To erase an object in AutoCAD how many processes are there?

AutoCAD is a computer-aided design and drafting software popular in engineering students and professional to draw and edit 2D and 3D drawing. AutoCAD is owned by Autodesk an American multinational software corporation.

There are large list of tools available in AutoCAD to draw and modify the 2D and 3D drawings. Some basic tools are offset tool, copy tool, move tool, erase tools. All these Tools are listed in the Modify Tool Panel under the Home tab.

Different procedures to erase the objects in AutoCAD.

• Select the object you want to erase Press Delete key on the keyboard. All the selected objects will be deleted. This is the easiest way to erase any object.

The Erase command.

Erase command does not move objects to the Clipboard. That means they cannot be pasted to another location.

How to activate the Erase Command?

The most popular methods to activate Erase command are:

• Go to the Modify Tool Panel under the Home tab and left-click on the erase tool.
• Type E in the command bar and press Enter Key to activate the command. 

Different processes and methods to erase an object in AutoCAD by using the Erase command.

• First select the object which you want to erase. To Select the object left-click on the screen. Now you see a selection window on the screen. By dragging the mouse towards left or right select the object. Now go to the Modify tool panel and left-click on the erase tool and press Enter key on the keyboard Press Enter to end the command. The selected object will be erased.
• You can also erase objects by first left-clicking on the Erase tool and selecting the object. After this press Enter key on the keyboard. The object will be erased.
• Instead of selecting objects to erase, you can enter an option, such as enter L to erase the last object drawn, enter p to erase the previous selection set, or enter ALL to erase all objects. You can also enter? to get a list of all options.

The TRIM Command

To activate TRIM command type “tr” in command line and press Enter key.

If you want to erase the edges of objects to meet the edges of other objects instead of erasing the whole object to do so you use the TRIM command.

To trim the objects first select the objects to be trimmed individually and press Enter key and drag to start a freehand selection path, or pick two empty locations to specify a crossing Fence. All objects automatically act as cutting edges.You can delete the selected objects that can’t be trimmed.

There are two modes that you can use to trim objects.

• Quick mode
• Standard mode.

The Quick mode options:

• Cutting edges
• Fence (not listed as an option)
• Crossing
• Mode
• Project
• Erase

 The Standard mode options are as follows:

• Select cutting edges . . .
• Cutting edges
• Fence
• Crossing
• Mode
• Project
• Edge
• Erase
• Undo

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