Crops a selected external
reference, image, viewport, or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN)
to a specified boundary.
Summary
The clipping boundary determines a portion of
an image, underlay, viewport, or external reference to hide. The
visibility of the clipping boundary is controlled by the FRAME system
variable.
List of Prompts
The list of prompts varies
depending on whether you are clipping an underlay, image, external
reference, or viewport.
Underlay and Image Prompts
The following prompts
are displayed.
- On
-
Turns on clipping and
displays the underlay clipped to the previously defined boundary.
- Off
-
Turns off clipping and
displays the entire PDF underlay and frame.
If you clip the underlay
again while clipping is off, clipping automatically turns on. You
are prompted to delete the old boundary even when clipping is off
and the clipping boundary is not visible.
- Delete
-
Removes a predefined
clipping boundary and redisplays the full original underlay.
- New Boundary
-
Defines a rectangular or polygonal clipping boundary,
or generates a polygonal clipping boundary from a polyline.
NoteYou can only create
a new clipping boundary for an underlay when the old boundary is
deleted.
- Select
Polyline
-
Defines the boundary with the selected polyline.
The polyline can be open but must consist of straight line segments
and cannot intersect itself.
- Polygonal
-
Defines a polygonal clipping boundary with three
or more points that you specify for the vertices of a polygon.
- Rectangular
-
Defines a rectangular boundary with the points that
you specify for opposite corners.
- Invert Clip
-
Inverts the mode of the
clipping boundary: objects are clipped either outside the boundary or
inside the boundary.
External Reference Prompts
The following prompts
are displayed.
Select objects: Use
an object selection method and press Enter when you finish
selecting objects
Enter clipping option
[ON/OFF/Clipdepth/Delete/generate
Polyline/New
boundary] <New>: Select
an option or press Enter
- On
-
Displays the clipped
portion of the external reference or block in the current drawing.
- Off
-
Displays all of the geometry
of the external reference or block in the current drawing, ignoring
the clipping boundary.
- Clipdepth
-
Sets the front and back
clipping planes on an xref or block. Objects outside the volume defined
by the boundary and the specified depth are not displayed. Regardless
of the current UCS, the clip depth is applied parallel to the clipping
boundary.
- Front Clip Point. Creates
a clipping plane passing through and perpendicular to the clipping
boundary.
- Distance. Creates
a clipping plane the specified distance from and parallel to the clipping
boundary.
- Remove. Removes
both the front and back clipping planes.
- Delete
-
Removes a clipping boundary
for the selected xref or block. To temporarily turn off a clipping boundary,
use the Off option. Delete erases the clipping boundary and the
clipdepth. The ERASE command
cannot be used to delete clipping boundaries.
- Generate Polyline
-
Automatically draws a
polyline coincident with the clipping boundary. The polyline assumes the
current layer, linetype, lineweight, and color settings. Use this
option when you want to modify the current clipping boundary using PEDIT and
then redefine the clipping boundary with the new polyline. To see
the entire xref while redefining the boundary, use the Off option.
- New Boundary
-
Defines a rectangular
or polygonal clipping boundary, or generates a polygonal clipping boundary
from a polyline.
NoteYou can only create
a new clipping boundary for a selected XREF underlay when the old
boundary is deleted.
- Select Polyline. Defines
the boundary with the selected polyline. The polyline can be open
but must consist of straight line segments and cannot intersect
itself.
- Polygonal. Defines
a polygonal clipping boundary with three or more points that you specify
for the vertices of a polygon.
- Rectangular. Defines
a rectangular boundary with the points that you specify for opposite corners.
- Invert Clip. Inverts
the mode of the clipping boundary: objects are clipped either outside the
boundary or inside the boundary.
Viewport Prompts
NoteYou cannot clip a
viewport in model space. You must be in paper space.
- Clipping Object
-
Select the viewport to
clip.
- Polygonal
-
Draws a clipping boundary.
You can draw line segments or arc segments by specifying points.
The descriptions of the
Next Point, Arc, Close, Length, and Undo options match the descriptions
of the corresponding options in the PLINE command.
- Delete
-
Deletes the clipping
boundary of a selected viewport. This option is available only if
the selected viewport has already been clipped. If you clip a viewport
that has been previously clipped, the original clipping boundary
is deleted, and the new clipping boundary is applied.