Wipeout
Description
Section titled “Description”This tool creates a wipeout entity. A wipeout is a blank area in a drawing that conceals a part of the drawing with the background color. This is typically used to improve the readability of text labels or to hide a part of a drawing that is not relevant.
- Check the frame option in the options toolbar to create a wipeout with a frame (a line around the boundary).
- Choose the desired tool mode in the options toolbar. The wipeout tool
offers three different modi:
- Rectangle: creates a rectangular wipeout from two diagonally
opposite points.
Click the first and then the second corner of the rectangle.
- Polygon: creates a polygonal wipeout.
Click the corners of the polygon and click the right mouse button
after the last corner has been set. The undo / redo buttons in the
options toolbar may be used to correct mistakes.
- From polyline: creates a wipeout from an existing polyline.
Click a polyline in the drawing to create a wipeout from it. If the
option “Delete Polyline” is checked, the original polyline will be
deleted. For convenience, the tool also accepts circles, ellipses or
splines.
- Rectangle: creates a rectangular wipeout from two diagonally
opposite points.
Click the first and then the second corner of the rectangle.