working with images, PDFs and other attached files, is a daily routine for
any Autocad user, however,we will require external programs such as Photoshop to
remove multiple parts of these files. till today. in this lesson, we are going
to learn how to clip multiple boundaries of any attached file in AutoCAD. let me
show you what I mean
working with images PDFs and other attached files, it's a daily routine for
any AUTOCAD user, however, we will require external programs such as Photoshop to
remove multiple parts of these files. till today, in this lesson, we are going
to learn how to clip multiple boundaries of any attached file in AutoCAD. let me
show you what I mean.
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all right to start our brand new command let's first explain why do we need this tool
I'll use an attached PDF for this example. if we try to create a clipping
boundary in this PDF, autocad will recognize that there is already a
clipping boundary here ,and if we choose no, it will take us out of that command
automatically. now let's try it again and this time let's hit yes. as you can see
AutoCAD will remove your first boundary, but that's not what I want it. this is
where AutoCAD boundary multiple comes handy so let's use it
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now to create this custom command, I'm going to type CUI and enter. this will
bring us to the customizable user interface of AutoCAD
here I'm gonna create a brand new command. we can do this by simply
duplicate any of the out-of-the-box AutoCAD commands
or we can hit create a new command. now we're going to rename our brand new
command
as you can see I already have the clip boundary multiple, but I'm gonna
duplicate this command just to show you how I did it. I'm gonna rename it
and I'm gonna use the following macro. since I already have it, I'm gonna copy
that and paste it into my clip boundary multiple number two. a quick explanation
of this macro would be, CC to get out of any AutoCAD command that is active, we will
use frame selection system variable to 0, also will use the wipeout frame system
variable, which will we set that to 0, we're gonna choose the layer command and
create one called erase, we'll also use the rectangle
command and choose these symbols to pause for the user input, also we will use wipeout
and finally we will say yes.
we'll apply and then what we need to do is drag our brand-new command to our
panel or to our ribbon. as you can see I only have my clip boundary already here
but I'll drag it again just to show you how it works
I'll click on ribbon, I'll choose my panel where I want to add this brand
new command, in this case, I'll add it to the modify panel
by the way if you want to learn more about how to add new commands to your
ribbon or how to create panels in AutoCAD, I suggest you to watch my other
tutorials on the video description.
so, I'm going to click and hold and place it right, here then I'll just hit apply
and finally okay. now we have our clip boundary multiple two, so let's test it
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the nice thing is that we won't have any accidents since we won't be able to move
any of our clipping boundaries. as you can see, programs doesn't always give us
the tools that we need, but with a little effort, we can hack AutoCAD and force it
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see you in the next tutorial!