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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
nested clipped xrefs, they appear clipped in the drawing. If the parent xref is
clipped, the nested xrefs are also clipped.
Resize Clipping Boundaries
If you want to change the shape or size of a clipping boundary for external
references and block references, you can use grips to edit the vertices just as
you edit any object with grips.
In case of rectangular grip editing, you can maintain the closed four-sided
rectangle or square shape of the rectangular clipping boundary because two
vertices of the same side of the rectangular clipping boundary are edited
together.
NOTE With Clipping boundaries, you cannot display self-intersecting polygonal
boundaries. An error message is displayed and the boundary reverts to the last
boundary.
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