Enable trimming

Whether or not an attribute or graphic associated with a Choice or Option will be evaluated for trimming is determined by the state of its trimming checkbox in the Associations pane. See Object wizard user interface details for additional information.

Note: Scripts are always evaluated for trimming.

To enable trimming:

• Select the Trim checkbox in the Associations pane.

  • When checked, trimming is enabled.

  • When unchecked, trimming is disabled.

    

Graphics and attributes are evaluated for trimming when an instance is derived, in accordance with the following behaviors (scripts are always evaluated for trimming):

• If none of its associations have trimming enabled, the item is not evaluated for trimming and is always propagated to derived instances.

• The item is propagated to the instance if any Choice or Option where trimming is enabled is selected.

• The item is trimmed if at least one of its associations has trimming enabled, and none of the associations with trimming enabled are selected (even if associations with trimming disabled have been selected).

• Trimming occurs only when the instance is saved.

  Note: Trimming is not applicable to derived templates, since these are not runtime objects.