This frame can be modified by selecting it and moving its grips. So back to editing the XCLIP Frame, if we set the XCLIPFRAME system variable to 1, we will be able to see the frame that is used to hide part of the Block or XREF. As I already mentioned before, I hate people who explode blocks as a hobby, but I understand they do so because they don´t know they have these options. This will allow us to keep the Block or the XREF unexploded while showing only the part of it that we want in our drawing. What I didn't know back then is that the frame shown with this system variable could actually be edited.įor those who don´t know what an XCLIP is: with the XCLIP command, we can clip (hide) part of a Block or XREF. You can easily edit which part of an XREF is clipped without redrawing a new polyline.Ī few months back a wrote a post about the XCLIPFRAME system variable. Hopefully in future versions of AutoCAD this will be solved. We talked about how useful inverted XCLIPS can be on a previous post. The only bad part of this express tool, is that so far (till version 2009) it doesn't allow inverted clips. If you switch on the XCLIPFRAME and select the block, you will see that the frame is actually made of straight lines. What CLIPIT does, is turn the curved clipping frame into a set of segments. ![]() ![]() With CLIPIT you first select the frame and then the Block, Image, Wipeout or XREF you want to clip. It works the opposite as the XCLIP command. CLIPIT will ask us to select the new clipping frame, that can actually be a POLYLINE, CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, or TEXT object. The work around is to use an Express Tool Command.ĬLIPIT is an express tool command that will allow us to do what we wanted to do. As you see we need a work around this result. The first image shows the original block, the second one is the block clipped with the XCLIP command. The block was clipped using the yellow polyline. If you try to clip a block using a polyline that contains curved segments you will see that along the curved segment the clipping is not done properly. The same way we can't use circles to clip Blocks or XREFs. Hover the cursor over the shaded areas to examine the information that is displayed.Clip your Blocks or XREFs using curved polylines, circles, etcĪ common problem found when using the XCLIP command is that it doesn't clip properly if the polyline we use has curved segments. In the drawing, notice that the cut and fill areas in each section are shaded.
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