how do i clip a reference in autocad

To Clip an Xref.

• Select an xref.
• Click External Reference tab > Clipping panel > Create Clipping Boundary.
• If prompted, specify yes to delete any existing boundary.
• Select a polyline or specify a rectangular or polygonal clipping boundary. Specify the corners or vertices of the boundary.
• (Optional) Use the Invert Clip option to change the area to be hidden from outside to inside the clipping boundary. The xref is clipped based on the ...

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How to create a clipping boundary in AutoCAD?

Click External Reference tab > Clipping panel > Create Clipping Boundary. If prompted, specify yes to delete any existing boundary. Select a polyline or specify a rectangular or polygonal clipping boundary.

How do I clip an external reference?

You can clip external references such as DGN, DWF, IMAGE, PDF underlays, or block references. With a clipping boundary, you can determine the portions of an external reference or block reference that you want to display by hiding the redundant parts of the reference inside or outside the boundary.

How do I clip An Xref from the outside?

Specify the corners or vertices of the boundary. (Optional) Use the Invert Clip option to change the area to be hidden from outside to inside the clipping boundary. The xref is clipped based on the area that you specified.

What is the rectangle option used for in AutoCAD?

This can be very useful when needing to precisely clip around some objects in the xref by using an irregular shaped polygon. The default Rectangle option is commonly used, allowing us to simply draw a box around the area we want to keep from the xref.

What is Xclip in AutoCAD?

The XClip command allows us to clip/crop an external reference (xref) or block to a specific area that can be defined by either a rectangle or polyline.

How to modify clipping boundary?

However, if changes are required, we have a few options still. To easily modify the clipping boundary, selecting the xref/block and moving the xclip grips (blue squares in the corners) allows us to dynamically change the boundary as needed. This will also work when a polyline/polygon was used as well.

How to start XCLIP?

The XClip command can be started by entering XCLIP at the command line. After hitting enter, we are prompted to choose an object. The object can be an xref or even a block. For xrefs, the command can also be initiated by selecting the xref and choosing the create clipping boundary button on the contextual ribbon tab along the top of the screen.

How to remove a boundary in XRef?

Finally, to remove or delete the boundary restoring the xref/block to its originally extents we can enter the XCLIP command again at the command line, choose our object, and then select the delete option to remove the boundary. For xrefs, the remove boundary button from the ribbon can be used when the reference is selected.