Maximum Number of Clip Points

I noticed in the past that using circular elements to create clip boundaries and clip masks actually creates polygons... with loads of clip points. Dunno if this still is the case with V8i SSn though.

Also, if it is an older V7/J file, that limit is somewhat around 100 points. Can you imagine?

I noticed in the past that using circular elements to create clip boundaries and clip masks actually creates polygons... with loads of clip points. Dunno if this still is the case with V8i SSn though.

Also, if it is an older V7/J file, that limit is somewhat around 100 points. Can you imagine?

Ivo Blaauw said:

using circular elements to create clip boundaries and clip masks actually creates polygons.

Yes, that's always been the case.

With MicroStation/J, and a smaller number of clip points, the polygon was easy to see.  With thousands of clip points it's hard to tell that it's not a circle.

Thank you John. Now that's a quick way to reach those 5000 clip points. I stepped away from circular clipping for that very reason many years ago.

Is it possible that clip masks weights heavier on the file then clip boundaries?

Okay, almost all of my clip masks are circular. I bet that is it. I don't know why I didn't think of it like that. Thanks.

I'm guessing when we give it a circular mask element, MS maximizes the vertices.