Wipeouts

Command: WIPEOUT

A wipeout is a polygonal area that hides the underlying objects using the current background color. Most commonly wipeouts are used to mask part of a drawing for clarity. For example, you may want to add text to a complicated part of a drawing. A wipeout could be used then to mask an area behind the text to increase the readability of the text.

The Frames option of the wipeout command determines whether the edges of all wipeout entities in the current drawing are displayed or hidden.

To create a wipeout using points

1. Do one of the following:

2. Click the Wipeout tool button () on the Draw toolbar.

3. Choose Wipeout in the Draw menu.

4. Type wipeout in the command bar, then press Enter.

The command bar reads: Frames/Polylines/<Start point>:

2. Specify the first vertex of the wipeout.
   The command bar reads: Next point.

3. Specify the second vertex of the wipeout.
   The command bar reads: Undo/<Next Point>:

4. Do one of the following:

5. Specify the third vertex of the wipeout.

6. Type U, then press Enter or choose Undo in the context menu to delete the previous vertex.

The command bar reads: Undo/Close/<Next Point>:

5. Do one of the following:

6. Specify the next vertex of the wipeout.

7. Type U, then press Enter or choose Undo in the context menu to delete the previous vertex.

8. Type C, then press Enter or choose Close in the context menu to create the wipeout.

9. Right click to create the wipeout.

6. Repeat step 5 to create more vertices of the wipeout.

To create a wipeout from a polyline

1. Do one of the following:

2. Click the Wipeout tool button () on the Draw toolbar.

3. Choose Wipeout in the Draw menu.

4. Type wipeout in the command bar, then press Enter.

The command bar reads: Frames/Polylines/<Start point>:

The Wipeout  context menu displays:

2. Do one of the following:

3. Choose Polyline in the context menu.

4. Type P, then press Enter.

The command Bar reads: Select a closed polyline:

3. Click a closed polyline.
   Only polylines composed of line segments can be selected.
   The command bar reads: Delete selected polyline? Yes/<No>:

4. Do one of the following:

5. Type Y, then press Enter or choose Yes in the context menu to create the wipeout and delete the selected polyline.

6. Press Enter or choose No in the context menu, to create the wipeout and delete the selected polyline.

To control the display of the edges of wipeouts

1. Do one of the following:

2. Click the Wipeout tool button () on the Draw toolbar.

3. Choose Wipeout in the Draw menu.

4. Type wipeout in the command bar, then press Enter.

The command bar reads: Frames/Polylines/<Start point>:

The Wipeout  context menu displays:

2. Do one of the following:

3. Choose Frames in the context menu.

4. Type F, then press Enter.

The command bar reads: Enter display mode: OFF/<ON>:

3. Do one of the following:

4. Choose OFF in the context menu or type off, then press Enter, to hide the edges of all wipeouts in the drawing.

5. Choose ON in the context menu or type on, then press Enter, to display the edges of all wipeouts in the drawing.