Wipeout magically appears! WHY?

[jim.lawRPHLY]

In the drawing "Where is the wipeout" there is a tag with RAD in it. I do not see any wipeout anywhere in this block.

I insert that drawing into the "INSERT INTO THIS.dwg" and put that tag over the hatched object and BAM it shows with a wipeout!! Where in the world did it come from?? 

I have been trying to figure out what is going and I am stumped. I sure would like to see what you gurus come up with!!

THANKS!!!

Jim

[pendean]

@jim.lawRPHLY You have no wipeouts as defined in AutoCAD by WIPEOUT command in either of your two DWG files

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-4AD79F4F-A759-4310-A62D-4792FAA7B0EA 

Are you just calling your solid HATCH a 'wipeout'? What makes it one in your mind? What are we to expect from your block with the solid hatch?

[jim.lawRPHLY]

@pendean in the where is wipeout.dwg there is no wipeout. When I insert it into the insert into this.dwg and move it on top of that hatch I get this. When I go into the block there IS a wipeout!?!

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Basic/Beginner (thumb) rule:

By copy/import/insert of any NAMED OBJECTs, AutoCAD will not redefine existing objects!

Layers, Dimensions styles and so on, and at last, alsos Block definitions..

Your both files contains a Block with name LABEL - ELECTRICAL CEILING

in WHERE IS THE WIPEOUT, it is defined without wipeout

in INSERT INTO THIS, the block with the same name, is defined WITH an wipeout.

Check out my edited file.

Try it again, after you placed your insert, press [F2] to READ about the ignored duplicated block definition.

(you can do this with the original file too, but I edited the shape, what should help you to understand whats going on)

[jim.lawRPHLY]

@cadffm makes perfect sense! THANK YOU!!