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Control the visibility of the clipped area of the external reference or block
reference. When clipping is turned off, the boundary is not displayed and
the entire external reference or block is visible, provided that the objects are
on layers that are turned on and thawed.
Clipping results can be turned on or off using the clipping commands. This
controls whether the clipped area is hidden or displayed.
Control the visibility of clipping boundaries. You can control the display
of the clipping boundary with a clipping frame. The clipping system variable
for XREF, images, and PDF underlays are XCLIPFRAME, PDFFRAME, and
IMAGEFRAME respectively.
Invert the area to be hidden, inside or outside the clipping boundary When
you want the hidden parts of the clipped reference displayed or vice versa,
use the grips to alter the display of the external reference or blocks. With grips
located at the midpoint on the first edge of the clipping boundary, you can
invert the display of the clipped reference inside or outside the boundary.
The grips are visible and can be used when the clipping system variable is
turned on, the reference is selected, and clipped.
Editing Options
After an external reference or block reference has been clipped, it can be
moved, copied, or rotated just like an unclipped external reference or block
reference. The clipping boundary moves with the reference. If an xref contains
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