Clip Cell

Question

I have a cell with text and border around it, generated from a 3 rd party for signs. We need to clip the outside border and leave the table & sign inside showing. Is there a way to do this? 
 
 SS10, SS4, SS2

Matthew Eiben · Accepted Answer

Is there any reason you couldn't attach the cell's model from the cell library as a reference attachment then clip as you would any other reference file? Or put the GuideSign created cell in its own model within your DGN then attach that model as a reference and clip? If you want/need to do this to more than one or two cells then I'd copy, drop, edit, and create my own cell and replace like Andrew suggests. 
 A less elegant solution could be to draw an opaque shape using the background color which would mask what you wouldn't want to see.

Andrew Bell · Answer

Did the cell come from a MicroStation cell library? If so, you could obtain this library and edit the cell there and then perform a replace. 
 Using The Replace Cells Tool 
 If you don't have the original cell library, I would think the only other option would be to drop the cell if you wanted edit components of it.

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