Erase part of line

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Is it possible to erase part of a line ? I can only erase the whole line.
Ie use the eraser like a pen so it just erases the part it touches.

Thanks

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Draw a line perpendicular, or any angle really, at the point you wish to break it, delete the bit you wish to delete then delete the extra line.

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Great thanks, it worked !

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Something people forget or let themselves be confused by, everything is just edges and faces, no magic, a face will form if the edges join and are planar. If not planar then a diagonal will generally fix it. Edges can be broken, welded, curved(segmented), at the basic level it is all very simple.

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You can only erase part of a line in a raster image…like in Photoshop. SU is a vector program and all lines are defined by a start coordinate and an end coordinate so, no, you can’t just erase part of it… What Box effectively advised you to do is add another mid-way coordinate to act as a new start or end. You can also achieve the same result by drawing over the existing line with a new one that is the required length, then delete the bit you don’t need.

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…or use the Move Tool on one of the vertices of the edge.

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Both of which are the same thing, but it is easier to explain the edge throwing off to the side.

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While very true is is a different step in the learning process.

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Or use the Divide function in the right-click context menu when an edge is selected.

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This is a nice solution if the desired portion of the original edge happens to be a nice fraction of the edge (1/3rd of it, or 4/9ths of it, or etc.)

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Oh come on, the question is how to use a pencil, pick up the eraser and rub out the bit you don’t want.
Not delve into mathematics or unneeded functions.

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