I believe this will be a new feature in Shark v6. AFAIK, at the moment you just have to highlight the line, then add a much higher number in object info, then use the trim tool, or redraw the line again.

:o

Thanks Erik! Two new ones to me :D:D

(like I said, I gave up on the manual ages ago, and just stumble around until something works, or someone like yourself enlightens me!)

Tom

Hmm yes- kind of. Again it's another fiddly operation. In my case it's the Apple-Command key rather than the Ctrl key (which Mac's also have, but don't do the same thing!)

Press the Command (Ctrl for Windows) key, while highlighting a line, and two little points will appear at both ends. The select the select key (after deselecting the line), and reselect one of the points. The line can then be resized.

It's a phaff, and it's one of my major grumbles about VC/ Shark- ie too complicated sometimes for it's own good. Also all these key changes are giving me stiff wrists!! My vote would be more options to customise the right-click contextual menu, and of course, simplifying some of these tool processes.
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Really looking forward to V6, Tim! :D

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Hmm- still a bit buggy though, as the line I originally chose using the trim tool, is now the only line that'll allow me to use the extend facility!

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Hi TTRW
I not sure I understand the bug to seem to have but I haven't experienced it myself.
If you pick a line for a trim line only that line will work for trim and extend and thats the way it is supposed to be. To give me complete liberty I usually after picking the trim command hit the "A" key which selects all lines. Then I trim and extend at will.
Hope this helps,
Chuck

Chuck, You must have set your commands up differently, because pressing the A key on my copy of VC doesn't replicate that command :(

hang on, you mean apple-A right? Select all?? Yes, I know about this command already!! What I discovered was that I was UNABLE to pick another line, after editing the first.

Tom

In my case, put an appropriate line at the target coordinate i need. Then, i window (or one-by-one) select the lines or geometry of interest and use the translate command (n key in my case) to "stretch" that geometry. If you're stretching solids or lines this can be quite quick and efficient when your start and finish points are easy to see.

In my case, i accidentally realized i could stretch part of a plate of steel in useful or useless directions, but if you know what you're doing/after, you could create some interesting jewelry, sculptures, and shapes that could be glass, steel, plastic....

No offence Chuck, but did you actually read my post?

Also 'ctrl-A' as a windows user, may very well work for you, but it doesn't work for me! ;) :rolleyes:

It doesn't. Chuck is again talking nonsense (or is confusing himself with his knowledge of AutoCAD?). I also checked out Chuck's earlier suggestions about the trim and extend tool- and they didn't work either (ACAD delusions again?). :mad:

Chuck, dude, why instruct us on how to use a tool if you haven't a clue how to use it in the first place? Please mate, we need to get these things right, not to give incorrect information. All this does is detracts from the subject, because it automatically assumes, to others, that the function does exist, when it doesn't!! :mad:

It seems that once I've extended one end, I can't extend the other!!!!! How stupid is that??

Tim? Can you elaborate? A bug??

Deep select, pick one entity, move its points by picking up. Stretch a window around a point shared with others (endpoints), move that point for all. Window select multiple points on multiple lines and apply the same translation to all (maintain relationship). The circumstance where I've needed to apply the translation tool is some combinations of when all points to be moved can't be selected with one window. I haven't figured which selection combinations determine that circumstance yet, ie I can't deselect points that are to remain stationary.

Windows OS.