Inverted Xclip

[jmctamney]

OK, I have a good one for you. I don't supposed AutoCAD thought anyone would ever need to do both a regular xclip and an inverted xclip to the same xref did they? Is this even possible?

[Richard.Kent]

sure, new for '08, watch the options as you start xclip

[jmctamney]

I'm aware that 2008 has inverted xclip. I just don't see a way to use it in conjuction with an existing xclip.

[Richard.Kent]

never mind

[mockdeep]

It looks like you can either have two copies of the x-ref, 1 innie and one outie, or you can have one x-ref and one tiny imperceptible channel, maybe 1/16", connecting your xclip lines like in the picture.

[ccowgill]

or depending on what you need the inverted clip for, do the external clip, and wipeout the internal area

[jmctamney]

That would work, and I tried for over an hour to get that to work about a month ago ( before I upgraded to 2008 ) but I have to change the plotter configuration to have lines overwrite instead of lines merge and that can't happen.