Phantom Boxes in blocks

[Maverick91]

Have you tried redefining the block?

[gfreddog]

Have you tried redefining the block?

I have opened them in Block Editor and then saved. Should I explode and rebuild it?

[sdonn]

I had that problem. It's working that way because the block includes xclipped blocks! Hence turning off the frames for xclipping works. I guess you could redefine the clipped blocks within the block with trimmed block that needs no clipping. It's not too terrible.

[gfreddog]

I had that problem. It's working that way because the block includes xclipped blocks! Hence turning off the frames for xclipping works. I guess you could redefine the clipped blocks within the block with trimmed block that needs no clipping. It's not too terrible.

OK that is it sort of...

I select all of the frames, type XCLIP and delete the XCLIP and then it's good to go.

I haven't heard of XCLIP used on blocks... Is there a reason to do that, that I'm not aware of?

[sdonn]

Well, I use them to place multiple blocks within that block. In my case, a dozen or more chairs drawn around a table. I xclip them to show them pushed under the table edge.

[aprobert1981]

I just installed 2010 on my computer and am running into the same issue. The phantom line is the x-clip line I use x-clip a lot in my drawings. I would really like to see a way of getting rid of the line. When I print they don't show up but it is hard to see the drawing on the computer when there are white boxed all over the place.

[mvsawyer]

There are a few variables involved with frames. The biggie master frames variable is just FRAME. Set it from 0 to 3. 0 = no frames, 1 = display and print frames, 2 = display but do not print frames and 3 = use setting for individual frames.

Then you have IMAGEFRAME, XCLIPFRAME, DWFFRAME, DGNFRAME & PDFFRAME. If you have FRAME set to 3 then Autocad will determine which frame settings to use for each object based on the settings of these variables.

[aprobert1981]

thanks that works for me.

[bentarry5790132]

This is very informative information about the phantom