Wipeout

Ribbon: Home – Draw > Wipeout
Menu: Draw – Wipeout
Toolbar: Draw
Command line: WIPEOUT

This command creates a polygonal area that masks underlying objects with the current background color.
The wipeout area is bounded by a frame that you can turn on for editing and turn off for plotting. You can convert a closed polyline consisting of line segments into a masking object.

Options:

Undo Undo the last specified point.
This option allows you to undo all the specified points except the start point.
Close Closes the boundary and ends the command.
Polyline Create a mask boundary from an existing closed polyline.
Frames Select the visibility of the boundaries.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter mode or [ON/OFF]: Options:
  • ON – Display the boundaries.
  • OFF – Hide the boundaries.

Options:

Specify start point or [Frames/Polyline]: Specify the point.
Specify next point : Specify the next point.
Specify next point or [Undo]: Specify the next point.
Specify next point or [Undo/Close]: Specify all subsequent points defining the boundary inside which is necessary to hide the objects.
Specify next point or [Undo/Close]: Press ENTER or select the Close option to end the command.

When you create the boundary from closed polyline, the following prompts are displayed:

Specify start point or [Frames/Polyline]: Select the Polyline option.
Select the Polyline option. Select the polyline.
Erase polyline? [Yes/No]: Select the necessary option.

When you create the boundary in the frames mode, the following prompts are displayed:

Specify start point or [Frames/Polyline]: Select the Frames option.
Enter mode or [ON/OFF]: Select the required option.

NOTE: Selecting the boundary visibility mode affects all mask objects on the drawing.

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