- [Instructor] We're staying in
our New Office Proposal.DWG file
which is our host drawing.
And we've got our Xref
of the landscaping area here to the right of the building.
So when I click on it, it highlights all as one object.
It's similar to a block
but it's a reference from another drawing
in this case the Landscaping Area.DWG file.
So when you click on an Xref, an external reference
that's been brought into your host drawing,
this is what happens.
You get the external reference contextual tab on the ribbon
and you get some tools in place that allow you to look
at the external reference file.
Now, some of the things that you can do are
you can alter the view of the Xref in the drawing
and you can also just kind of clip it as well.
So what I can do here is I can create
what is called a Clipping Boundary.
Now, a Clipping Boundary allows me to edit some
of the tools going on in the drawing.
So at the moment, all the tools are set to display the Xref.
So I'm just going to hit Escape a couple of times
and what I'm going to do
I'm going to go to the Home tab on the ribbon.
I'm going to go to Layer 0 all the way up at the top here
just use Layer 0 for now.
And I'm going to draw a rectangle.
Now, this rectangle I'm going to place
and you'll notice I can snap to an Xref
which is rather nice.
So I'm going to do this, like this.
I'm going to place my little rectangle
over the Xref like that.
That's going to be my Clipping Boundary.
So now, here's where it gets really, really clever.
What I can do is I can select my Xref again, like so,
and what I can do is I can create a Clipping Boundary.
So when I do that, can you see?
I've got the option here where I can select a polyline
to form my Clipping Boundary.
So the little menu says Select polyline.
I select my little polyline here, like so,
and lo and behold, can you see the Xref disappears?
But I've got a little arrow here.
Click one way, click the other way.
So can you see?
I can either highlight the Xref or I can clip the Xref.
Isn't that great?
I love that, I love the fact that I can hide an Xref
just by putting a Clipping Boundary in a drawing.
Now I've only placed the Clipping Boundary
in kind of one place there.
So what I can do is I could put a Clipping Boundary
all the way round that landscaped area
and either have the Xref displaying or not display.
Remember though, really important
when you're working with Xrefs.
If you want to get rid of a Clipping Boundary
you have to remove the Clipping Boundary.
Don't just delete it.
So if I go Remove Clipping like that
that'll remove the Clipping Boundary from the drawing.
If I just hit Escape to deselect
the little rectangle is still there on the Layer 0.
So make sure you delete that too.
I'll just hit the Delete key on the keyboard.
So job done, as you can see
that's how you can alter the display
by using Clipping Boundaries with your Xrefs.