JTB TrimWindow

JTB TrimWindow

Win32 and 64, English

JTB World Inc.
App to quickly copy a rectangular window of selected objects out from your drawing, and trim everything outside the window's edges. The result can be copied to the current drawing or to the clipboard.

General Usage Instructions

Run TrimWindow_Settings to bring up the settings window where you can select how TrimWindow generates the output:

  • Option to put all TrimWindow's objects to an anonymous block
  • Option to run move command to move TrimWindow to a new location, or copy it to the clipboard so that you can use PasteClip command to insert it later elsewhere
  • There is also a custom option requested by an Autodesk® AutoCAD® Architecture client. This option creates a reactor that runs the command ShowModelSpaceViews after any Regen command.

Then, you can run the TrimWindow command by clicking on the ribbon, or typing its name into the command line, and following the on-screen instructions. (See Description section above).

Screenshots

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon Command Command Description

TrimWindow

Copy a rectangular window of selected objects out from your drawing, and trim everything outside the window's edges.

TrimWindow_Settings

Select the output options of the TrimWindow command.

JTBW_ACTIVATE_APPS

Open the Activation Form to activate the app. This command is available in the command line only.

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app. Or, double-click the downloaded installer to install the app. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to be able to run the app.

To uninstall this app, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it.

On Windows 11 and 10 version 1703 or later press Windows+I on the keyboard to access Settings or click or right-click the Windows Start button and then select Settings. Click on Apps (optionally followed by Apps & features). On older Windows versions click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features or Control Panel > Add.

Additional Information

Known Issues

Supported object types are 2D line, curve, 3D poly, dimension, and leader. Text and hatch are copied only, not trimmed.

Contact

Company Name: JTB World Inc.
Support Contact: info@jtbworld.com

Author/Company Information

JTB World Inc.

Support Information

For support visit our Contact page.

Version History

Version Number Version Description

2.4.0

Added support for AutoCAD 2024

2.3.0

Fixed error working in UCS.

2.2.0

Added AutoCAD 2023 support.

2.1.0

Fixed error of Xref falsely detected as not found.

1.1.2

Added AutoCAD 2022 support

1.1.1

Upgraded to License 4.3

1.1.0

Added support for AutoCAD® 2021. Updated installer.

1.0.2

Added support for AutoCAD® 2020. Updated installer.

1.0.1

Initial release
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