Opaque objects

Hey,

Is there anyway to make a region enclosed by a set of lines "opaque" That is, if I place them over other lines/objects, the lines/objects over which they are placed are not visible.

Thanks,

Seth

I think you might be talking about a WIPEOUT.

Sort of, although i'd like to preserve the contents of the shape, sort of underneath the shape itself. So if I was to move the shape, whatever was inside the shape would still be there.

How about an associative solid hatch?

The contents of the shape? Why do you think whatever is behind the wipeout is going to disappear?

Ah, I assumed that wipeout (as the name might imply) just deleted everything within specified boundaries. Excuse my incompetence, i'm only new.

I shall have a go at using the wipeout tool when I get back into work on Monday (I don't have access to AutoCad at home).

Thank you very much once again ReMark. You're certainly making my life a whole lot easier right now.

Thanks again,

Seth.

Just to confirm...wipeout will not delete any objects being masked over. I typically use wipeout with polyline frames. The user can elect to keep or remove the frame when the wipeout is created.

Wipeout won't delete anything. While I don't think it is necessarily as easy as clicking an object and making it opaque, the way I have always done what you described is by creating a wipeout and sending it below certain objects and above others using the draw order. Using that method you can see the objects on top and cover the objects below.