AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009 DWG Format

[#1]

How do I create an object that when partly on top of another object will hide that part of the object below it? In a 2-D drawing I created a box. I then created a rectangle that is longer, but narrower than the box and put it on top of the box. No matter what I seem to do I see the box lines through the rectangle.

[#2]

Create a Wipeout inside the rectangle

wrote in message news:5540345@discussion.autodesk.com...
How do I create an object that when partly on top of another object will
hide that part of the object below it? In a 2-D drawing I created a box. I
then created a rectangle that is longer, but narrower than the box and put
it on top of the box. No matter what I seem to do I see the box lines
through the rectangle.

[#3]

trim out the unwanted box entity or type "wipeout" and do the "polyline"
part of that command.....

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wrote in message news:5540345@discussion.autodesk.com...
How do I create an object that when partly on top of another object will
hide that part of the object below it? In a 2-D drawing I created a box. I
then created a rectangle that is longer, but narrower than the box and put
it on top of the box. No matter what I seem to do I see the box lines
through the rectangle.

[#4]

Convert them to regions and hideplot

Aug
wrote in message news:5540345@discussion.autodesk.com...
How do I create an object that when partly on top of another object will
hide that part of the object below it? In a 2-D drawing I created a box. I
then created a rectangle that is longer, but narrower than the box and put
it on top of the box. No matter what I seem to do I see the box lines
through the rectangle.

[#5]

OK, It worked, but now I had to move the object to the left a few inches. How do I erase or move the wipeout?

[#6]

Well, you could type "wipeout" - "frame" - "on" and it'll turn the frame on,
so you wouldn't have to "move the object to the left a few inches.....
turning it on also allows you to delete the wipeout.... just make sure it's
the wipeout frame you're selecting and not the original polyline......

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Steven Ondrias, Technician
President =====> Hunters of Texas
VP =====> Amigo and Jetta Society of America
Member =====> Ted Nugent Fan Club
C3DPOS dual 19's Matrox 650-128 XPpro sp2 dual P 3 Ghz 2GB ram
eagle point guru...
overall a nice guy......


wrote in message news:5540432@discussion.autodesk.com...
OK, It worked, but now I had to move the object to the left a few inches.
How do I erase or move the wipeout?

[#7]

I would like to take this question further.

I too have 2 object on top of each other and I want the top one to cover the bottom, like in the case of a cross.

I also want to move the top from time to time without having to do anything. 2D maybe give it a surface?!

thanks

[#8]

Hi,

if you just want to move the overlaying object, create the geometry first, then use either wipeout or create a hatch (on a layer with truecolor 255,255,255/clean white) and make a block from your line-geometry and the wipeout or hatch.

As a block is one object then you can move it easily and you don't have to worry about anything like associativity or draworder or ....

- alfred -