Is there any alternative to Clipping Mask command in Adobe Illustrator etc., please? Limit objects visibility by polyline/curve contour. Thanks
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At this point all we have is the ClippingPlane.
yep, but ClippingPlane is not usable for 2D graphic.
Yes it is.
The upper picture shows rectangles without mask; the bottom picture the same rectangles with the 4 clipping planes active as mask.
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Thanks for tip, but in 99% cases I need more complex clipping masks than simple rectangle.
I found another solution (for printing and visual presentations): create really big rectangle overlapping whole drawing and fill the space between rectangle and clipping mask edge with white solid fill (boundary hatch). Than use draworder command set to get expected masking result.
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Resurrecting this.
Does Rhino yet have a simplified 2D masking function?
Create an outline and use it to mask what’s under it. Without having to use solid hatch!
Hi Sach -
In Rhino 9, you can make non-rectangular details on a layout.
-wim
Thanks @wim
I’m thinking for quick work-in-progress designing, in model space, when you just need to hide something behind. For example, I’m drawing a 2D building elevation with bricks and looking at various door opening sizes on that wall. I want to be able to increase the size of the opening and hide the bricks quickly, without having to actually trim, or use hatch (which is laggy, anyway)
Hi Sach -
I’m afraid that I can’t see how that could be anything else then a hatch…
-wim
Ok. Hatch is very slow to implement…. It takes a few seconds from assigning a hatch to a closed curve before the hatch window opens. Is this just my setup, or typical?
Hi Sach -
I’m not seeing such behavior here. Does that also happen in a new file from a factory-default template?
You could bypass the dialog with a macro such as:
-Hatch Pause Pattern Solid EnterEnd
-wim