Trimming a line to an intersection with another line

The Trim tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar lets you click a line feature and trim it based on its intersection with a selected line feature. To use the Trim tool, select the feature that you want to use as a cutting line, then start clicking the intersecting line segments that you want to trim. The part of the line that you click will be removed.

Black vertical lines are to be trimmed to meet the red horizontal line

Select the line to trim to and click each line to trim to it. If you click the north portion of the line, that part of the line is trimmed and the part of the line south of the intersection remains.

Result of trimming the lines.

1. Click the Edit tool on the Editor toolbar.
2. Select the line segment at which you want to trim a line.
3. Click the Trim tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar.
4. Click the end of the feature that you want to trim.

   The line you clicked is trimmed to the selected line.