Clip Image
()
Keyboard: IMAGECLIP
Clips images so that only a portion of the image is visible in a drawing. The visible portion (or the invisible portion for inverted clips) can be in the shape of a rectangle, polygon, or existing polyline.
[On/Delete/New boundary]: To turn clipping on or off for the selected image, choose On (or Off). When turned off, the image fully displays and the clipping boundary is saved, which you can turn on again later. To remove clipping from the selected image, choose Delete. The image fully displays and the clipping boundary is deleted. To create a clipping boundary for the selected image, choose New boundary. Each image can have only one clipping boundary. If a clipping boundary was already defined for the image, the following prompt displays:
Delete old boundary? [No/Yes]: Choose Yes to delete the existing clipping boundary and continue creating a new one. Choose No to cancel the command.
To clip an image in the shape of an existing polyline
Choose New boundary.
[Select polyline/Polygonal/Rectangular/Invert clip]: Choose Select polyline. Select the existing polyline that you want to use to define a clipping boundary of the image, then press Enter.
To clip an image in the shape of a rectangle
Choose New boundary.
[Select polyline/Polygonal/Rectangular/Invert clip]: Choose Rectangular.
Specify first corner point: Define the first corner of the clipping rectangle.
Specify opposite corner point: Define the opposite corner of the clipping rectangle.
To clip an image in the shape of a polygon
Choose New boundary.
[Select polyline/Polygonal/Rectangular/Invert clip]: Choose Polygonal.
Specify first point: Define the first point of the clipping polygon.
Specify next point: Specify three or more points to define vertices of the clipping polygon. Press Enter when done.
To invert the clip so the portion inside a new clipping boundary is invisible
Choose New boundary.
[Select polyline/Polygonal/Rectangular/Invert clip]: Choose Invert clip.
[Select polyline/Polygonal/Rectangular/Invert clip]: Choose Select polyline, Rectangular, or Polygonal to continue creating a new clipping boundary.