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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; March 1, 2004&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shawn Foster&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;contributes this little article that reviews the new &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tools in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Clipping! 15-yard penalty. First down!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, all American football jokes aside (or on hold for a sec...), clipping is an important tool for us inside of MicroStation. The ability to clip a huge area down to a manageable set of elements for us to use is paramount to creating sheets, plots, or just making it easier for us to work with big files.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reference clipping has been around, but as it names implies, it&amp;rsquo;s for references. Fence points, element types, clipping vertices, and other problems prevented us from getting a full solution and nothing really existed for active element clipping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along comes MicroStation V8. An overlooked view tool from the first few releases of MicroStation V8 was &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt;. Clipping volumes allow a user to limit the elements seen in a view by using a shape or closed 3D primitive. Many people use it in 3D, since the tools name implies 3D, but it can be used quite nicely in a 2D file as well to restrict the amount of data you&amp;#39;re viewing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The image below shows a typical floor plan without clipping the view. Note the amount of data presented in the view after doing a &lt;em&gt;Fit View&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;After applying &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; to the gray shape, which is also known as the &lt;em&gt;clipping element&lt;/em&gt;, MicroStation V8 presents only those elements within the clipping element. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;What was needed was a way to easily place elements ad-hoc for clipping, and a way to create &amp;lsquo;holes&amp;rsquo; inside of a clipped volume. From numerous tips and tricks sessions, we learned we could use the &lt;em&gt;Group Holes&lt;/em&gt; tool to create a clip with masked holes, but it was a workaround.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, here we are on the advent of MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, and now we have a new tool and an enhancement to an old one: &lt;em&gt;Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Volumes&lt;/em&gt; which can be found on the &lt;em&gt;View Control&lt;/em&gt; toolbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; has been updated to include more options in the Tool Settings window. These include: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by 2 Points&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Polygon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element Range&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last two settings allow you to turn off the display of the element used for your clip, as well as clear the clip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show or Hide Clip Volume Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clear Clip Volume&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; works very similar to the &lt;em&gt;Reference Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tool, except that it works on elements in the view, reference element or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;#39;ll also notice that the tool settings are the same as the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; tool described above. What&amp;rsquo;s very cool about this tool is that you can create multiple masks within a clipped volume!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the following graphic, the green element represents the clip volume shape, and the orange elements represent the clip mask shapes. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Things to be aware of:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of the clips (volumes OR masks) are toggled ON or OFF via the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; switch in the &lt;em&gt;View Attributes&lt;/em&gt; dialog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, you will clear ALL masks in that view. This is not an individual selection tool as it is with Reference Files.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, and then &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt;, the shapes will return, but not the mask(s). You will have to re-apply the masks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt; the clipping elements, you can apply a &lt;em&gt;View Previous&lt;/em&gt; to bring the clips back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AskInga Article #182 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Clip Volume and Clip Masks </title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks/revision/3</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:03:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:240860bd-c7cc-4ac2-a21a-d4dff53bcfe0</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/23/2008 7:03:09 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; March 1, 2004&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Shawn Foster&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.sextantconsulting.net"&gt;Sextant Consulting&lt;/a&gt; contributes this little article that reviews the new &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tools in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Clipping! 15-yard penalty. First down!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, all American football jokes aside (or on hold for a sec...), clipping is an important tool for us inside of MicroStation. The ability to clip a huge area down to a manageable set of elements for us to use is paramount to creating sheets, plots, or just making it easier for us to work with big files.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Reference clipping has been around, but as it names implies, it&amp;rsquo;s for references. Fence points, element types, clipping vertices, and other problems prevented us from getting a full solution and nothing really existed for active element clipping.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Along comes MicroStation V8. An overlooked view tool from the first few releases of MicroStation V8 was &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt;. Clipping volumes allow a user to limit the elements seen in a view by using a shape or closed 3D primitive. Many people use it in 3D, since the tools name implies 3D, but it can be used quite nicely in a 2D file as well to restrict the amount of data you're viewing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The image below shows a typical floor plan without clipping the view. Note the amount of data presented in the view after doing a &lt;em&gt;Fit View&lt;/em&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
After applying &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; to the gray shape, which is also known as the &lt;em&gt;clipping element&lt;/em&gt;, MicroStation V8 presents only those elements within the clipping element. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
What was needed was a way to easily place elements ad-hoc for clipping, and a way to create &amp;lsquo;holes&amp;rsquo; inside of a clipped volume. From numerous tips and tricks sessions, we learned we could use the &lt;em&gt;Group Holes&lt;/em&gt; tool to create a clip with masked holes, but it was a workaround.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well, here we are on the advent of MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, and now we have a new tool and an enhancement to an old one: &lt;em&gt;Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Volumes&lt;/em&gt; which can be found on the &lt;em&gt;View Control&lt;/em&gt; toolbox.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; has been updated to include more options in the Tool Settings window. These include: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by 2 Points&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Polygon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element Range&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The last two settings allow you to turn off the display of the element used for your clip, as well as clear the clip:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Show or Hide Clip Volume Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clear Clip Volume&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; works very similar to the &lt;em&gt;Reference Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tool, except that it works on elements in the view, reference element or not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You'll also notice that the tool settings are the same as the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; tool described above. What&amp;rsquo;s very cool about this tool is that you can create multiple masks within a clipped volume!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the following graphic, the green element represents the clip volume shape, and the orange elements represent the clip mask shapes. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/182Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Things to be aware of:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All of the clips (volumes OR masks) are toggled ON or OFF via the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; switch in the &lt;em&gt;View Attributes&lt;/em&gt; dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, you will clear ALL masks in that view. This is not an individual selection tool as it is with Reference Files.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, and then &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt;, the shapes will return, but not the mask(s). You will have to re-apply the masks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt; the clipping elements, you can apply a &lt;em&gt;View Previous&lt;/em&gt; to bring the clips back.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
AskInga Article #182 
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&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Article, Askinga, Reference Files, Views&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Clip Volume and Clip Masks </title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:40:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:240860bd-c7cc-4ac2-a21a-d4dff53bcfe0</guid><dc:creator>CTennyson</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by CTennyson on 6/4/2008 2:40:57 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Shawn Foster&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.sextantconsulting.net"&gt;Sextant Consulting&lt;/a&gt; contributes this little article that reviews the new &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tools in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Clipping! 15-yard penalty. First down!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, all American football jokes aside (or on hold for a sec...), clipping is an important tool for us inside of MicroStation. The ability to clip a huge area down to a manageable set of elements for us to use is paramount to creating sheets, plots, or just making it easier for us to work with big files.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Reference clipping has been around, but as it names implies, it&amp;rsquo;s for references. Fence points, element types, clipping vertices, and other problems prevented us from getting a full solution and nothing really existed for active element clipping.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Along comes MicroStation V8. An overlooked view tool from the first few releases of MicroStation V8 was &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt;. Clipping volumes allow a user to limit the elements seen in a view by using a shape or closed 3D primitive. Many people use it in 3D, since the tools name implies 3D, but it can be used quite nicely in a 2D file as well to restrict the amount of data you're viewing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The image below shows a typical floor plan without clipping the view. Note the amount of data presented in the view after doing a &lt;em&gt;Fit View&lt;/em&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/182Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
After applying &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; to the gray shape, which is also known as the &lt;em&gt;clipping element&lt;/em&gt;, MicroStation V8 presents only those elements within the clipping element. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/182Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
What was needed was a way to easily place elements ad-hoc for clipping, and a way to create &amp;lsquo;holes&amp;rsquo; inside of a clipped volume. From numerous tips and tricks sessions, we learned we could use the &lt;em&gt;Group Holes&lt;/em&gt; tool to create a clip with masked holes, but it was a workaround.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well, here we are on the advent of MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, and now we have a new tool and an enhancement to an old one: &lt;em&gt;Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Volumes&lt;/em&gt; which can be found on the &lt;em&gt;View Control&lt;/em&gt; toolbox.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; has been updated to include more options in the Tool Settings window. These include: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by 2 Points&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Polygon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element Range&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The last two settings allow you to turn off the display of the element used for your clip, as well as clear the clip:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Show or Hide Clip Volume Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clear Clip Volume&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/182Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; works very similar to the &lt;em&gt;Reference Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tool, except that it works on elements in the view, reference element or not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You'll also notice that the tool settings are the same as the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; tool described above. What&amp;rsquo;s very cool about this tool is that you can create multiple masks within a clipped volume!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the following graphic, the green element represents the clip volume shape, and the orange elements represent the clip mask shapes. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/182Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Things to be aware of:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All of the clips (volumes OR masks) are toggled ON or OFF via the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; switch in the &lt;em&gt;View Attributes&lt;/em&gt; dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, you will clear ALL masks in that view. This is not an individual selection tool as it is with Reference Files.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, and then &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt;, the shapes will return, but not the mask(s). You will have to re-apply the masks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt; the clipping elements, you can apply a &lt;em&gt;View Previous&lt;/em&gt; to bring the clips back.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
AskInga Article #182 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Clip Volume and Clip Masks </title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks/revision/1</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:06:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:240860bd-c7cc-4ac2-a21a-d4dff53bcfe0</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1410/clip-volume-and-clip-masks#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 5/20/2008 7:06:38 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Shawn Foster&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.sextantconsulting.net"&gt;Sextant Consulting&lt;/a&gt; contributes this little article that reviews the new &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tools in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. 
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Clipping! 15-yard penalty. First down!&lt;br /&gt;
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Okay, all American football jokes aside (or on hold for a sec...), clipping is an important tool for us inside of MicroStation. The ability to clip a huge area down to a manageable set of elements for us to use is paramount to creating sheets, plots, or just making it easier for us to work with big files.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reference clipping has been around, but as it names implies, it&amp;rsquo;s for references. Fence points, element types, clipping vertices, and other problems prevented us from getting a full solution and nothing really existed for active element clipping.&lt;br /&gt;
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Along comes MicroStation V8. An overlooked view tool from the first few releases of MicroStation V8 was &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt;. Clipping volumes allow a user to limit the elements seen in a view by using a shape or closed 3D primitive. Many people use it in 3D, since the tools name implies 3D, but it can be used quite nicely in a 2D file as well to restrict the amount of data you're viewing.&lt;br /&gt;
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The image below shows a typical floor plan without clipping the view. Note the amount of data presented in the view after doing a &lt;em&gt;Fit View&lt;/em&gt;. 
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After applying &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; to the gray shape, which is also known as the &lt;em&gt;clipping element&lt;/em&gt;, MicroStation V8 presents only those elements within the clipping element. 
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What was needed was a way to easily place elements ad-hoc for clipping, and a way to create &amp;lsquo;holes&amp;rsquo; inside of a clipped volume. From numerous tips and tricks sessions, we learned we could use the &lt;em&gt;Group Holes&lt;/em&gt; tool to create a clip with masked holes, but it was a workaround.&lt;br /&gt;
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Well, here we are on the advent of MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, and now we have a new tool and an enhancement to an old one: &lt;em&gt;Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Clip Volumes&lt;/em&gt; which can be found on the &lt;em&gt;View Control&lt;/em&gt; toolbox.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; has been updated to include more options in the Tool Settings window. These include: 
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&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by 2 Points&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Polygon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply Clip Volume by Element Range&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The last two settings allow you to turn off the display of the element used for your clip, as well as clear the clip:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Show or Hide Clip Volume Element&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clear Clip Volume&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; works very similar to the &lt;em&gt;Reference Clip Mask&lt;/em&gt; tool, except that it works on elements in the view, reference element or not.&lt;br /&gt;
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You'll also notice that the tool settings are the same as the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; tool described above. What&amp;rsquo;s very cool about this tool is that you can create multiple masks within a clipped volume!&lt;br /&gt;
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In the following graphic, the green element represents the clip volume shape, and the orange elements represent the clip mask shapes. 
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Things to be aware of:&lt;br /&gt;
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All of the clips (volumes OR masks) are toggled ON or OFF via the &lt;em&gt;Clip Volume&lt;/em&gt; switch in the &lt;em&gt;View Attributes&lt;/em&gt; dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, you will clear ALL masks in that view. This is not an individual selection tool as it is with Reference Files.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you use &lt;em&gt;Clear Clip Masks&lt;/em&gt;, and then &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt;, the shapes will return, but not the mask(s). You will have to re-apply the masks.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt; the clipping elements, you can apply a &lt;em&gt;View Previous&lt;/em&gt; to bring the clips back.&lt;br /&gt;
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