topic Re: Wipeout not working in AutoCAD Forum

Wipeout not working

rhoscadman — Tue, 24 May 2016 15:12:11 GMT

I am having issues in one particular drawing which I have inherited from a colleague.

I cannot seem to make my wipeout frames hide objects behind them. Any other drg, no problem. Just this one.

Is there a toggle or something that disables wipeout?

Yes, I have tried DRAWORDER, and it still doesn't work

Re: Wipeout not working

Alfred.NESWADBA — Tue, 24 May 2016 15:19:07 GMT

Hi,

use copy & paste to copy the geometry into a new drawing. I guess that is faster than searching for the source of the problem.

- alfred -

Re: Wipeout not working

rhoscadman — Tue, 24 May 2016 15:23:32 GMT

no, I'm afraid that is not a viable solution. too much information on drawing.

Re: Wipeout not working

Alfred.NESWADBA — Tue, 24 May 2016 15:28:28 GMT

Hi,

>> too much information on drawing.

What will you miss when running copy & paste (and using design center to copy the layouts if necessary)?

What you can do too: run command _AUDIT 😉

- alfred -

Re: Wipeout not working

john.vellek — Tue, 24 May 2016 22:09:18 GMT

Hi @rhoscadman,

I see that you are having WIPEOUT problems. I concur with @Alfred.NESWADBA that the fastest and easiest way to remedy the problem is to simply move the geometry into a new drawing. They can be a real headache to cure when they are not working properly.

If you need any help with the steps Alfred mentions let me know and I would be happy to get you additional information as quickly as possible so you can move on.

Re: Wipeout not working

elshawadfy — Wed, 25 May 2016 01:36:56 GMT

Hello rhoscadman..

Most likely "VSBackgrounds" is set to 0, try setting it to 1..

Hope that helps..

Re: Wipeout not working

rhoscadman — Wed, 25 May 2016 10:45:27 GMT

Thanks for all the replies, guys.

I did another search on this site and finally found the solution:

My screeview was set to "Conceptual" so I altered that to "2DWireview" and heypresto! Problem solved.

Sorry for leading the ppl that repied to my cry for help on a wild goose chase, but the initial searches did not reveal a viable solution. Nor did the Autocad Help. Out of desperation I did a search for "Wipeout Problems" here and spent some time scouring through the solutions and replies and eventually found the fix on about the 4th or 5th page.

It seems that the precise wording to your search is crucial: If you enter "My wipeout won't hide stuff in the model space but it does in Paper space", that won't offer you a fix at all. But If you enter "Wipeout Problem", that will eventually lead to the fix but it means pouring through pages and pages of unrequired replies.

Thanks

Re: Wipeout not working

elshawadfy — Wed, 25 May 2016 10:57:36 GMT

Glad you solved your problem 🙂

The system Variable I gave you creates a temporary visual style with the backgrounds on, which shaws the viewport background.. (ie it switches the visual stile to at emporary one that shaws the wipeouts) - your approach switches to the actual style with that turned on..

Good luck 🙂

Re: Wipeout not working

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:08:48 GMT

it would have been nice to get the actual answer....

Re: Wipeout not working

rhoscadman — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:54:16 GMT

you having a laugh??

Re: Wipeout not working

dabramsky — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:02:51 GMT

How do I change screenview from 'conceptual' to '2DWireframe' ?

I'm having the same problem with wipeout.

Re: Wipeout not working

john.vellek — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:12:13 GMT

Hi @dabramsky,

There are several ways to do this but perhaps the easiest is to select the style right in the graphics window. Look to the top left and you will see the current visual style. click that and a drop-down menu opens that shows the available visual styles.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Wipeout not working

dabramsky — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:13:56 GMT

False alarm. I've solved my problem. my wipeout polyline was on defpoints layer. Thanks anyway to any and all.

Re: Wipeout not working

dabramsky — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:16:01 GMT

Thanks for your quick reply, John. Anyway, good to know how to manipulate current visual style also.

Re: Wipeout not working

arseal — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:55:31 GMT

Hello,

The solution to this problem is in the tab Page setup. Make sure to check the box "plot paper space last" in the plot options.

This setting is not just for plotting it also modifies the performance in your screen.

Elber Ortiz

CAD Lead Coordinator

Re: Wipeout not working

Anonymous — Mon, 27 May 2019 03:44:59 GMT

Thank you sir

Re: Wipeout not working

R4sso — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:50:16 GMT

Sorry but I think no solution to this has been submitted. I have the same problem and I've tried all the "solutions" without without achieving it. Also, I use to attach pdf's to my drawings and i'm not able to see the contents but just the border of the pages.

Re: Wipeout not working

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:07:09 GMT

Hi,

>> I think no solution to this has been submitted

At least for others these marked solutions were valid solutions, otherwise they would not have been marked.

>> I have the same problem

Please upload a dwg-file that has these issues (describe were in the dwg-file you see the conflict, that the wipeout is not working).

Also please start command _ABOUT so we can see the exact type/version/update of your AutoCAD.

>> Also, I use to attach pdf's to my drawings and i'm not able to see the contents

Different thing, please create a new thread for this.

But as you seem to have 2 issues with your display, maybe your graphic card is the culprit?

Try to start command _GRAPHICSCONFIG and turn off hardware acceleration ... better?

- alfred -

Re: Wipeout not working

j.palmeL29YX — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:09:33 GMT

@R4sso wrote:

Sorry but I think no solution to this has been submitted. I have the same problem

Post an example .dwg please.

Re: Wipeout not working

R4sso — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:45:42 GMT

Alfred, you are right on all cases.

All my issues were resolved with the command _GRAPHICSCONFIG as you advised me.

Thank you!