Trim and extend tool needs to be updated

Hi Kirk

Kirk said:

no snapping this element to the other element

I'm not aware that the Trim Multiple tool requires snapping, just manual clicking, not that I use the tool at all but a quick browse of the help file suggest that's how it operates.

Kirk said:

It’s time Bentley updates the trim and extend tool.

if you use autocad or inventor you can sweep over a line or arc and you can have it trim to a element or extend. 

The truth is, we already had the functionality (if I'm understanding your wish correctly), it was the Intellitrim Tool. I've never help back my animosity towards Bentley for removing the tool in Connect and replacing it with the Trim Multiple tool. Whoever made that decision is an absolute idiot in my book.

You cannot tell me that this:

Is better than this:

clever_anthony said:

When in the case of overlapped elements, tranditional method works better.

Overlapping elements is probably not good practice (though it's not always avoidable) but selective use of level display, Display Sets or locking & unlocking of elements gets around any potential undesirable modification of nearby geometry (overlapping or not).

clever_anthony said:

On the other hand, scanning of elements for auto trimming/extending

Who mentioned anything about scanning?

clever_anthony said:

may increase the instability of the operation of MicroStation.

This sounds like absolute nonsense, Trimming or Extending has never caused instability of MicroStation, ever.

This still isn't as slick as Autocad Extend \ trim. acad you can just sweep across the elements 

This still isn't as slick as Autocad Extend \ trim. acad you can just sweep across the elements 

I don’t know the behaviour that you are referring to, presumably its the same interaction that the stream line tool provides. I’d happily stick with the existing behaviour over that, but that’s just a personal preference.