Join button. Join Definition The Join button will connect the Selected Segments together as one object in Trace. The Auto Join Segments button will automatically join All Adjacent Segments together in Trace. See: Join Tool Function See: Auto Join Segments Function

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