Hiding objects in an Area

[CyberAngel]

We have a site plan for a bank with contours across the area. The boss wants us to hide the contours inside the bank but not outside. The contours are on an xref. Does anyone know how to hide some objects in a particular area and not others? We'll need to display some text inside the building.

We tried clipping, but it only seems to apply to objects outside a boundary. A 3D face might work if we were rendering the drawing, but we'll only be printing it. We have a drawing from a surveyor that does what we want, using raster image frames, but they have no images attached and I can't figure out how they did that. I'm guessing there's some kind of entity you can draw (in this case based on a polyline following the bank outline) and put it behind the contours in the drawing order. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this.

[JBullseye74]

Have you tried using a WIPEOUT?

[Steamineagle]

Hi! CyberAngel,

Excuse me while I laugh my leg off with anticipation & supress a huge grin on my face!
This forum has got to be the bees knees!

You must read the current threads regarding Island Viewholes and the 'serious' debate on MS or PS texting.

LOL LOL

Your situation is begging to use the polygonal viewports.
The larger viewport with a hole in it and another viewport shaped like your bank plan positioned inside the hole.
The larger viewport to show the Xref contour lines and the smaller viewport to show the bank plan.

And guess what!

The bank plan could have the text in MODEL SPACE.
Further descriptive text could be positioned in PAPER SPACE around the plan so as not to disrupt the Xref drawing!

Go to:-

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10599

and also:-

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10013

Please, Oh! Please! let us all know if this works for you!

It’ll be a riot!

LOL LOL



Stephen

P.S. I can now rest easy knowing that a major compromise has been achieved regarding where to stick the bluddy text, everyones friends again, smiles all round, dirty great big laughs and I can have a nice quiet weekend!
This forum IS the bees knees!

All the Geordie Best from Norn Iron.
Cheers Y’all.

Steamineagle

[CarlB]

-Using a wipeout is probably the simplest solution.

Some other options:

1. Trim the contours in the original contour drawing
2. Yes you can use a clipping boundary to hide the inside. The 'outside' becomes the 'inside' if the boundary cuts into, around, and back out along the entrance line.

[CyberAngel]

Please, Oh! Please! let us all know if this works for you!
...
P.S. I can now rest easy knowing that a major compromise has been achieved regarding where to stick the bluddy text, everyones friends again, smiles all round, dirty great big laughs and I can have a nice quiet weekend!


We now have a similar project for the same bank. This time I've got the job, not my coworker. We'll see how it goes. I'll be sure to post the results and settle all this foofaraw ;)

Thanks for the suggestions. I'd never heard of WIPEOUT....