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VPCLIP
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Create and Modify Layout Viewports
Clips layout viewport objects and reshapes the viewport border.
Access Methods
Button
Ribbon: View tab ➤ Viewports panel ➤ Clip
Menu: Modify ➤ Clip ➤ Viewport
Toolbar: Viewports
Shortcut menu: Select the viewport to clip. Right-click in the drawing area
and choose Viewport Clip.
Summary
You can either select an existing object to designate as the new boundary, or
specify the points of a new boundary. The new boundary does not clip the
old boundary, it redefines it.
TIP Use the generic CLIP on page 211 command to clip images, external references,
viewports, and underlays.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Clipping Object Specifies an object to act as a clipping boundary. Objects
that are valid as clipping boundaries include closed poly-lines, circles, ellipses,
closed splines, and regions.
Polygonal Draws a clipping boundary. You can draw line segments or arc
segments by specifying points. The following prompt is displayed:
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