1. Click Contextual tab Clipping panel Create Clipping Boundary.
2. Select an xref.
3. At the prompt, specify New Boundary by pressing Enter.
4. Select a polyline or specify a rectangular or polygonal clipping boundary. Specify
   the corners or vertices of the boundary.
5. (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.

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splect 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 area that you specified.… Whatever is outside the clipping boundary disappears until you turn off the clipping boundary. Although many people don't realize this, you can also clip blocks that you insert into a drawing. To clip an xref or block, use the XCLIP command. Choose Insert tab>Reference panel> Clip.16 Nov 2009… For those who use XREFs, there may be times when you do not … you want to show (kind of like a viewport) and the outer area is “clipped” out.xrefs the way to do what you want is clipping…. For xref the command is _XCLIP and then you select …to clip an xref BUT I want the inverse to remain. So when I make a clipping boundary I want the inside to disappear with the outside …… Open both of the Architectural2 and Furniture sample files…in the Clipping Xrefs subfolder, within the Chapter 14 folder.…Let's say that the …… You want to clip an external reference or other part of your drawing but you want to suppress (wipeout, mask) an inside region, not the outside …… We continue the discussion started last month about the power of the mighty xref.Xref Clip. Menu: Modify > Xref Clip. Keyboard: XCLIP. Crops an external reference so that only a portion of it displays. You can edit, move, or copy clipped  …