# Trimming

Trim the geometries by some margin. This command trims the geometries by the provided X and Y margins with respect to the current bounding box. Also check out [vpype Free Mode](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/vpype-free-mode "vpype Free Mode") which can do the same and more.

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/dKi09lMKgQ8BKksL-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/dKi09lMKgQ8BKksL-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/qKqgsU1M63YFD9l3-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/qKqgsU1M63YFD9l3-grafik.png)

## Draw some paths

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/kUxMeVjJZZwxQeaV-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/kUxMeVjJZZwxQeaV-grafik.png)

## Run the extension and get result

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/B6C7pMNJzPSm3rum-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/B6C7pMNJzPSm3rum-grafik.png)