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Enter clipping option [ON on page 2123/OFF on page 2123/Clipdepth on page
2123/
Delete on page 2123/generate Polyline on page 2123/New boundary on page
2123] <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 on page 745 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 on page 1447 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.
NOTE You 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.
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